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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Taking a Break

      After the trauma I went thru 10 days ago I need a break from my activism for a week or two. On April 21, 2011 a squad of 20+ Law Enforcement Agents did a RSO Sweep on the Hotel I am forced to stay in and along for the ride were all the local TV medias. Not only was my room torn apart and I was made to sit in front of my front door in handcuffs, NBC Bay Area put my face on the news under the announcement saying this was a "Child Sexual Predator Raid". My life has been hell ever since. Click on link to see news report of raid

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sex_Predator_Bust_in_Santa_Clara_Bay_Area-120438359.html

 
     I did give them an interview about the truth of Jessica's Law, but It was cut. Not sensational enough for them. What they also failed to mention was that my "victim" was 24 years old, had a history of falsely accusing men, falsely accused me for a one million dollar lawsuit, that my "crime" was 26+ years ago, the only evidence was her tainted word, I have passed lie detectors tests, have always maintained my innocence, have been back and forth back to prison for refusing to register as a SO, and on and on. The truth rarely finds Itself on network news. Here's what other networks aired about the raid.

http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=851


http://www.ktvu.com/news/27633419/detail.html 



     I want to find a new place to live. If that is what you can call it living "life" under Jessica's Law. I call It existing. Things were going as best they could before this raid, but now? Will be back soon hopefully. If some vigilante doesn't put a bullet in my head first. I have received plenty of name-calling and even death threats in the past due to my activism in trying to expose The Sex Crime Witch Hunt and Jessica's Law, but never before has my face and exactly where I live been on the TV news. Kinda scary.
     I've been in the fight for over 20+ years now and spent time on some of the toughest mainline prisons in the country, but this is new. Who knows who's out there with a bullet with my name on It.
I will regroup and be back. Take care for now and get involved!!! below are links that will aim you in the right direction.

Must See Links

Rape Liar Can't Keep her Story Straight

Saturday, April 30, 2011


Rape liar can't keep story straight: first says her 'rapist' was white, then changes it to black

At two o'clock last Monday morning, Natalie Nicholas, a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania woman, went to Abington Memorial Hospital and reported that she had been raped and robbed.  She claimed she had been beaten to unconsciousness and when she awoke, the supposed offender was sexually assaulting her.

The only problem is, her story didn't add up. It had inconsistencies. "At one point during the investigation, Nicholas changed the description of the offender from being a white male to being a black male."

By 4:45, less than three hours after she had arrived at the hospital, detectives could definitively say that Nicholas had lied about her attack. Nicholas admitted to lying, and has been charged with making a false report to police. She will also be billed for the costs associated with the investigation.

Sources: http://buxmontnews.com/2011/04/29/upper-moreland-woman-lies-about-rape-will-have-to-pay-police-for-cost-of-investigation/ and http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/crime/police-woman-lied-about-robbery-rape/article_ba498241-1b97-5cfb-af72-eb465a71b48c.html

Run James Run 2007

February 2007
     
     J.A., an innocent man who spent 10 years in an Oregon prison after being falsely accused in 1985, former prison escapee and fugitive from justice, prisoner's rights and men's rights activist, cofounder of Californians Against Jessica's Law (CAJL) in 2006 and founder of Society Against False Accusations of Rape (SAFAR) in 1990, and author is missing and has said to have left the country. No one knows where he is. We thought his supporters should know that he has not forgotten them or has turned his back on the cause. He simply has disappeared. Of course, who can blame him after the nightmare he's been forced to endure these many years. Good luck.
 
UPDATE: Nov. 2010

    J.A. was captured in July of 2008 and given a 4 year prison term for refusing to register as a SO. On 10/23/2010 he was released and is now serving a 3 year parole sentence in Santa Clara Co., California that has turned out to be a true nightmare. James now has a GPS Tracking Device locked onto his ankle 24/7. He has to charge it up twice a day for an hour each time and if his shackle loses power he will be sent back to prison. James has also find it next to impossible to find a place to live due to new residential restrictions that make 80% of the Co. off limits to him. He can not enter a school, park, ect..... or will be immediately arrested. If he stays for more than 2 hours in a forbidden area (80%) he is in violation of Jessica's Law and will be sent back to prison. James has begun filming a documentary film entitled, " I Was a Fugitive from the Sex Crime Witch Hunters " that will chronicle a month of being on parole in CA and trying to comply with the insane, new Jessica's Law. James will never give up his more than 20 year battle with the so-called Just-Us System. Much more later.

The following are internet links to some of the writings by J.A. and writings by others about him.

The Jessica's Law Nightmare in California

Californians Against Jessica's Law (2006)

Falling on the Deaf Ear: False Accusations of Rape, Child Abuse Hoaxes, Innocent in Prison, and How to End the Sex Crime Witch Hunt (2001 unfinished)

Convicted Rapist Contests Predator Label by Alan Gustafson
Statesman Journal newspaper (2001)

How to Survive in Prison as an Innocent Man Convicted of a Sex Crime (1997)

Excluded Evidence by Cathy Young (2002)

An Innocent Man (1997)

Book review by Jeff Weber, Editor of College News (1996)

Friday, April 29, 2011

Accused: Are You Safe?


Accused: A Documentary Film. Why It's Needed

Documentary Website

About:
In 1692 the testimony of six girls led to the convictions and executions of 19 men and women for the practice of witchcraft. All but one of the "Circle Girls" later recanted their testimony, but much too late to save the innocent. Events like the Salem Witch Trials  and brutal treatment by the British Empire were fresh in the minds of our founding fathers when the basis of our legal framework and government were put onto paper. The sentiments of the time led to a declaration of independence  and the ratification of our Constitution and have become more than ideas of justice and freedom for all Americans. They are the very essence of what America is—a precious and delicate belief in what a government should be, ideas that we hold dear and sacred to this day.

Our system of law was designed to prevent future failures like those of Salem, Massachusetts. The basic premise of presumption of innocence undertones our bill of rights.Our belief that we are all innocent until proven guilty is the core of our faith and security in our legal system. We live out our lives with the comfort and assurance that if we remain civil and abide by the laws of the land that we have nothing to fear: our innocence protects us from an overzealous government and its people.

But as history shows, these perfect ideas of law can entirely break down in practice, as senator Joseph McCarthy  demonstrated in the 1950’s. We look back to McCarthyism  as a national faux pas, a breach of our tenants of law and a test of our system of government—and its people—to right itself over time. Surely again, we would never let such a thing happen.

Or would we?

Accused is a documentary film which will show how emotions and politics fuel  hysteria that lead to gross abuses of our legal system that continue to destroy the lives of thousands of innocent American citizens. These failures of our legal system aren’t just moments of history we study to prevent future breakdowns—hundreds of actually and factually innocent people are currently imprisoned for a crime they did not commit, and thousands more are being wrung through a system that desperately needs to be re-examined.

Accused will examine: the problems of hysteria surrounding accusations of child molestation and rape and how these types of accusations have become an all-to-easy method of revenge and vindictiveness; growing abuse and criticism of sexual offender registries; problems with the politicization of key positions within our legal system; privatization and profiteering on the convicted; the increasing use of our legal system as a corporate weapon to eliminate fair competition; and the overall imbalance of equal-access to the law. Each of these problems are symptomatic of a larger problem within our legal framework. Untreated, these problems continue to eat away at all of our civil liberties.

