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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: 10 Year Old Sexual Predator (News Article...of course) | ||||
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| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 10:44 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00  | This makes me sick...not what the kid did but what the courts are doing to him and what society has done Here 10-Year-Old's Crime Tests Limits of Megan's Law By LAURA MANSNERUS . G., as he is identified by New Jersey's courts, is 16, trying to finish high school and hoping to clear his record of something he did when he was 10. But that may be impossible, because J. G. committed a sex offense, and for sex offenders the rules are different. In fact, the rules collectively known as Megan's Law, establishing a register of sex offenders and publicly identifying those considered most dangerous, are meant to keep the past in view. And as New Jersey legislators respond to a voter referendum allowing the posting of offenders' names and photographs on the Internet, J. G. has presented the State Supreme Court with the question: Can this law be applied to a 10- year-old? The issue, being raised around the country at a time that all 50 states have passed some form of sex-offender-notification law, shows a tension between two deeply held goals. While sex-offender laws seek to give the widest possible publicity to sex crimes, the juvenile justice system seeks to give the widest possible protection to young offenders. And while New Jersey's juvenile system ensures that no one enters adulthood with a criminal record, the state's sex-offender-registry law, depending on the offense, stigmatizes offenders for many years or for life. "Too few people understand how broad these laws are in their reach," said Hunter Hurst Sr., the director of the National Center for Juvenile Justice. "We've got all these ugly laws we passed when we were in a bad mood, and this is one of them." Of the 7,447 people registered under the sex-offender law in New Jersey, it is not clear how many were juvenile offenders, since the state does not systematically keep track of their ages. Prosecutors and public defenders estimate that 10 percent to 25 percent of the offenders are under 18, with many fewer under 14 and only a handful as young as 10. Offenders are ranked, regardless of age, according to the likelihood of committing another crime. Fewer than 200 of the 7,447 are deemed high-risk offenders, whose names are given to local residents, and the rest are identified to police agencies and sometimes to schools and child- care providers. The case, called In the Matter of J. G., began with an incident that no one wants to talk about in detail and it continued in closed proceedings because he is a juvenile. The Supreme Court has even impounded the briefs filed in the case, which is to be decided soon. But limited information from the boy's lawyers and other sources yields this account: At 10, J. G., diagnosed as educable mentally retarded, was found rubbing himself against a girl, 8, in his mother's care at his home in Mercer County. Both children were wearing only underwear. The boy, whose primary language was Spanish, had some trouble with investigators' questions; his lawyers say he equated the term sex with kissing, although prosecutors say that he understood what investigators were asking. In juvenile court, J. G. pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault. A doctor's examination of the girl found no evidence of penetration, but it is not clear what other evidence was presented. A year later, in a separate hearing, J. G. was assigned a risk classification. His probation was going well, but the judge was also told that the boy had been accused of similar behavior before he molested the 8-year- old girl. J. G. was placed in the moderate-risk category, requiring notification of local police, schools and child-care facilities. An appeals court limited the notice to J. G.'s own school. But the boy's lawyers, Craig J. Hubert and James M. Graziano, contend that a 10-year-old should not be subject to the sex-offender law at all — an argument that becomes especially important if the Legislature allows any Internet access to the names of moderate-risk offenders. While the notification law in New Jersey clearly applies to juveniles, or those "adjudicated delinquent" for an offense that would be a crime if committed by an adult, the Supreme Court has never considered an offender as young as 10. J. G.'s lawyers would draw a line at 14, the minimum age for transfer to adult court. The enforcement of New Jersey's Megan's Law, named for a 7-year-old who was murdered by a convicted child molester in Hamilton Township, not far from J. G.'s home, has been limited for years because of court challenges. But as written, the New Jersey statute remains relatively strict for juveniles. Many states have age limits for their notification laws, typically 14 or 15, or apply them only to those convicted in adult court. A few states identify juveniles on Web sites; the Kansas site, for example, pictures a few who registered as sex offenders at 12 or 13, and one boy who at 11 participated in the gang rape of two 6-year-old girls. Mark Soler, president of the Youth Law Center in Washington, said the New Jersey case "cries out for looking at individual circumstances." "This is not a 17-year-old who committed a forcible rape," he said. "This is a young boy who apparently rubbed up against some girls in an inappropriate way, has done well since." But Cynthia Liccardo, the head of the Megan's Law unit in the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, said that J. G. had molested more than two young girls and that "this was not a scenario even close to two kids playing doctor." Ms. Liccardo said that "that stuff clearly gets filtered out" as prosecutors rely increasingly on psychologists and social workers to evaluate young offenders before charges are brought. "I can also tell you I've had 15- year-olds who are pedophiles," she added, "who have already had 25 victims." Lee Solomon, the Camden County prosecutor, said prosecutors had little latitude in bringing charges. "If the offense qualifies as a Megan's Law offense, we believe they should be treated as adults until the Supreme Court tells us otherwise," he said. "I don't think the exercise of prosecutorial discretion includes looking the other way when a crime has been