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Of sex and injustice

By "eAdvocate"

11-24-2010 Michigan: Why the Michigan Sex Offender List needs to be abolished as soon as possible. Some years ago, I talked to a heartbroken woman who lived near the Ohio border. Her daughter, who was younger than 16, the legal age of consent in Michigan, had been willingly having sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend, an honor student. The kids wouldn't stop doing it, surprise, surprise, and the mom then took them to court. When the boy, who was hoping for scholarships and acceptance at an Ivy League school, learned that he was going to end up on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry, he felt that his life was ruined. Soon after, he drove his car into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer. He left no note, and his death technically could have been an accident, but everyone knew it wasn't...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).