Our idea of law is perfect. Our practice of law, however, is subject to the imperfections of human nature. It is easy to accept a few miscalculations of the system, until that miscalculation is you and your entire way of life has been completely stripped away. And our faith in the presumption of innocence blinds us to how easy it is to find yourself living inside a nightmare never imagined possible.

From the director:
I had never intended to make this documentary. Like most Americans, I was blissfully ignorant to a vast problem within our national legal landscape. But then I saw first hand the financial and social destruction that happens when false accusations are leveled against someone.

A close friend of mine was falsely accused of raping children, was arrested and is currently awaiting trial. When I began researching how someone defends themselves against such vile accusations (and they are vile, I know my friend to be innocent) I opened a door to a world I thought couldn't possibly exist in our country. It was a door that I could not close. What I saw shattered my belief and faith in a fair and impartial legal system.

And it made my heart sink when I knew my friend would be forced through a broken system, knowing that regardless of the outcome of his trial that he wouldn't come out of it unharmed.

Accused isn't a documentary about my friend. It isn't just about people falsely accused of child rape and molestation. It is about a national hysteria towards sex offenders and a resulting political, judicial and law enforcement environment that more closely resembles  Russian Roulette than a rational carriage of justice. And no one has immunity: the revolver is pointed at each of us. You could be next.

Over the past couple decades the number of accusations of child sexual assault has skyrocketed: 500,000 accusations a year. However the number of substantiated claims has largely remained the same at 300,000 cases. This means that 200,000 Americans a year are wrung through our legal system despite their innocence. The average cost of receiving a proper and adequate defense against false accusations is an astounding $50,000 and the need for specialization in these types of cases makes the reliance upon public defenders almost a guaranteed guilty verdict. Once the innocent are falsely convicted, fighting on appeals can run into half a million dollars in legal fees.

But we don't stop there. Our societal zeal for persecuting sexual “crimes” and lauding the Sexual Offenders Registry as a success story surpassed absurdity moments after its introduction. Landing on the sexual offenders registry need not require a violent crime. It need not even require sex or sexual conduct of any kind. In several instances, you can become a sexual offender and added to the registry for committing a “crime” against yourself, so you are both the victim and the perpetrator.

Accused makes a comparison to the Salem Witch Trials. The reaction to this is that the Witch Trials were worse than anything happening today, that we no longer drown people who do not confess (yes, we do, just not with water), we don't accept heresy in our courts (oh but we do), we don't convict people without evidence (are you sure about that?). After all, most people argue, 19 people were executed as a result of the “legal dark ages” of Salem Massachusetts.

Accused will show how we have more than surpassed the absurdity of the Salem Witch Trials and the 19 innocent people who lost their lives. The death toll just from people who have been murdered (Videos), many targeted at random for being on the sexual offender registry has surpassed 55 people. Accused will show the atrocities that happen behind a veil of public safety and reveal the festering cancer which is eating our legal system, our due process and our civil liberties alive.

-Austen Hoogen, Producer/Director

A Motion for Innocence... And Justice for All?

I wrote this book back in 2008-09 as a fictional story about what happened to a man that was falsely accused of a crime and subsequently put through the most emotional experience of his life.  I wrote it as a fiction because I was scared of everything that had happened to ME and feared being thrown back in jail for writing it.  This time around, I wrote the true story.  The only things different are the names and locations.  I am no longer frightened of the people or the "system" that did me and my family so very wrong.  I was hushed in court and trial, but can be quieted no longer.  If you or someone you know have been the victims of a teen-age lies, false allegations, or have taken a trip through the criminal justice system, then this is your book.  If you've ever wondered what happens to people that are convicted of sex crimes, guilty or not, read this book.  It was a very emotional and gut-wrenching work that took me through some very dark times, but I've persevered and come out the on other side.  You can do the same.  It's inspiring, hopeful and full of integrity.  I will, however, warn you that's it's also scary, anxiety-inducing and unjust.  Please get this book and see if what I say isn't true.  It could just as easily happen to you.


Synopsis:

Sean and Nikki West are trusted and longtime employees at St. Pauly Parish in Black Pond Township. Little did they know that their lives were about to change.


Sean meets the janitorial team responsible for the cleaning of the school building. David Carowitz, Sara Joan Radison, Bonnie Radison and fifteen year-old Blair Radison. When supplies begin disappearing, Sean's allegations of theft initiate a chain of unfortunate events. These people would turn his otherwise happy and quiet existence upside down.

Sean finds himself facing charges of criminal sexual conduct with a girl he hardly knows. Are you really innocent until proven guilty? How do you prove something did not happen when no evidence exists? Can Sean and Nikki overcome the odds that are stacked against them? Will he, with Nikki's help, bring out the truth before it's too late?

This story shines a bright light on false allegations, the legal system and incarceration here in the United States. Is it fair? Is it corrupt? Listen to the story and you decide. All Sean and Nikki seek is the truth. It is their burden, their cross to bear, it is...A Motion For Innocence

It could happen to you.

Moving, emotional and powerful.

A Reasoned Approach

New report on sex offender policy to prevent child sexual abuse

by David Lee on April 29, 2011

The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), with support from the Ms. Foundation, has released a new report titled A Reasoned Approach: Reshaping Sex Offender Policy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse.  In the executive summary authors Joan Tabachnick and Alisa Klein note the increasing number of policies passed by legislators about sexual abused. They state that “research from the last decade has highlighted some of the unintended negative impacts these laws may be having on our ability to prevent sexual abuse before it is perpetrated and to prevent re-offense by individuals returning to communities.”
Click here to check out this report.
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Author: David Lee (233 Articles)
David S. Lee, MPH, is the Director of Prevention Services at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) where he provides training and technical assistance on prevention. David manages the national project Prevention Connection, an online community of violence against women prevention practitioners, funders, researchers and activists. For over 27 years David has worked in efforts to end domestic violence and sexual assault.

