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Sex offender registries ruin many lives

By "eAdvocate"

12-31-2010 Washington: BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. - Ed Gonda and his family moved to Bainbridge Island upon hearing it was a pastoral "laid back, forgiving" kind of place. After finding a rental, he and his wife enrolled their daughter in school. As Christians, they found a local church they liked. They made friends with neighbors and island residents. But eventually, word got out. Gonda had a criminal past. And not for burglary or drug possession, but for a sex offense. The news traveled fast, and people who they thought they knew well acted swiftly. His daughter could no longer play with friends down the street, he said. The church pews around them were vacant on Sundays. They more or less stopped going out anywhere on the island...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 31, 2010 (boomark / email).