Miller Co. corrals sex offenders for Halloween

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takebakeyourpowers wrote:

wounded is that you?

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What A Joke wrote:

I am not a offender, but a citizen of this great country that thinks these laws are counterproductive for offenders and their families, the stereotype of offenders is more of a myth than the truth. The public has been led to believe all the untruths by media groups, so they can make headlines to sell more papers and have better rating. Yes it is a very unpopular subject, but people need to educate themselves to see the truth. I am not standing up for the ones who rape small children, but stop putting every one on this registry that is not a true threat. The more people that are put on this, that are not a true danger to the public ,dilutes the registry and does not allow the ones that made a mistake to ever be able to get their life’s back. JMO

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Thomas wrote:

Why would he have sex with a 16 yoa. Are you saying that it was a mistake that he had sex? Did he not know what he was doing? Again he made a choice to have sex with a minor and I doubt that anyone twisted his arm to do it. I know you disagree but he knew what he was doing was wrong but he chose to do it any way. That is not something that you can call a mistake but someone that did what they wanted to without regards for what they did. The law is to protect the minor children and if she was only 4 months from being 17 then he should have waited that extra 4 months. He waited 3 years the extra 4 months should have been real easy.

What A Joke wrote:

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Thomas just a few facts you might have overlooked in your rush to judge everyone on the registery!
Are you aware that if they have knowledge that their juvenile child is having consensual sex with someone of 18 years or older, they (the parent) can be convicted of indecent liberties by person of supervision and listed on a Sex Offender Registry for 15 years, 20 years or for a lifetime?
Are you aware that middle schoolers have been convicted and listed on Sex Offender Registries for pinching other middle schoolers on their rear-end?
Are you aware that somes states' legislatures (Virginia 2006 & 2008) broadly re-classified Non-Violent Offenders to Violent Offenders? This includes many offenses that had NO physical contact. The situation that has been imposed upon the “Registered” is that, under the guise of protecting our children, the Legislators are in fact repeatedly trying, convicting and re-sentencing Citizens without even notifying them that this has occurred. To re-sentence a Citizen of the United States without giving them the opportunity to testify on their own behalf is clearly a violation of their Constitutional Rights.
Our Legislators have taken a group of people and used them as a platform to win elections and instill fear into the parents of our country so that they look like heroes. People that are not "child-molesters", "pedophile's" or perverts" have all been bucketed into one massive Registry and must endure a lifetime of shame. The Sex Offender Registries are extremely costly both financial and to the families of the registered. Contrary to popular belief among the Legislators there is indeed hardship related to being listed on a Sex Offender Registry. The lives being destroyed are not just the “registered” but their spouse, their children and every family member sharing their name and address. And the last, one did you like elvis, maybe your grandfather or grandmother?

tanftx wrote:

Bowie County officials of the Bi-State Justice Building in Texarkana should consider Daniel Dupree for a mandatory counseling session.
Two child protection websites, rememberthesurvivors.com and bishop-accountability.org , report Dupree as an alledged fifteen count child offender. They provide his picture and name, with news links reported by AP and at least three tenessee city newspapers, Jackson Sun, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Memphis Daily News.
This person worked as at the 3115 Lake Drive Texas Health Service, in the same building as Child Protective Services, as an Aging Disabilities Services worker.
He has been associated with the Texarkana Bike Club and Partership for the Pathway, two clubs that have projects to put sidewalks near parks and public schools. And at one time Atlanta, TX health services was a drop off for the Marines Toys for Tots program.
Disturbing.. when an alledged documented serial offender is just off the radar, yet connected to so many activities or professions which place him in and around Texarkana grade school children.
http://www.rememberthesurvivors.com/dupreedan...

Thomas wrote:

If you have sex with a child you belong on the registry, that is not a mistake but someone knew that they were doing something that was wrong and only hoped that they didn't get caught. If you rape an adult then you belong on the registry as again you knew what you were doing was wrong. The only way a person gets on the registry is to have been convicted of a sexual offense. Pediphelia is not a mistake and there is no cure and they are always a danger to the public. A person that rapes an adult is also a danger to the public so they need to be on the registry and go by the rules they are placed under or they need to be back in jail.

Just a thought wrote:

Back in high school, I had a friend that was 17 and was dating a girl 4 months younger than he, she was 16, they had dated for 3 years. The girls father had him arrested and was later convicted of sexual assault of a minor. When they were both 20 they married and still married today, more than 15 years ago. He has to update his register each year as a sexual offender. This happened in Texarkana...I do agree with "What a Joke" that some of the offenders should not be on the list.

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I can only wish he can get tried for his crimes.