Lenore Skenazy from Free Range Kids explores one of the many injustices that occur as a result of society’s crusade against sex offenders in a guest post at The Agitator:

Recently I heard from a mom whose slow-witted 19-year-old son (still a high school sophomore) was convicted of possession of kiddie porn because he was looking at kids his same mental age — under 18. Then I heard from another mom whose son is on the list, too … Here’s a letter I just got that makes me believe we have to revisit and reform the sex offender laws:

I know the registry is a joke. I live it first hand, as my husband is on it for a false accusation from his ex-wife falsely who manipulated her 13-year-old daughter into signing her name to an email that the mother wrote lying about him touching her. The reason the ex wanted retaliation was because he was given custody of the kids during a divorce because she is mentally unstable and a drunk. She showed him! He would not get custody anymore because of the accusations which she is now trying to do with her next oldest daughter in line…who told us what was going on and that she refuses to go along with it, because it’s not true. She now wants to live with us, but guess what? S[h]e can’t, because her dad is on the registry and the courts will not allow it.

*with apologies to Jacob Sullum

Update: See also: Shred Your Sex Offender Registry

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