Megan's Law Update for CA

Advocates, experts question proposed changes to Megan’s Law


By Heather Tirado Gilligan
Legislation passed by the Assembly’s public safety committee would allow counties to send email alerts notifying residents when a convicted sex offender moves into the neighborhood. Residents who sign up for the service would get messages with the name, photo, offense and address of local registered sex offenders delivered directly into their inboxes.
Currently, about 75 percent of convicted sex offenders in California must register their address with local law enforcement, and that information is then available to the public on a website run by the California Department of Justice. Sex offenders are required to update their information annually and notify local authorities within five days if they move or become homeless.
The notification law will improve access to information about convicted sex offenders in the community by putting it into an email alert, according to Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher (R-San Diego), who sponsored the legislation.
“It’s going to bring Megan’s Law into the twenty-first century by providing information to parents in a proactive manner,” said Christina Di Leva, communications director for Fletcher.
“More information,” Di Leva added, “is always better.”
Sex offenders have been required to register in California since 1947. Names and addresses of sex offenders have been available to the public since 1996 in California, under what’s commonly referred to as Megan’s Law. The notification law is named after Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl who was murdered in 1994 by a convicted registered sex offender who lived across the street. New Jersey, where Kanka lived, was the first state to adopt the law, and most states quickly followed suit.
Some victim advocates and treatment providers worry that notification doesn’t improve public safety, and may have the unintended consequence of making communities less safe.
Notification laws have done nothing to reduce the number of sexual assaults in California or elsewhere, experts say. A study of Megan’s Law in New Jersey submitted to the Department of Justice in 2008, for example, showed that notification did not reduce sex crimes there.
“All of the studies that have been done cannot show any positive effect,” said Tom Tobin, Ph.D., vice-chair of the California Sex Offender Management Board. The Board was formed in 2006 to advise the legislature on managing convicted sex offenders.
The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, a prominent voice for victim’s rights in California, agrees. Asked if notification laws reduced sexual assaults, CALCASA’s Phillip Ung said: “I’m going to be really frank – no.”
Registration and notification laws – along with other laws that require sex offenders to wear GPS tracking devices – are popular because they make people feel safer. “The voters have decided that this is what they want,” said Ung, who is a public policy advocate for CALCASA.
Wanting information about convicted sex offenders in your community is perfectly understandable, Ung added. CALCASA isn’t opposed to the proposed revision to the law. The group would like, however, to combine registration information with education.
Vigilantism is a particular concern. “We don’t want emails that say there is a sex offender in your neighborhood, this is his face and this is his address,” with no other context, Ung said.
The sex offender registry website does provide a series of cautions about using the information in the database. The site asks users to read through warnings about possible misinformation before they enter the site, and also warns that using the information to commit a crime carries extra penalties under California law.
The proposed legislation would require no such warning attached to emails, Di Leva said, and it would be up to each county to decide if they would like to include this information in their email alerts.
The urge is to ostracize people convicted of sex crimes and force them out of the community. People who are passionate about this issue have been known to picket and poster the houses of sex offenders in their community, Ung said.
Most people are unaware that such strategies can be counterproductive, he added.
High-risk sex offenders in California are managed under a what’s called a containment strategy, a collaboration between parole, treatment providers and polygraphers to keep sex offenders from committing more crimes.
“Consistency, a job and a way to be a part of the community helps with recovery,” Ung said.
Such an approach might sound like coddling sex offenders, Ung said, but the goal is to use the most effective methods to prevent more sex crimes. “The more stable their life is, the less chance of recidivism.”
In California, victim advocates also collaborate in the containment strategy to keep the process of managing sex offenders in perspective. “The whole goal is to end victimization,” Tobin said. “Including victim advocates reminds the team that the goal is to keep the community safe, and is immersed in that perspective.”
The email notification change to Megan’s Law, which was approved by the safety committee with a vote of 6-0 on April 14, will move next to the appropriations committee for approval.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Aftermath - A Week After RSO Raid

   It's been a week since 20+ State and Federal Law Enforcement Officers descended upon the Hotel I am forced to live in due to Jessica's Law residential restrictions. I thought my life could not get any worse, but it has. Along with the raiders were camera crews from all the local news stations. They called It a raid on Child Sexual Predators. My face ran with this headline as I was showed sitting outside my Hotel room in handcuffs. I have never been so humiliated and degraded in my life. Hundreds of thousands of the local news shows viewers saw me, my face, and exactly where I live. The four network TV news shows aired this for three days in a row - morning, noon, and night. I am still mad. I was falsely accused over 25 years ago. Does this nightmare ever end?
     Life was going as well as I could make It before this TV news airing. I was sober and attending AA, getting mental/ emotional help (not for being a sex offender, but for PTSD from living in prison and as a fugitive for 20+ years), I was to begin working with the local veteran's rep to find employment (I am a USAF veteran), and I was beginning to get something I have not had in a long, long time - HOPE. A week ago all this vanished. My hope is gone.
      My neighbors want me burned at the stake, I do not walk to or shop in our local stores anymore, people stare at my Hotel room door and point, someone took my picture as I was driving out of our parking lot, and this morning two cops were parked next to my van. How long until I get bullets fired thru my windows or a fire bomb? I still attend my meetings and have not drank alcohol over this nor have I cut off this horrible GPS tracking shackle I have locked onto my ankle, but I have lost my hope. Also, there are now cell phone apps that anyone can use to track me in real time 24 hours a day. Sure makes it easy for vigilantes to hunt. I would move, but have no place to go. It's a terrible thing to lose hope.
    Click on the links below to see how some news stations aired this, " Child Sex Predator Raid".

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sex_Predator_Bust_in_Santa_Clara_Bay_Area-120438359.html




http://www.ktvu.com/news/27633419/detail.html


http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=851

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Two Days After Attack I Survived (RSO Parole Sweep)

     It's been two days since about 20 State and Federal Law Enforcement Agents ( at great CA taxpayer expense) swept into the Hotel where I live and conducted a massive parole sweep of RSOs on parole all in front of TV news crews and the media is still at it. Last night KRON News aired a show on how our local neighbors are in an uproar over our living here and want us out. Click on the link below to see the broadcast.

http://www.kron4.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=851

     I really do not feel safe here any longer and wish I could move, but there is no where to go. I have family to live with, but Jessica's Law bans me from living in 70+% of Santa Clara Co. due to the Residential Restrictions . The newscast above highlighted a concerned mother worried to death about our presence here and does not allow her children to play outside anymore and told the reporter she feels her kids childhood is being stolen because of us. We live in a Culture of Fear in this country with The Sex Crime Witch Hunt going full steam. 
     The local medias have wipe up a frenzy and it feels like a lynch mob will soon be coming for us. This nightmare is getting worse and worse. Will more TV crews be here tonight? Will one of us be attacked by a vigilanty? Just when I was starting to have a small measure of hope that I could find a life after being falsely accused 25+ years ago, the media stirs up our neighbors and they are demanding we be banished. Just where are we suppose to go? Is there any hope? Why don't I just cut this damn GPS Tracking Shackle I have locked on my ankle and become a Fugitive from Justice again? Because I'll be sent back to prison for a long time, maybe a life sentence. My neighbors want my head impaled on a stake. Why? The hysteria is the worse I have ever seen it and I've been fighting The Sex Crime Witch Hunt for over 20 years now. Click on the licks below for more newscasts on the attack I survived two days ago.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sex_Predator_Bust_in_Santa_Clara_Bay_Area-120438359.html

http://www.ktvu.com/news/27633419/detail.html

Thursday, April 21, 2011

I Survived a RSO Parole Sweep Today and Interviewed by NBC Bay Area News

    Today around 5:00pm an army of Police and Parole  Agents swept down on local hotels and raided all the RSOs on parole. I of course was caught up in this raid. I was about to cook dinner when a loud bang, bang, bang was pounded on my door. "Open Up - Police!" came from the other side. I opened my door and was quickly handcuffed and ordered to sit outside my door and then I noticed all the cops and P.O.s raiding another 1/2 dozen rooms. All of us on parole where in handcuffs. The raid took about 45 minutes. Most my neighbors where out watching the raid. For those few who do not know I am a RSO, they do now. Even patrons across the street in our local stores came out to watch the circus. A news crew were interviewing other residents of the Hotel and most appeared in shock. Was this a raid for Terrorists? Drug Kingpins? Evil Gang Members? Nope, just a raid on a bunch of guys on parole trying to rebuild their lives. Which is almost impossible due to Jessica's Law. The reason a 1/2 a dozen RSOs are here is because that due to Residential Restrictions this is one of the few places we are "allowed" to live. For alot of us it is either here or on the streets. Reporter, Jean Elle, of NBC Bay Area News came up to me and asked if I'd be willing to be interviewed? I said I wanted to be interviewed. We talked about my 1989 wrongful conviction, my 25 year fight against The Sex Crime Witch Hunt in this country, and of course how useless Jessica's Law is and how much taxpayer money is totally wasted on It. I was mad at being dragged out of my "home", handcuffed for no reason, and all of my belongings torn apart for no good reason. Also, I was mad at being degraded and humiliated in front of my neighbors and stores across the street. I hope my anger doesn't come across too much on NBC News. I'm waiting to watch the story as I write this. Hope they don't do a hatchet job on me. I fully explained all the negative aspects of Jessica's Law during the interview. Hope they do not cut it. Well, about a hour until the show broadcasts on NBC Bay Area News. Will come back on to tell you how the broadcast goes.

