September 5, 2018, a Knox County Court has given a former youth minister who pled guilty to soliciting an underage girl for sex, the chance for judicial diversion. Jaon Evan Kennedy, a 48 year old father of three was caught…
Tag: punishment
Doctor Who Raped Sedated Patient Receives No Prison Time
Several news articles this week have reported on Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh, a former Houston doctor who surprisingly received no prison time after sexually assaulting a hospitalized patient. Instead, the former doc had his medical license and a $10,000 fine suspended.…
Taxpayer’s Money Wasted on Duplicate Registry Compliance Checks
For those registrants that are out on parole, home visits by a parole officer come with the territory. Let’s just say there are good P.O.’s and bad P.O.’s. Some arrive on your doorstep inconspicuously, badges slightly hidden so as not…
Aging on the Registry Can Be Hazardous To Your Health and Freedom
One of the hazards of aging is memory lapses. If we’re fortunate enough to make it into our 50’s,60’s and beyond, we may start noticing that we forget little things, where you left the car keys, where you put your…
TN US District Court Case May Be Pivotal for Registrants
A case filed in US District Court, Nashville, TN last week has the potential to be a pivotal point in changing the registry, not only for John Doe who is filing the suit, but for all registrants. Plaintiff John Doe…
Colorado Sex Offender Registration Statute Unconstitutional 8-31-2017
Colorado Sex Offender Registration Statute Unconstitutional 8-31-2017 MILLARD et al. v. Rankin A win following the Packingham v. North Carolina win Packingham v. North Carolina: Justice Kennedy writing for the majority noted parenthetically that “the troubling fact that the law imposes severe restrictions…
French President’s Wife Would Be On The Registry In The USA
Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron was just 15 yrs old when he began to fall in love with his 39 yr. old married drama teacher, Brigitte Trogneux. Macron was attending “La Providence”, a Jesuit school in Amiens in Northern…
What If Registrants Refuse To Take The Road Less Traveled?
An article out of Palos Park, Illinois has me wondering, WHAT IF? Apparently some parents waiting at a school bus stop had noticed what they termed a suspicious red Hyundai passing by the bus stop several times that week. What made…
Opinions Are Like (Fill in the Blank). Everyone’s Got One.
The Hill’s January 31, 2017 piece by Opinion Contributor/Attorney Michael Dolce, struck a chord with me. A very negative chord. It reminded me just how terrible an ill-conceived “opinion piece” can be perceived by the public as being “the whole…
Irresponsible Journalism When It Comes To Sex Offenders
This past week a local newspaper ran a series of articles on the plight of the homeless. The headline to a sidebar in the article announced “No One Wants To Deal With Sex Offenders”. This was my first issue with…
The Registry: Government Sanctioned Bullying of Registrant’s Children
With all the hype in the news over bullying of children, the government appears oblivious to its own part in causing harm to children of those on the sex offender registry. Studies have shown that some registrants suffer from PTSD…
Jarod Fogle asks for Sentence Reduction
Several months ago, former Subway pitchman, Jarod Fogle, was sentenced to 15 years 8 months in prison for child pornography and sex with underage children. This past week, he and his attorneys have sought an appeal through the Seventh Circuit…
Abused then..And Now By The Registry
While sitting back in our Florida room the other day reading a Scarlet Letter echo post by Kat, “Is Life After Prison Worse Than Prison Itself?”, a sudden loud knocking at the door startled our dog as she began to…