Six Year Old Charged With Sex Crime for Playing Doctor

[bali1228]

What WHAT?! This is craaaazzzzzyyyyy....what the hell is this world coming to? Kids getting expelled from school under zero-tolerence policies because the brought a plastic knife to school in their lunch, and young girls are being expelled for drug distribution because they loaned a friend a Midol...now this?! I can't take much more before my head explodes...

[faeryedark]

I am not surprised. really, I am not, saddened yes, surprised no.
I have a loved one who is an RSO (registered sex offender) he took a plea to something he did not do, after a hung jury because the DA didn't care if "MR. X" was guilty or not, and just wanted to get a conviction with little to no evidence...and said as much, we overheard her, and it made no difference.
I have been involved with the families of RSOs for 3+ years now, and have heard it all (or so I thought)
In some states, there are people on thre registry for: skinny dipping, mooning, streaking, having sex inside their cars, changing clothes in their cars, being caught having sex in "public places" such as a wooded area, and the list goes on and on, and the defendants get younger and younger.
On top of that: inmany states the So's age continues to progress on the registry while the "victim's" doesn't
To use this boy as an example: he could be 35 and still have his victim listed as being 5 yrs. old...which makes people think he's a total perv.
I sometimes get blasted when I say, the laws and the registry need an overhaul...but they really do.
Most of us, could be sex offenders under one law or another in some state.
I have to ask, how does any of the above keep children safe?
I am the survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and I feel that most of the laws and the registry, as it stands today, is a slap in the face to those who have actually been abused.
Sorry, for the vent:
i've really thought about a t-shirt that says
You Could be a Sex Offender if you've done any of the following:
and then list every asinine thing someone's been registered for.

[pharrothead]

I am not surprised. really, I am not, saddened yes, surprised no.
I have a loved one who is an RSO (registered sex offender) he took a plea to something he did not do, after a hung jury because the DA didn't care if "MR. X" was guilty or not, and just wanted to get a conviction with little to no evidence...and said as much, we overheard her, and it made no difference.
I have been involved with the families of RSOs for 3+ years now, and have heard it all (or so I thought)
In some states, there are people on thre registry for: skinny dipping, mooning, streaking, having sex inside their cars, changing clothes in their cars, being caught having sex in "public places" such as a wooded area, and the list goes on and on, and the defendants get younger and younger.
On top of that: inmany states the So's age continues to progress on the registry while the "victim's" doesn't
To use this boy as an example: he could be 35 and still have his victim listed as being 5 yrs. old...which makes people think he's a total perv.
I sometimes get blasted when I say, the laws and the registry need an overhaul...but they really do.
Most of us, could be sex offenders under one law or another in some state.
I have to ask, how does any of the above keep children safe?
I am the survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and I feel that most of the laws and the registry, as it stands today, is a slap in the face to those who have actually been abused.
Sorry, for the vent:
i've really thought about a t-shirt that says
You Could be a Sex Offender if you've done any of the following:
and then list every asinine thing someone's been registered for.

Sadly that's the truth. We know of someone who was URINATING in a dark alley, behind a bar, at 2 in the morning. Mom drives by with a child in the car SLEEPING (didn't see a thing) calls the police. Wham! Registered Sex Offender because the child could have seen had they been awake.

Do I also know of kids who were under 18 who should have been RSO's, yep but that was before the websites, they were under 18, got a slap on the wrist.

[pam0815]

I have a nephew that I believe has been sexually abused...He was 4 at the time..He started telling my son things that he thought was normal...sucking, bottom business, etc...I was furious when I found him and my son and I kno your not supposed to but I went ballistic but I calmed down and talked to him but he never really admitted to anything but my son told me later that my nephew learned it from an older boy in his family...His mother never believed me when I said something was happening to him...He is 7 now and continues to "mess" with all of his cousins..girls and boys...My son doesnt see him enuff for that to go on with him anymore but I would never think of making him go thru all the court and having to register as a sex offender for it!! I believe he needs help but not to be convicted! If that boy is convicted will they put him in like a detention home or something?

[kimandkathess]

It just goes to show you that "THE SYSTEM" is more worried about getting everyone in trouble or convicted or whatever as fast as possible and what is convenient for them. No one wants to seem to help anyone anymore......