Later - 11:12pm
    Well, they did not broadcast my interview. I wonder why? Looks like this story about sex offender raids was just another exploitative and sensationalistic piece on Jessica's Law. They did not show my interview, but they did show me sitting handcuffed outside my Hotel room. They did broadcast one of my neighbors who is now scared to death and told the reporter that she is moving immediately. Amazing, talk about fear mongering. I don't know what I was thinking. A network news show telling the truth about Jessica's Law? Yeah, right. I'm pissed! All the local news stations are airing shows about the raid here and of course their praising It. Pure Insanity! Oh well, I tried. I'm asking everyone to e-mail this reporter - Jean Elle at jean.elle@nbcuni.com and give their views on Jessica's Law. Thanks!
Click on the links below to see video of the raid. I am shown on TV handcuffed, but interview not aired.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sex_Predator_Bust_in_Santa_Clara_Bay_Area-120438359.html



Help me spread the word about this raid. Send people this entire blog post and let other bloggers know about what happened to me today. Why? Because their next.

The Day After Attack (04/22/11)
    I woke up this morning still mad about yesterdays circus. I wonder how much this raid cost CA taxpayers? What good did the raid produce? Any? Well, the local Police, Parole Agents, U.S. Marshalls, and other State and Federal law enforcement officers made money yesterday. Also, all the local news stations got "breaking news" stories about all us evil sex offenders and literally cheered when a couple guys got arrested. They called us "Predators". Made me sick watching this propaganda on TV that only promotes fear, distrust, and scared the hell out of my neighbors. I may be moving again soon. This nightmare never ends. Clink on the link below to see what another TV station had to broadcast about the raid.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/27633419/detail.html .

Here's a copy of a Letter to the Editor I just sent to The San Jose Mercury Newspaper -
     I was a "victim" of yesterday's Sex Offender Predator Raid yesterday. I am a Registered Sex Offender in Santa Clara Co. who's "home" was raided by dozens of State and Federal Law Enforcement Agents. What good do these "raids" produce and at what cost to CA tax payers? I have been fighting The Sex Crime Witch Hunt and Jessica's Law for over two decades now after being falsely accused of rape in 1985. The sex crime hysteria in this country is at an all time high and has done far more harm, than good. I thought things were bad 25 years ago when I was falsely accused. Now we have Jessica's Law that has made me homeless, an outcast of society, I have a GPS Monitor locked onto my ankle, a curfew, and on and on. Jessica's Law is totally useless, It protects no one, costs CA taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a years, spreads fear in the community, and violates my Constitutional rights.    J. A.

See my blog - The Jessica's Law Nightmare in California at www.jessicaslawnightmare.blogspot.com/ .
My e-mail is innocentrso@hotmail.com

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

More Hate Mail

SOldier for ChildrenTuesday, 3/22/11, 6:31 PM
ANYONE against this law is an EVIL PREDATOR! The man who created this law did it because his child was kidnapped out of her bedroom window, raped and tortured for three days and they BURIED ALIVE by a repeat sex offender WHO DID NOT REGISTER! READ ABOUT THE CASE AND WHY THIS LAW WAS CREATED BEFORE YOU READ THE LIES TOLD BY SEX CRIMINALS WHO THINK IT'S NORMAIL TO HAVE SEX WITH CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE SICK BASTARDS! LIKE THE PERSON WHO CREATED THIS WEBSITE!
From:God's Child

1 comments:


Dakota0526 said...
Tsk, Tsk. Easy on the anger there,J.A. It's easy to sit behind your keyboard and spew. Why not give your name and we'll have a friendly debate on the issue. You call yourself God's child, yet you spew venom. The God I worship does no such thing. My God is a loving God who forgives all who seek him. That includes sex offenders, even the ones who didn't commit a crime. www.amotionforinnocence.blogspot.com is where you can find me. Shaun Webb
Dakota0526,
          This wasn't me (J.A.) who wrote the above comment. This was an e-mail I received. I get hate mail all the time. Even death threats. When you try to expose The Sex Crime Witch Hunt in this country you,re going to get alot of ignorant enemies. Take care Dakota0526.    J.A.

Third Annual RSOL's National Conference

RSOL National Conference http://www.sites.google.com/site/rsolnationalconference/ 


Welcome to RSOL's Third Annual Conference!

Friday 6 pm - Sunday 1 pm
August 12-14, 2011
Saint Louis, Missouri

Who is Invited:

All persons interested in working for reform of sex offender laws, especially those interested in becoming leaders in this movement.

Conference Theme: 

  • Growing a strong, active state organization
  • Financial and fund-raising strategies
  • Becoming an effective lobbyist in YOUR state!

Registration Cost:

  • $40 per person, Early Bird Price 
  • $10 Member Discount for members of national or state groups fighting for reform
  • Cost will be $50 after July 4, 2011. REGISTER TODAY!

Workshop Survey:

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My Views on Cop/Prison Reality Shows

   My view on all cop/prison reality shows are that they are being use as propaganda to slowly, but surely turn this country in to a total Police State. It's like some "Star Chamber" somewhere has ordered  network/cable TV to put on these shows to promote the idea that America is an out-of control, criminal nation that only by increasing The State's power and limiting citizen's rights can Americans be safe. Even my favorite cable networks - Discovery, National Geographic, and  The History Channel now have endless programming about crime, the police, and prisons. Every hour of the day some channel has on some exploitive so-called reality show on cops and prisons. Have you ever seen a show on COPS, Border Patrol, U.S. Marshall, ect.... where the police are wrong? Or arrest the wrong man, Or even do something stupid? Never! They are always portrayed as the Knights in Shining Armor arresting another U.S. Lowlife. Have you ever seen a prison reality show where all the inmates were not tattooed, violent, racist, evil gang members? Any person watching these programs have got to think the United States is the most violent, corrupt, uncivilized country in the world filled with rapists, scumbags, gang bangers, drug dealers, ect... This of course is not the case. All these prison reality shows are Bullshit. I've done over 16+ years and for the most part prison is boring as hell filled with guys who just want to do their own time and get the hell out of there, but this of course would not make stimulating and exciting TV. What these shows do is highlight the most dangerous, the most sickest, and most violent inmates that make out that most people doing time are scary and belong right where they are at. A decade ago the only shows of this nature where COPS and America's Most Wanted. Now there are literally hundreds of pro-police and anti-prisoner shows on TV. It makes me sick. Where is all the shows that about police abuse, justice system corruption, the wrongfully convicted, prisons and inmates who are trying to rehabilitate, and how our rights as U.S. citizens are slowly, but surely being eroded?

