TIL Children as young as eight can and have been put on the sex offender registry, which lasts the rest of their lives.
TIL Children as young as eight can and have been put on the sex offender registry, which lasts the rest of their lives.
Registries continue to punish youth years and even decades after they have served time. Data and research show that registries don’t improve public safety.
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My sister was nearly put on the registry when she was 15 for slapping a friends butt in school who had decided she didn’t want to be friends with her anymore but hadn’t exactly communicated it. She chose to communicate that by accusing her of SA.
My sister avoided the registry by a mix of community service and counseling, but I always thought it was wild that she was at risk while under 18.
Yeah, I remember when everyone was starting to get decent camera phones and then news articles started popping up about high schoolers being picked up by the FBI for producing child porn by sending nudes, and their girlfriend/boyfriend for seeing them. There was a bit of panic, that was then promptly ignored because "it'd never happen to us".
Can't imagine how different someones life would be if they were tagged as a sex offender before even turning 18.