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I read something about that, I thought he was convicted in the 80's when he was 16 or so..
While what's happened here is horrible, I'm a little concerned that a crime committed as a juvenile might have lifelong consequences. And all sex offenses are not created equal. While most states are getting "Romeo and Juliet" laws in place, not all have them. His was pretty severe. Kidnapping.. But what about other 'lesser' crimes that still land people on a SOR?"
He raped a 14 year old friend at gun point when he was 16.....
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Sounds like a bunch of lies !! BS in Psycho Nut Job is more like it.
Shame on the State of So. Carolina for not doing background checks.
A NC agent with a NC license can get a SC r/e license by reciprocity. That should end also. Many adjoining states in the USA will give a reciprocal license to adjoining states without any criminal background checks; just a test.
I read something about that, I thought he was convicted in the 80's when he was 16 or so..
While what's happened here is horrible, I'm a little concerned that a crime committed as a juvenile might have lifelong consequences. And all sex offenses are not created equal. While most states are getting "Romeo and Juliet" laws in place, not all have them. His was pretty severe. Kidnapping.. But what about other 'lesser' crimes that still land people on a SOR?
The kid over at Union that stole the pics of his teacher.. That's one way they 'forced' him to plead out to lesser charges. They were charging him with an offense that would have landed him on the Sex Offender Registry for life.
Raping a girl at gunpoint even at 16 should get you on the registry for life.
I'd argue that something like the kid in Union did should merit temporary placement on the registry - like 3-5 years. Some of the "lessor crimes" shouldn't place you on the list for life for a first offense IMO.
Raping a girl at gunpoint even at 16 should get you on the registry for life.
I'd argue that something like the kid in Union did should merit temporary placement on the registry - like 3-5 years. Some of the "lessor crimes" shouldn't place you on the list for life for a first offense IMO.
I'd have a hard time arguing with that. But at what point does that line get drawn?
The worry right now is that because of this one case, the whole pendulum will swing too far. So, you'll wind up with some dumb 14 year old who sent a pic of his junk to his girlfriend being tossed on the registry for life. I think it would be hard for anyone to say that would be any kind of justice.
SC is one of only 3 states or so that put everyone on the registry for life. Even for crimes committed as a juvenile.
Sounds like a bunch of lies !! BS in Psycho Nut Job is more like it.
Shame on the State of So. Carolina for not doing background checks.
A NC agent with a NC license can get a SC r/e license by reciprocity. That should end also. Many adjoining states in the USA will give a reciprocal license to adjoining states without any criminal background checks; just a test.
No reciprocity with NC; I had to take the real estate exam when I moved here as well as get a statement of good standing from the NC Board.
No reciprocity with NC; I had to take the real estate exam when I moved here as well as get a statement of good standing from the NC Board.
Beth, if you lived in NC and have/had a NC r/e license, SC is reciprocal but you still have to take a test.
NC is also reciprocal with TN, but not VA. I don't know your circumstances, but I had no problem at all getting reciprocal SC license; I was licensed in NC, since 2004 and in 2 northeast states also for over 20 years. Maybe the law has changed, dunno.
Nevertheless, they surely didn't do a good job of checking on this psycho killer; he had quite a rap sheet preceding him. Something fell thru the cracks; what a shame.
I just posted on the other thread, about the Super Bike Murders/Todd Kohlhepp, and a piece done by CBS 48 Hours Buried Truth: Confessions of a Serial Killer
Sounds like a bunch of lies !! BS in Psycho Nut Job is more like it.
Shame on the State of So. Carolina for not doing background checks.
A NC agent with a NC license can get a SC r/e license by reciprocity. That should end also. Many adjoining states in the USA will give a reciprocal license to adjoining states without any criminal background checks; just a test.
So SC DOES do background checks for Real Estate Agents...I just got my license this year and had to do one.
However...
I have it on very good authority and from a source close to the case that he was able to explain away the charge saying basically "I was arguing with my girlfriend at the time after we had sex and because I had a gun it was an automatic sentence in Arizona since they were trying to crack down on guns at the time"
It's also been shown that the court documents were available for SC to obtain and explicitly detailed the crime very differently than Todd did.
A few MAJOR takeaways from this incident...
1. ALWAYS investigate your agent or ANYONE you plan on being alone with the first time you meet them. Sex offender information is readily available online and WE have to protect ourselves.
2. SC needs to do a little better job of investigating all offenses on background checks that put consumer safety in question.
3. Watch out for yourselves out there friends! We are all appalled in the Real Estate community I assure you.
Stay SAFE!
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