My World View Has Changed Dramatically Since I Was The Middle School

changed?” I was once falsely accused of child neglect and the experience that I had was one,

I have an uncle named Michael and he’s 29; he’ll be 31 in October. In 2006 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he was convicted of rape. A young woman lied and said he raped her, and now he will forever be scarred. In many rape cases, the defense will say that the victim was fantasizing the rape or is lying, but sometimes she really is lying (Siegel, 1995, p. 304). Virginia has a two tier system for sex offenders, violent and non-violent. Even though Michaels charge was for the rape of an adult, he is still considered a violent sexual predator, forever. This means he can’t go to McDonalds, he can’t go to see his nieces and nephews, and he couldn’t even go to my high school graduation two

The two boys were found and were asked about the situation, but they were never found guilty of raping the girl and were let go. After this the stepfather was put under suspicion himself of the crime because his stepdaughter had told someone that he had committed the crime, and he was tried and found guilty of the rape of L.H. (Cornell).

I remember having to sit down with my mother and father at the age of six and they asked me “Where did he touch you?”. Do you know how hard that is? Do you know how hard it is to explain to your parents how you were sexually abused by a family member? I was so embarrassed and ashamed. I remember them telling me that it was not my fault but I could not help but believe that it was all my fault. Could I have stopped this? Surely I could have told somebody what was happening but why didn't I? I think I was scared. I did not know what my parents would think of me if I told them. I did not want anyone in my family finding out, and I knew if I told my parents, everybody would find out. Everybody did find out but nobody talked about it. It was just something that was known. When I was younger, I thought maybe nobody knew but as I grew up and wasn’t allowed alone with this family member, I just assumed everybody knew. I do not know whether I am mad or glad that this is not talked about within my family. I almost feel like the whole situation was swept under the rug because maybe my parents did not want to believe how serious the abuse actually was. I guess nobody will understand how bad it was besides me. It is still really hard to see this person and family get togethers. It makes me dread the holidays when we all get

Megan Kanka and several other children have been the reason for the safety of children around this country. I know that you’re wondering in what way this person contributed to the safety of other children. Well Megan Kanko was a 7 years old child who was next door from a previously charged pedophile in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The difference between then and now is that in the past there were no laws stating that pedophiles had to inform those who lived near them that they were there, of their past convictions, or even some type of registration available. This was the case of Megan Kanka’s offender, Jesse Timmendequas. His record consisted of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl in Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1979. He had pleaded guilty to the charges for attempted aggravated sexual assault. He was given a suspended sentence, but he failed to go to counseling, so he was forced to spend nine months at the Middlesex Adult Correctional Center. In 1981, he again pleaded guilty in regards to the sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl and was imprisoned, at Avenel, for six years. He’s an example of a recidivist who was controlled and

“The victim was standing at the front door of the school entrance when the suspect and her mother attempted to open the door. The victim would not open the door, according to school policy. Suspect and mother cursed the victim. Suspect then began punching the victim in the face numerous times. The victim received bruises and scratches to the face. All of these events occurred while school was in session and disrupted the daily business of

If this happened to someone they would feel they were wronged this is what practically happened to Anderson. He thought his actions were between two consensual adults however, the girl lied causing him to be a sex offender because he believed her. I believe that instead of him being punished for his poor judgment that the girl should have to face consequences because she lied knowing what could happen. She could have avoided this situation many times by not going on dates with people over 18, lying about her age and by telling him the truth. If she did this and he still did what he did then he would deserve to be punished but he was never given the information that she was only

of kidnaping and raping a young woman who was walking on her way home from work. He was

They didn’t even have her brother Ken, as a suspect when he completely admitted to molesting her! But the police department overlooked him and took Guy Paul as the prime suspect because he was not bothered by the police and not caring they were looking for a young child and interviewing his own mother. I am completely devastated by the blindness of the police and their act of service to our country of trying to fast track something that needs to be taken slow and looked at multiple times not just making an assumption and blaming the first person that doesn’t seem in the “norm” of