S.T.O.L.E.N.

YouTube Talk Show – S.T.O.L.E.N.

JD started a new YouTube talk show about CPS injustice in December. You might like to check out his promo video, then head over to his YouTube account for more.
Thanks to MrNeoKat for this video.
YouTube is an excellent way to get the word out about child protective services injustice toward families. Though other talk artists may occasionally touch on the topic of CPS and the abduction of children under color of law, this man has taken the initiative to create a program of interviews with people who are being deprived of their families, happiness, security, financial stability, and peace of mind.
If you decide to go on a show like S.T.O.L.E.N. to talk about your family’s grief, keep in mind that you may want to keep your location and everyone’s names out of the conversation. The decision of whether or not to be extremely verbal about your case details in the media is a very personal one. For some people the strategy works, and social workers and judges may back down because of media attention focused on their injustice. In other cases the media spotlight may cause extreme problems and make a case more difficult, so go with your heart and gut instincts as your best guide on how to handle your CPS case information.
It is certain that CPS workers would rather operate in the dark, meaning they don’t want anyone to know about their corruption. “…People loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19) They want to do their misdeeds behind the closed doors of juvenile court where press and public aren’t allowed in to witness their injustice and cruelty. By making your case public, the light is thrown onto their actions. Caseworkers hate that, and so do the judges that rubber-stamp CPS decisions. If you let in the light they may capitulate, or they may strike back. I am unable to predict ahead of time what might happen next.
CPS does need to be exposed. But all the exposure in the world won’t help if our federal congressmen are taking orders from a cruel world power that treats us like pawns, cattle, sheep, to be used and abused. My first reaction, after finding out about CPS cruelty first-hand in 1989, was to expose them. I started writing articles about CPS cases for a local weekly newspaper owned by a Christian Libertarian who wanted to expose all government corruption. But I learned that throwing light on the evil-doers isn’t enough. And at this point, more than twenty years later, we’ve got lots of light being directed toward these evil creatures, and still they persist because to them, the money they receive is more important than the sanctity of family life. And apparently while the light of exposure is necessary, it isn’t stopping them.
These days I focus my efforts on finding ways to help families prepare for juvenile court. I want them to be strengthened by understanding how this unconstitutional court works, by preparing helpful legal documents, and by compiling documentary evidence. Preparation for court will help in individual cases. I want good parents to have a fighting chance at getting their children returned to them.
This posting is the start of something I hope will be a regular feature here at FightCPS… I’m calling it “Video Friday”. I will be making some videos, and will also be seeking out videos at YouTube to add to this site. I’ll be looking for the best of the most recent videos posted there with the tag “cps”. I prefer videos in which people are talking, not just printed words with music. I want to hear how people are feeling, what they’re doing, how their cases are progressing, and anything else having to do with CPS.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Personal Update

    Come this Saturday I will have been out of prison for 6 months ( I was sentenced to 4 years for refusing to "register") and life has been a nightmare because of CA's Jessica's Law/Scarlett Letter. Who would of ever thought I would still be fighting this battle in 2011 when I was wrongly convicted in 1989? I am still living in the same Hotel I moved into the day I got out due to Residential Restrictions for RSOs on Parole in CA. I can not find anywhere else to live. Feel like I've been banished from society. I'm not allowed to live in 70+ % of this county. Still have on this damn GPS Tracking Shackle ( It costs CA taxpayers $60,000,000+ a year for the GPS for RSOs on parole scam) locked onto my ankle that I have to charge up about 3 hours a day or go I back to prison. Have not found a job yet because I'm in an Out-Patient program for PTSD and alcoholism that takes up alot of my weekday time, but I've been down to the employment office and the Vet Rep is going to help me get a part-time job ( I'm a U.S. Air Force veteran). Even though life under CA's Jessica's Law is a surreal nightmare, all is not bad. I haven't had a drop to drink since I've been out, haven't cut off this damn shackle yet ( I promised myself I will never live as a Fugitive from Justice again), this blog has turned out better than I ever imagined, got off the sleeping pills I was on due to all the stress of Jessica's Law, I still have my old van I brought because I thought I would end up sleeping in It, and I have a small measure of hope that someday I can have a life. Not a life in prison. Not a life as a wanted man on the run. Not a life as a social outcast. A life that The U.S. Constitution promises ALL Americans - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Jessica's Law denies them to RSOs, but hopefully this insane "law" that protects no one and costs CA taxpayers tens of millions of dollars a year will someday be overturned. Hopefully in my lifetime. Take care you all and keep fighting the good fight! I've been fighting The Sex Crime Witch Hunt for over 20 years now. Good luck my friends.   J.A.  

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The Story On Parole for Sexual Offenders

MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I'm Maureen Cavanaugh. You're listening to These Days on KPBS. San Diego continues to mourn the deaths of teenagers Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. Now that the memorial services are over, the conversation has turned toward prevention. Chelsea King's parents and a local Assemblyman are in the process of crafting a new Chelsea's law, which will reportedly focus attention on tightening up parole requirements for people convicted of sex crimes. The man charged with Chelsea's murder is a registered sex offender. The confusing part of this issue is that California has already tightened up parole and the length of prison sentences for sex offenders. The question is whether the reforms are being enforced, and practically speaking, are there enough resources, in terms of personnel and money, to carry out the reforms. San Diego CityBeat has conducted its own investigation into California’s sex offender laws. A feature published today is called “No Quick Fix.” And I’d like to welcome my guests Kelly Davis, associate editor of San Diego CityBeat. Kelly, welcome. Good morning.
KELLY DAVIS (Associate Editor, San Diego CityBeat): Good morning.
CAVANAUGH: And David Rolland is editor of San Diego CityBeat. David, good morning.
DAVID ROLLAND (Editor, San Diego CityBeat): Good morning.
CAVANAUGH: And I’d like to invite our listeners to join the conversation. Do you think California’s sex offender laws make sense? Do you have any idea how those laws might be changed? Give us a call with your questions and comments. Our number is 1-888-895-5727. You know, Kelly, there’s a lot of confusion about California’s sex offender laws and the title of your piece suggests we’ve been going about trying to fix the problem in the wrong way. So what do you think is wrong with the approach?
DAVIS: Well, currently the law, one of the main laws on the books in terms of sex offender management is Jessica’s Law or Prop 83, which was passed by voters in 2006. Well, part of the law was a voter mandate and then there was a portion that was passed by the legislature. But what it’s done is added these new layers of restrictions to paroled sex offenders: where they can live, there’s now GPS monitoring. And then, of course, prior to Jessica’s Law, we had Megan’s Law, which created a online database so the public can, you know, look up and see if any sex offenders are living in their neighborhood. But the thing is, all these provisions, monitoring, you know, where people live, monitoring, you know, where they are with the GPS, and maintaining the Megan’s Law website, it’s all very costly. And research study after research study, I mean, I read everything that I could find and then there was a lot more that I didn’t have time to read. There is really no evidence that any of these things prevent sex offenders from committing crimes, from recidivating. And so we have these very costly measures in place that there’s no basis in research to show that they’re making people safer.
CAVANAUGH: I want to talk to you more specifically about some of the things that you mentioned but another way of looking at it overall, I think, some people in your article actually say, you know, we’re – we go at these things too quickly without – and too emotionally. Tell us more about that.
DAVIS: Absolutely. I mean, you know, you look at the series of laws and they’re named after children who either – I know that the very first sex offender notification law was the Jacob Wetterling Act. He was abducted, although he’s never been found. I can’t remember the exact year that happened. Then we have Megan’s Law, Jessica’s Law, now Chelsea’s Law’s proposed. And, you know, when you have a child’s name tied to it, I think that really – the goal is to get people thinking about that child and what happened to that child and that’s what stirs the emotion. And you have the family of that child who is wanting to know exactly what happened and what can be done to fix it. So I think that…
CAVANAUGH: And so some people would have the question, Dave, what’s wrong with that?
ROLLAND: Well, what can be wrong with that, there’s nothing inherently wrong with that but what can be wrong with it is that when you’re driven by emotion, sometimes an intellect, you know, takes a back seat and, you know, we find that people are quick to bypass research that’s already been done, research that will tell you about people’s behaviors and what’s the best treatment for it and what’s the best prevention. So right now we’ve got probably a very well-meaning State Assemblyman, Nathan Fletcher, who is – seems to be driving a locomotive ready to propose Chelsea’s Law. We don’t know exactly what’s going to be in it. He has hinted some things about, you know, lifetime imprisonment for, you know, first time child rapists and that sort of thing, and all that sounds good but there is something in the state of California called the California Sex Offender Management Board that has done a lot of research. They’ve written reports. They’ve done their due diligence on the current laws and they have identified holes and made recommendations and what I fear is this emotion driven response. You know, Chelsea’s only been gone for a little more than a month here. It hasn’t been that long. And what we argue at CityBeat is that we need to go at this a little more slowly, really access the research that’s already been done and respond in smart ways rather than emotional ways.
CAVANAUGH: Kelly, I do want to – I want you to tell me a little bit more about the California Sex Offender Management Board because that is a group that features prominently in your article. What is it?
DAVIS: It was – it’s a 17-member, all volunteer board that was created by an Assembly bill in 2006 and they were charged with assessing California’s sex offender management practices and making recommendations to the governor and to the legislature. And I know there was a Union-Tribune article a couple of weeks ago, I think, that really criticized the board because there were some people who weren’t showing up to meetings, some, I think, governor legislative appointees who weren’t showing up. And the board has very little funding but despite all that, you do have a core group. You know, I’ve looked through all the minutes and there is this core group of experts, of clinicians, you know, Ph.D.s who have shown up for every meeting and really brought in people from the Department of Corrections, Department of Mental Health, from the district attorney’s offices throughout the state, taken testimony from them, and come up with some, what I think are just really, really informative reports on the deficiencies in sex offender management practices. And these reports just haven’t been heeded. I just want to know why, you know, when their first big, initial report in January 2008, when that came out why the legislature wasn’t beating the drum and waving the report, saying, lookit, look at these reforms that need to be made. We, you know, we’ve got to get better on how we manage sex offenders.
CAVANAUGH: I would’ve – I would – I think it fair to say that most Californians don’t know there is such a thing as the California Sex Offender Management Board.
DAVIS: Their website is casomb.org and if you go there, click on reports. You will see the work they’ve done and also they will point to work done by other groups, task force groups, panels and things that they – reports that they feel are important for the public to know. And I also want to add they will be doing a full review of what happened to Chelsea, how John Gardner was managed in prison and managed on parole. That report will not be done – they estimate it’ll be done in May. Nathan Fletcher’s rolling out his new law, I believe, the U-T story today said next week. One expert I spoke to for my story, Jill Levenson, who’s, you know, researched sex offender laws extensively, she said, you know, come on, look, let’s wait until – at least wait until the Sex Offender Management Board investigation is complete because that could provide a road map for policy changes and maybe for drawing up some new laws.
CAVANAUGH: I’m speaking with Kelly Davis and David Rolland, both of San Diego CityBeat, and we’re talking about a new investigative piece by San Diego CityBeat that’s been published today called “No Quick Fix.” We’re taking your calls at 1-888-895-5727. And let’s take a call or two right now. CeCe is calling us from Oceanside. Good morning, CeCe. Welcome to These Days.
CECE (Caller, Oceanside): Hi. Thanks for having me on.