committed." One woman in Burlington County, who spoke only on the condition that no names be used, said her family was devastated when her stepson, 13, was charged with sexually molesting his sister, 8, and then compelled to register under sex-offender law. "His sister even wrote the judge a letter saying, `I don't want my brother to be a criminal,' " the woman said, even though "she wasn't entirely sure she could forgive him." Now, she said, the family fears that if offenders' names are accessible on a Web site, the boy's chance of a normal life will be threatened and people will know his sister was the victim. Concerns like this have given legislators pause. The State Assembly has approved a bill to post names and pictures of high- and moderate- risk offenders and set up a second site making the names of low-risk offenders available to some potential employers, like school districts. But the State Senate has hesitated. At the request of Senator Peter A. Inverso, the bill's original sponsor, a task force is examining privacy issues, particularly in juvenile and incest cases. "This Internet notification is scaring a lot of people," said Ken Singer, who works with sex offenders and set up a treatment program for adolescents for the State Corrections Department. Megan's Law, he added, is "a very wide net that sweeps in everybody." 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| GonzoStyle | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:07 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | FUCK Megans Law!!!! never asked for my name to be on the list, go catch real criminals.  So spake the Cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss; but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impaired; yet seemed Undaunted She-Mail Me Here | ||||
| My Turn in the Barrel Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | They discussed this on PI yesterday. They pretty much agreed it was a stupid charge. For god sakes they were just playin googies!!!!11 I Just Wanna F the S out of your Sister | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | I was saving the article for your return Gonzo, it was made for you The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney | ||||
| GonzoStyle | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:11 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | in all seriousness i agree with Megans Law and fuck protecting some fuckin degenerate piece of shit who perverts children cause of their feeble and innocent minds. But if this is how they are enforcing it i mean come on, so the kid "rubbed" on a girl. they had their undies on come on the kid wasnt looking to fuck an 8 year old he's 10 for christ sakes he cant even cum yet, and save the spanish jokes, lol. But this is complete bullshit and just shows how ass backwards this country is. This also shows that if you believe all you are told on tv you are blind. So spake the Cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss; but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impaired; yet seemed Undaunted She-Mail Me Here | ||||
| hornygoatweed23 I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Amen Gonzo! This country is slowly being told what to believe via the media and figure-head leaders that are merely puppets to the unseen tight-assed powers that be. When is sex just sex and NOT a goddamn crime? And people wonder why every other country on this planet laughs at us...  Classes for Enhancing your Board Experience and Stamina are now in Session! Email me here or AIM me at Organic999 to enroll. | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-22-2001 @ 11:57 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Politicians are such pussies they will give in on a little thing here and there for their special interest groups until it combines into something huge. Douchebag Torricelli I met him. All he wants to do is look good and say hey im great with the kids, let me take a picture and then its bye bye. But probably most politicans are like that anyway. I was talking about O&A and the wiffle ball bat challenge and some chick is so fucking uptight that she needs to go say I'm feeling uncomfortable. When you are singing fucking N'Sync tunes I feel uncomfortable but I don't don't my boxers in a bunch.  Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag I have brought the 3 i's of SamH and ass-fucker into the International | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 06-23-2001 @ 12:11 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Be happy she said that she was uncomfortable AM and didn't go to some sort of authority figure and complain that you were sexually harrassing her with unfair comment. (And I too hate when girls think they have harmony but totally don't and go around singing Destiny's Fucking Child. I can't stand the group and I can't stand your pathetic asses singing Survivor in that black rhythm you think you have) The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-23-2001 @ 12:18 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Actually she did go to an authority and complain of sexual harassment. I wasn't even talking to her anyways. The funny thing was she got hers in the end but not by me but it was still poetic justice. Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag I have brought the 3 i's of SamH and ass-fucker into the International | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 06-23-2001 @ 12:32 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | So who anally raped her AM? The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 06-23-2001 @ 12:34 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Some 6 year old spanish kid :). Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag I have brought the 3 i's of SamH and ass-fucker into the International | ||||
| Filzy Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!! | posted on 06-23-2001 @ 1:29 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Ok I read the article... The kid is only 10 years old, I don't think at that age you can be a pedophile. You can be a little pervet kid, but not a pedophile, because the kid is 10 DAMMIT! I can say this, there are poeple who should be brought out to the field and be shot for over reacting. Pansies.  OA.com's headhunter and veteran Did I forget to mention I quit smoking? Bear with me folks. Headhunters in training: Nineinchhammer whichwaymediumorrare | ||||
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