Denny Obermiller
This crime is one of the most heinous that I have come across, not necessarily because of the crime itself, but because of the relationship between the victims and the perpetrator. Even still one of the things that shocks me is how the justice system handled things inside the court. For over two decades many states have required those convicted of sex offenses to register with the local police department upon their release from prison and have restrictions they must follow. In 2006 the federal government it mandated that states have a registry, which all did, but by their rules. There are still arguments on whether the federal rules are the “right ones,” just as there are still arguments on whether the registry itself is legal. Initially these registries were enacted to warn law enforcement and the public of the “worse of the worse” when it came to sexual crimes, especially those against children. Over the years the states have added more and more offenses to the ...