CAVANAUGH: Yes, hi.
CECE: I, myself, am a sexual abuse survivor and I’m actually really glad to hear a little bit of rationality around the subject. The way you guys are talking about it, you’re absolutely right. It’s such an emotional issue that we all become kind of idiots when trying to deal with it. And the fact is, the people who sexually abuse children are people. In most cases, they’re like our neighbors and our uncles. And in my case, my father, my grandfather. And these are really nice people. They’re not – I mean, they look like nice people, they look like normal people. We expect them to be monsters. One in a gazillion cases are the John Gardners of the world but in most cases – And here’s a really important fact, one-third of all child sexual abuse happens at the hands of other children, older, more powerful children. Those kids need treatment. They don’t need to be labeled sex offenders and sent away for the rest of their lives. They need to be (audio dropout) and – and then they don’t have to turn into insane criminals.
CAVANAUGH: CeCe, thank you so much for your comments. Let’s take another call. Andrew is calling us from San Diego. Good morning, Andrew. Welcome to These Days.
ANDREW (Caller, San Diego): Good morning.
CAVANAUGH: Yes, hi.
ANDREW: There’s another way to handle sexual offenders that would eliminate the need for registered sex offenders database, would eliminate a need for review boards. If violent sex offenders, on their second offense, had a mandatory death penalty, the recidivism rate would be zero. You wouldn’t have to worry about repeat offenders then. They would be out of that picture, not available to exert their mental illnesses on other people.
CAVANAUGH: Well, Andrew, thank you for your comments. And I think in those two calls we spanned the gamut of the reaction that people have to the way California manages their sex – our sex offender laws. And I’d like you to comment, Dave.
ROLLAND: Well, and, indeed, that is the spectrum right there. I really appreciated CeCe’s call in particular, as you might expect. You know, she brings up the point that, you know, sex – First of all, when we’re talking about sex offenders, we are talking about such an incredibly wide universe of types of people and types of crimes. I’m not exactly sure how many crimes there are under the umbrella of sex offender but I – it’s in the dozens, I believe, you know, and we’re talking about everybody from somebody who might, you know, expose themself (sic) in public to a 20-year-old male who has a relationship with a 17-year-old female, to, you know, to sociopaths who prey on children. It’s a wide, wide array of people and one of the concerns, you asked about what’s the problem with emotion-driven responses to this kind of problem, is that the worry is that you cast too wide a net and people who get caught up in it aren’t always the people you intend to snare.
CAVANAUGH: And, Kelly, we – tell – you mentioned Jessica’s Law. And Jessica’s Law has been mentioned time and time again as the law that really tightened things up. It redefined what kind of things constituted a sexual offense that could really keep somebody in prison for a very, very long time and perhaps even send them away for life. What do we know about how Jessica’s Law is working?
DAVIS: Oh, gosh. I do know that it increased mandatory minimum sentences or implemented mandatory sentencing where in the past someone who might’ve gotten probation will now – Gosh, this is something I’m not…
CAVANAUGH: It’s very complicated.
DAVIS: Yeah. Yeah, I…
CAVANAUGH: No, I – I’m completely with you. It’s very, very complicated. Let me focus on parole though, because I know Jessica’s Law actually boosts someone’s – whether or not they are referred to mental health screening, is that correct?
DAVIS: Yes, anyone who has committed – there’s a certain category of offense that would fall under the potential sexually violent predator – or, if a person committed one of a delineated number of offenses, they will be referred for screening to determine if they are a sexually violent predator. And it’s a very involved process. There are levels of screening. It goes all the way down to a court hearing where a jury will have to determine whether or not this person’s crime was tied to a diagnosable mental disorder.
ROLLAND: It basically, in, you know, fewer words, it lowered the threshold…
DAVIS: Yeah.
ROLLAND: …in several ways for who gets snared in the net of initial screening for review on whether or not that person, when they get out of prison, should be hospitalized and protected from the community.
CAVANAUGH: Right.
ROLLAND: So I believe that the number is tenfold. It increased the number of inmates that go into this kind of screening by a factor of ten, which has caused – which is incredibly expensive, incredibly time consuming and is actually the subject of a lot of our issues with the way that the Union-Tribune has been covering the issues.
DAVIS: And I might add, in the – prior to Jessica’s Law, there was the prior sexually violent predator law required a person to have committed an offense against two victims and there had to be at least a six month period between those crimes because the person had to exhibit some sort of inclination to commit these offenses. And now here’s a good example that was given to me. Somebody who touches the leg of a child under the age of 14 and appears to be sexually aroused by that action, that person will be referred for screening under the sexually violent predator provision of Jessica’s Law.
CAVANAUGH: Let’s take another call. Laura Arnold is calling us. She’s a public defender and I believe she’s in your article.
DAVIS: Yes.
CAVANAUGH: She’s quoted in your article, Kelly. Laura, welcome to These Days.
LAURA ARNOLD (Public Defender, San Diego): Thank you.
CAVANAUGH: What is your comment? What is your initial take, if I may, about…
ARNOLD: Well, I wanted to actually respond to your last question, which was what has been the impact of Jessica’s Law.
CAVANAUGH: Right.
ARNOLD: Again, I have to refer back to the California Sex Offender Management Reports because they are very comprehensive and they really talk a great deal about how these laws have impacted registered sex offenders throughout the entire state. One example would be that the number of parolees who are now homeless and perpetually nomadic, meaning that they are sleeping on the streets, under bridges, they’re sleeping in wheelchairs, at trolley stops, those – that number has increased by more than 800%.
CAVANAUGH: Because Jessica’s Law…
ARNOLD: Because of…
CAVANAUGH: …prohibits where – has real restrictions on where registered sex offenders can live.
ARNOLD: They have one-third mile restrictions for all registered sex offenders including those who committed a misdemeanor sex offense 25 years ago and never subsequently reoffended with any sort of sex crime, those who’ve never committed any sex crime involving a minor and would never, ever conceive of doing so, those whose sex crimes were not violent, and those who are juvenile offenders, meaning that they themselves committed their sexual offense against a child while they were still a child. So the impact in our 85,000 to 90,000 sex offenders in California and it is, as the editor of CityBeat mentioned, it is one of the most heterogeneous populations one can imagine. Their offenses range all over the map. As far as the civil commitment scheme created by Jessica’s Law, the Sexually Violent Predator Act, it redefined violent to include offenses where there was no violence whatsoever but where the other participant in the offense was under the age of 14. Violent doesn’t require violence in the way that we think of violence. We, you know – but rather the way that the initiative drafters have defined violence. So now there’s this enormous list of mandates that the state has to take care of both the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections and I’m not going to go back to there’s no money, that complaint, but in fact that’s a very concrete reality. You would think that when you have someone on parole who committed a sex offense 25 years ago and it’s not a particularly heinous one and that person is dying, you would think that there would be some funding available through the state to perhaps find, arrange for, some sort of compliant housing for that individual so they don’t have to die on the streets. But there isn’t any funding available. And, you know, I had a client, a misdemeanor offense 20 years ago against an adult, registered sex offender, on parole for narcotics offense. He was released on parole Thursday, ready to go home with his 70-year-old parents to celebrate Easter. He was returned to custody within less than 24 hours. So…
CAVANAUGH: Laura, well, I’m sorry. I have to stop you. I understand the point of your call, and thank you so much for calling. We really do have to take a short break and when we return, we will continue our discussion about sex offender laws in California and continue taking your calls at 1-888-895-5727. You’re listening to These Days on KPBS.
CAVANAUGH: I'm Maureen Cavanaugh, and you're listening to These Days on KPBS. My guests are Kelly Davis and David Rolland, both of San Diego CityBeat. And we’re talking about an investigative report that’s been published today in San Diego CityBeat called “No Quick Fix.” It’s an investigation into California’s sex offender laws. And I’d like to get your reaction, Kelly, to what we heard from Laura Arnold, the public defender who called in and talked about the fact that the – what she felt were the restrictions in housing on sex offenders were so tight now that we – they don’t – sex offenders don’t have any place to live. And she was saying that can be dangerous.
DAVIS: Yeah, and I’m really glad Laura called and brought that up because that is such an important point, is when you have – you have no place to live. I mean, there’s plenty of stories of sex offenders who are paroled and they cannot return to the house that they own because that house happens to be within 2,000 feet of a school or playground. But the instability that that creates, the resentment that can build up in a person and, plus, anyone who’s committed any kind of crime can tell you how difficult it is to get a job. So you have joblessness, you have homelessness, you have essentially banishment from a community, you know, if you’re on the registry. Well, you have to be on the registry. But people know where you live. They will come to your house. They will harass you even though that is – under Megan’s Law, you’re not supposed to harass sex offenders but it does happen all the time. And so, you know, if there’s one thing that can lead to recidivism, it is the instability that these laws create for people so…
