These are the faces of American sex offenders, straight from the lists that ‘name and shame’ them. Children, as young as 12 have their faces and details publically available for the world to see.
Thanks to Inside the mind of Tim for pointing out this post over at classically liberal about the number of young teenagers who are on the (publically available) sex offenders registers in the US.
It is truly sad to scroll down the page and see the many mugshots of children who have been placed on a list of sex offenders, to be labelled so for life.
One particularly shocking part of the post is the “Age profile of American Sex Offenders” graph: It shows that 14 is the most common age at which people commit sex offences in America.
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That’s really, really horrifying. It seems that children need to be protected from these “child protection” laws much more than they do from sex offenders.
I agree Michael, it really is horrifying. It really is.
Also, look at what’s happening with “sexting” prosecutions, where kids are prosecuted for child pornography because their girlfriend etc sent them a photo through the phone.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/133863.html
I am curious. How do they justify this? Surely children have the greatest chance at rehabilitation and this will no help them. Labeled for life… this is horrible.