After your entry, I did some reseach and I am totally "freaked" about what I found out.
According to Representatives in Idaho, there are only 35 Violent Sex Offenders in Idaho and unless the predator inflicts harm (take an arm for example) then the distance from school Statue does not apply for example.
I am told that Idaho is better than other States; they the predators have done their time; that setting a large distance of their living from schools would be...."unconstitutional"....yes, I was told that.
As to the response - "they have done their time"
A predator of children conspires to steal a child’s future and because of his choices he is judged and convicted, sentenced, and time is served. I don’t believe, and my conviction is supported by evidence, that a child predator ceases to travel in his path of destruction or that he is transformed by his experience in the correctional institution where he “paid his debt to society”.
I submit that the phrase “paid his debt to society” is overused and especially in this instance. Child predators do not wake up one day with changed attitudes and decide they need to go to jail and repay society. No, these predators get caught, arrested, and prosecuted...some times.
When a predator is sent to prison, it is an act of punishment intended to deter future predatory activity and future crimes against children, but it does not undo the harm that has been caused to the victims. The harm encompass primarily the innocent children that we as adult are supposed to protect, but it also impacts family and for that matter, entire communities. But I digress. The victims of their crimes, those who live, continue to live with the consequences of the predator’s action long after a jail term has expired. In my opinion, a predator has not truly paid his debt to society even after serving a jail sentence regardless of the amount of time spent behind bars.
According to the US Department of Justice, Criminal Offender Statistics; ]
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Sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison –– 5.3 percent of sex offenders versus 1.3 percent of non-sex offenders.
According to Registered sex offenders in Idaho there were 76 registered sex offenders living in Meridian in early 2007 you should see the list for the State
The ratio of number of residents in Meridian to the number of sex offenders is 689 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.
The current Idaho Code restricting the distance to which VIOLENT predator’s can locate themselves, 500 feet, will not regulate the behaviors of predators. The distance, on the contrary, will bring them close enough to do harm to our children. In opinion, that to close to OUR children. According to the ISP, this year at least 100 predators moved to Idaho. But according to an Idaho Representative, ISP does not know what they are saying because not all predators are....well, violent (is your blood pressure up yet
According to one Idaho representative, unless the child is injured in some way, the predator is not classified as violent. Or unless they "tell" someone in jail that they have violent tendencies So, if the predator rapes the child, without taking her/his eye out, he is not a violent sexual predator....ahhhh, get it
In Meridian, this is what we know regarding
registered offenders: h
ttps://www.nationalalertregistry.com[/url]
There are 35 registered sex offenders are located in your immediate area.
The Idaho State Police lists
31 adults for the same Zip Code, and 628 in Ada County alone
Idaho Sex Offender Registry (http://www.isp.state.id.us/so_viewer/search.do - broken link)
As to communication with the community, here is where we are:
Access to sex offender information in Ada County, Idaho is provided to the public as the result of the Jacob Wetterling Registration Act, which was passed by the United States Congress and Megan's Law, which requires states to release relevant information about registered offenders to protect the public. Information about access to Ada County, ID sex offender information can be found in the chart below
Community notification No
[On line searchable sexual offender database No
[Online browseable directory of sex offenders? Yes
Online maps of sex offender residence locations? No
Offender information available by visit to law enforcement agency? No
Offender information available by phone? No
Offender information available by written request or other? [No
Now, what does this Statue mean to you as to the distance of a Violent Sexual Predator to your Child's School? I told the representative - well, you get my meaning CHECK OUR CHAPTER 83 SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION NOTIFICATION AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT[
http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/18083KTOC.html[/url] TITLE 18 CHAPTER 83
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