CAVANAUGH: Another thing that I was – really noted in your article, Kelly, is the fact that some people, people who are involved in the California Sex Offender Management Board, were talking about treatment, treatment for sex offenders. And, you know, I think the general public, we have heard over and over again there is no effective treatment for sex offenders. Why even bother? Why even bother spending the time? Why even bother creating the programs because this treatment is not effective. What did you hear from people when you were talking about this for this article?
DAVIS: Treatment is the one thing that has been absolutely proven to reduce recidivism and I think some people will conflate treatment and cure. Everyone will agree, most everyone will agree that a sex offender cannot be cured if you do have a mental disorder that will lead to sexual offending. But you can – like any mental illness, it could be managed, it could be treated. You can be given medication, so treatment is the one thing that has been proven to reduce recidivism by at least 40% yet sex offenders in prison do not get any treatment. It has been recommended time and time again. I believe CDCR has set up a scheme for treatment in custody for sex offenders, no funding for that. Once they’re out on parole, the state recently had to discontinue its treatment for high risk sex offenders because of some contract issues. They’re trying to get that going again. But it’s pretty amazing that targeted treatment for sex offenders is not part of the mandated sex offender management plan for the state of California.
CAVANAUGH: Let’s talk to Ron. He’s calling us from Tierrasanta. We are taking your calls at 1-888-895-5727. And you can post your comments online at KPBS.org/thesedays. And good morning, Ron. Welcome to These Days.
RON (Caller, Tierrasanta): Good morning and thank you. I want to make one point. If we go for this emotionally appealing one strike law idea, what it does is turn almost every child rape into a child murder. If there is no difference in the penalty for leaving the victim alive or not, why on earth would these people leave the victims alive who can identify them? So we never think of the consequences of these emotional laws but this one will directly result in the deaths of children.
CAVANAUGH: Thank you for the call, Ron. I wonder if either of you have any reaction?
ROLLAND: I’d actually – that had not occurred to me. I mean, it’s an interesting point. You know, I should note that, you know, you talk about first offense versus second offense, whatever, sex offenders statistically have a very, very, very low recidivism rate so – and when we’re talking about violent sex crimes, it’s also – I’ve seen research that said that for the most part people who have sexual problems with attraction to children, let’s say, are not – their problem is not one of violence, it’s one of sexual arousal. So, you know, whether somebody who can rape a child is clearheaded enough to think about the consequences, you know, of, you know, you know, what will happen to them if they leave that child alive or, you know, I don’t know. I don’t know if that person is that capable of rational thought on that level.
CAVANAUGH: Now, Dave, you said a little while ago that you and the CityBeat editorial staff has had a little bit of a problem with the way the Union-Tribune has been covering this story but getting away from the specific Union-Tribune, have you had a problem with the way the media in general in San Diego has covered the King-Dubois deaths and the aftermath?
ROLLAND: Well, I, personally, have focused a lot of my attention on the Union-Tribune’s coverage because it is the local paper of record. It’s the dominant media in town and it tends to be the paper that decision makers read on a regular basis and take their cues from. Nathan Fletcher is, when he’s talking in public, he is referring to Union-Tribune stories so I have really focused on the Union-Tribune but I’m happy to just refer to the mainstream media but it really has been the U-T’s coverage and, you know, that coverage has bordered on – it’s run the gamut from, at best, sensationalized headlines, at worst, patently false headlines, to mis – what I think is mis – possible misinterpretation of data because they might be rushing things, to making irresponsible decisions such as publishing third-hand claims about what confidential documents might say and then repeating after that first story is done, repeating those claims as if they are fact without qualifying their third-hand nature. So I believe that our zeal, the mainstream media’s zeal, to get to the bottom of everything really quickly has led to some irresponsible reporting.
CAVANAUGH: Well, we will, indeed, be opening up a response from the Union-Tribune whenever they would care to make one. I’m wondering, Kelly, though, on a broader way, not just in response to a single paper, your article targets emotional reactions that have occurred all over the place, all over California, when it comes to the death or violation of a child. And I’m wondering what spurred you to look into this? Is this a subject that you have had on your radar or is this something that’s just come to you because you thought maybe the coverage has been unbalanced?
DAVIS: It’s something I’ve written about in the past just based on actually when the City of San Diego passed its Child Protection Ordinance, I believe it was a couple of years ago, that restricted – it added – it supplemented Jessica’s Law by adding presence restrictions where a person can be. And no matter when they committed their crime, you know, if you committed your crime 30 years ago, under San Diego’s Child Protection Ordinance, you can’t go to the zoo. Let’s say you have a grandkid visiting, want to go to the zoo, can’t go. That law’s actually – what’s the word? On hold? It’s…
ROLLAND: Pending.
CAVANAUGH: Pending.
DAVIS: No. There has been an injunction against the law…
CAVANAUGH: Ah, yes.
DAVIS: …a legal injunction. The law cannot be enforced currently. So that got me really interested in sex offender laws, doing a lot of research and more and more seeing that there is really no link between the laws we have in place and what research is saying and what a drain on the system these laws can be, and how, quite often, you have the indictment of an entire – the entire criminal justice system based on the actions of one person, one person and not a – There’s, you know, one thing that drives me crazy, is I keep hearing parents saying they’re afraid to let their kids out of the house. There is absolutely no evidence that there is a, you know, wave of crimes being committed by sex offenders, you know, dozens of children being snatched off the street. There are two very, very tragic instances that may have been committed, you know, by one person, we don’t know. He’s, you know, there’s – he still is entitled to a fair trial. But there’s no indication that, you know, the streets are filled with sex offenders waiting to prey on kids.
CAVANAUGH: I want to try to squeeze in one more call at least. Michael is calling us from University Heights. Good morning, Michael. Welcome to These Days.
MICHAEL (Caller, University Heights): Good morning, Maureen. I used to be a television reporter for 15 years and I know how easy it is to cover these stories with stranger sex offenders who are arrested and you have everybody turning out to search for a child, tragic as it is, and everybody willing to talk. That’s an easy story to cover. What’s disturbing to me is now that I’ve been a licensed clinical social worker, a psychotherapist and working with child trauma, children who’ve been sexually abused, we know that most sexual abuse happens within the family. It’s the child’s grandfather, uncle, mother, father, stepfather, it’s somebody the child knows. And when parents and families in the community focus on strangers, they’re taking the eye off the person inside their home that is the most likely to traumatize a child.
CAVANAUGH: Michael, thank you for the call. And let’s hear from Margaret in Poway. Good morning, Margaret, and welcome to These Days.
MARGARET (Caller, Poway): Thank you for taking my call. Hi. I just wanted to make the comment that I think – This is just my opinion. I am no expert on the subject. My father molested me so I’m a victim. I believe he and I both have ADHD which makes it difficult to control in us, now this is not true of everybody with ADHD so I don’t want everybody to get afraid of somebody that has it. But I believe that it played a part, that difficulty controlling impulses, along with the fact that I think my father had a lot of emotional problems, and that inability to control his impulses, which can be treated. There is some treatment. I’m taking medicine myself…
CAVANAUGH: Umm-hmm.

MARGARET: …which wasn’t available to him.
CAVANAUGH: I have to thank you for your call. Thank you for sharing your story with us, Margaret. And, Dave, yes.
ROLLAND: Just to underscore that, we’ve heard from two people, two women, who have called in that say they are sexual abuse survivors and both of them, it happened within their family. And that underscores the point that these things often are cyclical, that one way to prevent further instances is for people who have been victimized by somebody in their family to get treatment, that that in itself will solve a lot of the problems, just by getting treatment when you, yourself, have been the victim.
DAVIS: And…
CAVANAUGH: Yes, go ahead.
DAVIS: I just might add real quick, yeah, that research shows that 90% of children who are sexually abused know their victims (sic), so a family member, a close friend, so only about 10% are strangers.
CAVANAUGH: I want to thank you so much, Kelly, for telling us about your article today. Thank you for coming in here and talking with us.
DAVIS: You’re welcome.
CAVANAUGH: Kelly Davis is the author of “No Quick Fix.” It’s the investigative report in San Diego CityBeat. Kelly is associate editor of San Diego CityBeat. And David Rolland has been with us. He is the editor of the San Diego CityBeat. And thank you, Dave.
ROLLAND: My pleasure. Thanks for having us, Maureen.
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