My landlord was a sex offender and he seemed normal to me. Why does everyone hate him?

Question

He told me that the US department of Justice wrote a report that said that the sex offender registry was put up to keep track of predators. Now, offences like skinny dipping and streaking are regularly put on the registry. Children are rarely involved in most cases. I wonder if the media uses these cases to gain ratings and listeners? I know senators use victims regularly to get reelected. Tell me your thoughts on this. It's a messy situation.

Answer 1

It depends on the complete situation. If it's about "skinny dipping" it's one thing, If it's about molestation it's another thing entirely. It is very difficult to tell if someone deserves a designation just by looking at them.
However I have a problem with someone making false accusations in order to get their way. In my case my ex has initiated accusations against me instead of showing up in court and answering for her violations of 13+ orders of the court.
There are those who manipulate the legal system and don't have to pay a dime, while those who try to use the courts (this includes the lawyer, filing fees, process service....) none of which is cheap to get justice are thwarted by an unsubstantiated accusation.
I feel that if someone makes a false accusation there should be criminal penalties.
I don't know if this answers your question but I thank you for the opportunity to vent.

Answer 2

The term "sex offender" is used on those who have committed sex offenses. By statute, you cannot be deamed a Sex Offender unless you have committed certain crimes. I have to tell you that a person arrested for "skinny dipping" is not deemed an S/O nor do they have to register. The only situation that I know of where people are classified as S/O and in my opinions should not be... are those who were convicted of Statutory Rape when the victim and the perp were very close in age, say the perp is 17 and the victim is 14 or 15. In Georgia, that is a misdemeanor. offense anyway as of late. But please, do the research, folks are not on the sex offender registry for streaking LOL. Also, what do you mean about your "landlord" being a sex offender, what did he do? BTW.. you say your landlord seems normal.. S/Os always SEEM normal, that's how they trap their victims. What do you think, that S/Os have a big read S stamped on their foreheads?

Answer 3

Yeah I heard that too. If you get caught in public taking a leak then you could be classified as a sex offender even if children are not invovled. I think it is stupid to classify people as sex offenders unless the expose themselves to people in a really dirty way, like exposing themselves, not so much streaking. People who rape are sex offenders and people who harm children are also sex offenders. Maybe they differentiate between the real offenders and those who may just happen to streak or skinny dip.

Answer 4

My friend works in youth corrections. He has plenty of stories of children as young as 13 being put into the system and labeled as sex offenders because they had relations with someone 1 year younger. Instead of being disciplined by caring parents they are treated as criminals and not allowed to live a normal life. The blanket image everybody has of a sex offender of a middle-aged guy who is a pervert and likes children is very misconstrued.

Also, at least in the state of Iowa, soliciting sex and pimping are considered sex crimes.

Answer 5

You're correct. The term "sex offender" has become so broad that it is almost meaningless.

That category can include offenses like unrinating in public, streaking at a college picnic, or as you say, skinny dipping. The term has long ago stopped meaning "sexual predator" or "child molester" -- but the vast majority of people still think that's what the term means.

Answer 6

I would double check to see if it says anything about what your landlord did because in some cases if it is more than what he says, his offence may effect who you can bring on his property or what you can do there depending on where you are. You shouldn't take anyone's word for it until you know for sure. This is a matter of public record and you need to know if you are going to live under this guy's roof because it effects you directly.
Thank you for pointing out this problem with our system though as I have stated before to lawmakers that this needs to be addressed. There are people who have been tacked for things as simple as urinating in public, (on a tree in a national park with no toilet around even) as sex offenders for "indecent exposure". This is highly unnecessary and causes a great deal of burden on the comunity. I personally am not directly effected by this but feel that there should be and in some cases are notes as to what the person's offense is when they are listed as some state systems have actually caught on when listing though most haven't. The problem is this, you search the registry to find out if there is an offender in your area and find out that Johny next door is an offender. You have no idea what he did. You don't know what to watch out for.
However if you know the only thing he did was pee on a tree in the national park in the middle of nowhere and happend to have a ranger in a bad mood there who whote him up for it and had him ticketed for exposure. Then some whack job judge had him list himself on the registry because it was a "sex offence". Then you know you don't have to worry about him.
At the same time if it says he is a convicted child molester then you know to call the cops when his nephew is left at his place next Saturday. Or if he is on parole for sexual assault you know you need make doubly sure to walk your sister to her car after dinner. With the current system half the time you don't know what the person is on the list for. The list also isn't documented properly as I had a coworker a few years back who was listed at an address his ex-wife moved to when he got out of prison. I checked with his parole officer and was told that she wasn't the one who entered that address but it then took her three weeks to get it corrected even then the street was misspelled.

Answer 7

Once a sex offender always a potential Repeater. Don´t be blinded by kindness. This is probably why your neighbors´victim became a statistic. Think about the Victim.

Answer 8

LOL, you must either be a Muslim or a liberal. They are the only ones (I know of) so gullible to believe things like this from the offender themselves.

The media has nothing to do with it. The list is put out by the law portion of the government.

You've been suckered and you believe that crap. Keep on believing but I hope you don't have children.

Answer 9

I have never heard of streaking and skinny dipping being a sex offender crime, thats suprising if it is true. They should lock up the real sex offenders for life, and the ones who mess with children, death, they should be executed.

Answer 10

You have to be kidding me. Let me guess you and the first guy on here to comment are going to vote for Hilliary Clinton. In order for some one to register as a sex offender you have to be prosecuted in a court room. I doubt they are going to sentence you for sexual assault for pissing in public or sreaking. This sick people have sexual problems and use it on kids that are too young and innocent to know better. There is no room in the world for these kind of beasts.