A convicted VIOLENT sex offender is moving in up the street!

[plthijinx]

SamIam brings up a good point in saying "These days we just put them in jail and eventually they go back to a community that wants no part of them - big surprise." In my case I did not commit the crimes I went to prison for but because I went to prison and have these convictions on my record no one will hire me in my old field. industrial engineering. i've been a cellarite for a minute and there are those here that can vouch for me. it's been more than a year since i "walked out the walls" and it's frustrating. i'm used to leading a comfortable lifestyle and i tell ya, this last year has been rough. i am thankful though that i do have a job even if it's not in either of my fields (engineering and/or aviation). my point is this... i didn't do my crimes yet because the record says i did people believe the record (and why wouldn't they i understand) but people want ex-felons to improve their life/lifestyle, be productive in society, yadayadayada.... yet we don't get the chance. put us in someone else's back yard. fmr.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's why that high school football player we talked about awhile back, refused to take the DA's plea bargain, he knew it would fuck up his life. Then they changed the law because of the public outrage over his case, but he couldn't get out because the lawmakers forgot to apply it retroactively.
Then he had to stay in jail for almost another year until the legislature got around to amending the law.

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's why that high school football player we talked about awhile back, refused to take the DA's plea bargain, he knew it would fuck up his life. Then they changed the law because of the public outrage over his case, but he couldn't get out because the lawmakers forgot to apply it retroactively.
Then he had to stay in jail for almost another year until the legislature got around to amending the law.

: : if you guys only knew what i just went though. i saw similar cases over the last 2 months. the law is messed up now. really messed up. society now today is just overwhelming. DA's only care about one thing and one thing only. convictions. "who's right? who's wrong? i don't care! convict them! make my resume look better!" fucking joke. thought and was brought up on the principals of justice and right up bringing. only to be fucked. apologize but damn need to vent.

[xoxoxoBruce]

No need to apologize, you've been around here to know we love venting, we encourage it, nurture it.

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No need to apologize, you've been around here to know we love venting, we encourage it, nurture it.

right on!

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by plthijinx

SamIam brings up a good point in saying "These days we just put them in jail and eventually they go back to a community that wants no part of them - big surprise." In my case I did not commit the crimes I went to prison for but because I went to prison and have these convictions on my record no one will hire me in my old field. industrial engineering. i've been a cellarite for a minute and there are those here that can vouch for me. it's been more than a year since i "walked out the walls" and it's frustrating. i'm used to leading a comfortable lifestyle and i tell ya, this last year has been rough. i am thankful though that i do have a job even if it's not in either of my fields (engineering and/or aviation). my point is this... i didn't do my crimes yet because the record says i did people believe the record (and why wouldn't they i understand) but people want ex-felons to improve their life/lifestyle, be productive in society, yadayadayada.... yet we don't get the chance. put us in someone else's back yard. fmr.

I am sorry you had to go through that and are still going through it. I had a minor brush with the legal system myself a few years back and your comments are dead on. As far as I could see, the DA, judge and public defender followed the same formula for everyone accused with little regard for any individual's actual guilt or innocence. Once you've attracted the attention of the system, it mechanically chews you up until it finally spits you out.

For all that, I am still very concerned that a person convicted of such a severe crime will be living so close to me. I suppose the people of my neighborhood will be given more details at the town hall meeting about this on December 6th.