Convicted sex offenders face a lot of challenges. Even in jail and prison their lives are in danger if they are not segregated from other types of inmates or if they are not sent to majority-sex offender prisons. The obstacles…
The sex offender registry and accompanying laws have been around for a while and have served more as instruments of oppression than as instruments of justice. Over the course of time we have explained why the registry and laws not…
In our last podcast and blog we learned that there are a number of organizations that advocate for registered citizens/registered sex offenders, including efforts to educate the public and get questionable legislation overturned or modified. There are also programs and…
Thus far we have covered a number of topics in our blogs, including what life is like on the sex offender registry and the struggles and even dangers that registrants face. We have discussed victims, ways to succeed in spite…
Often we hear the phrase, “innocent until proven guilty.” We hear it on crime shows and in conversations about our legal system. If we were living in an ideal world, that would be so, but the hard truth is “guilty…
In our previous Beyond the Label podcast, David and I made it clear that we have concerns for the victims of sexual crimes as well as for registered sex offenders. As men who have taken responsibility for our crimes and…
In our last blog we discussed serving God as an RSO. There are battles that both saved and unsaved RSOs fight, and although not always visible, these battles are just as real as actual physical combat. Some of these we…
In previous blogs we have discussed a number of challenges facing RSOs: Social stigma, nefarious laws, even rejection by churches. We allow for the fact that a number of RSOs are not Christians. However, the author and this ministry are…
Politicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, law enforcement officials, crime shows, and many other people and genres portray sex offenders as remorseless animals who are utterly unredeemable and who cannot be rehabilitated. Such beliefs fuel everything from the sex offender registry to proximity…
Sex offender registries are readily available in every state for public viewing online. Also, you can look someone up on the internet and find out about them without resorting to a registry, which includes learning that a person is a…