Leighann states she doesn't know where her private parts are. She pointed to her arm and leg. Caseworker gave an example of where her privates are such where her bathing suit or underwear touches. She states no one has touched her private parts. Caseworker told her what to do when someone tries to touch her private parts. Someone like broke their window. His name is Vell. They went next door and prayed there. My little sister was crying. She kept saying she miss her momma she miss her momma. Then Vell went to jail. When it was done they prayed outside. They went to their grandma house to eat and watch TV. It was nighttime they had a snack, went to sleep and played a game on the Xbox. She was scared when Vell broke the window. He broke it with a rock. He threw the rock at my sister forehead. The neighbor said to go to his house. The neighbors woke up because they heard it. She said it was daylight when it happen? She said it was inside the home. Her mom told them to go into the room. She was mad. She was mad because Vell had threw the rock through her window. She put trash bags and tape on it. She said before Vell threw the rock through the wind they were saying bad words to each other. They was

He spent five years in prison for a crime he never committed. The accusation tarnished his name and had to deal with many years of anguish. To prevent this from happening again the court system should be reevaluating cases so that if an allegation turns out to be false the person will not have to live out their entire sentence. In the article False Allegations of Sexual Assault: An Analysis of Ten Years of Reported Cases it states “The police department of a major university in the Northeastern United States agreed to provide access to case summaries of every sexual assault reported to the department over a 10-year period, from 1998 to 2007.” (Lisak 1327). This means that the police department began to look at older cases to see check if there are any false

Richards is heir of the Du Pont chemical fortune. He was married to Tracy Richards. Richards had 2 kids. At the time of the incident, his daughter was 3 years old and his son was 19 months. Richards managed to sexually harass his daughter from 2005 to 2007. During these years Richard penetrated his daughter and sexually abused his 19 month old son. During trial, Richards pleaded and was found guilty. He however was sentenced to 8 years in prison but managed to get out of it with 8 years probation instead since the judge believed he would not “fare well” in a level 5 setting prison , $4,395 fine paid to the Delaware Violent Crimes Compensation Board and had to register as a sex offender states an article from www.cnn.com. Statutory rape laws are all different in all 50 states, in Delaware however Statutory rape is divided in different degrees depending on how atrocious or inoffensive the case might be. In Richard’s case, he should have been found guilty of statutory rape in the fourth degree since the victim was under 15 and he is over 30 years old and there was also penetration involved. The penalties for this crime include 15 years in prison and a class C felony. Let me remind you that Richards was sentenced to 8 years of probation. Although Richards was unemployed, he still had a fund big enough to pay for the best attorneys and maybe even the

Judge McKeon imposed a suspended 30-year prison sentence, which the man will not serve if he successfully completes probation. This included a community-based sex offender treatment program and no unsupervised contact with minors. McKeon wrote that a longtime sec offender treatment specialist Michael Sullivan recommended community based treatment on grounds that the man was at low risk to repeat his crime. Based on this testimony, treatment within the community provided. “A better opportunity for rehabilitation.” and “ for the ultimate protection of the victim.” A state exception to what’s supposed to be a mandatory sentence policy is meant, “to encourage and provide opportunities for an offender’s self-improvement, rehabilitation, and reintegration back into a community.” The wife and mother of the offender has both agreed that 25 year prison term is not the best punishment. They say this in regards for their two sons and the relationship between them and their father. Both women have stated that they will be devastated if their dad is no longer a part of their

Stories of sex offenders have been increasingly a focus of attention by the criminal justice system over the past years. By legal definition, a sex offender “is a person who is convicted of a sexual offense (Sex Offender Law & Legal Definition),” an act which is prohibited by the jurisdiction. What constitutes as a sex offense or normal/abnormal sexual behavior varies over time and place, meaning that it also varies by legal jurisdiction and culture. In the United States of America, for example, a person can be convicted of wide range of sexual behavior that includes prostitution, incest, sex with a minor, rape, and other sex offenses (Sex Offender Law & Legal Definition). As the nature of sex crimes have long held the

As a child, my interests were more focused on reading than writing. In elementary school I fell in love with books. Initially I read simple children’s books, much like everybody else in my class, but it did not take long for my passion to drive me to read more difficult writings. Fiction books quickly became a replacement for any childhood toys. Instead of blocks or stuffed animals I would ask my parents for books. Since they were aimed at young readers, they tended to be short. I found myself going through them within days, and then soon several hours. Towards the end of elementary school I was reading series like Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. I was captivated, and reading truly opened up a whole new world for me.