Monday November 6, 2006, 8:14 am
These shirts should be standard issue to perverts. Perhaps the authorities would think twice about allowing them to live in residential areas where there are children if they had to wear a shirt with that slogan on it.

Monday November 6, 2006, 8:39 am
Now here's a punishment with some punch in it. Good for that judge

Monday November 6, 2006, 9:40 am
A 21st century version of The Scarlett Letter?

Monday November 6, 2006, 10:44 am
It is about time that judges start putting out harsher punishment towards offenders!

Monday November 6, 2006, 12:20 pm
Real cute, but totally unenforceable. After this many convictions, the guy should be spending those 22 months in jail!

Tuesday November 7, 2006, 4:45 am
Though I think it puts a "face" on sex offender for the majority who think they are people who look like "monsters" I think it is worthless. Sex offender, especially those of children should be placed in prison for the harshest punishment possible. There is NO cure for this and it only gets worse and more violent as they are left to their own sick devices. Sex offenders should not get a second chance to hurt a child. It makes me sick that in most cases the child is more "on trial" than the person who hurt them. A traumatized child, and whether they are able to face their attackers and speak of what happened is what stands between their attackers and any jail time or punishment. If the child is too traumatized to speak, the attacker goes free like nothing ever happened, but the child has to live with that for the rest of their life. Sick!

Tuesday November 7, 2006, 6:46 am
I like the idea of the shirt. This makes it embarrassing for the offender just like it is embarassing for the victim. Although, I think the life in prison sentence is much more appropriate! How about life in prison and wear the shirt in prison....? See what kind of punishment he gets then!

Tuesday November 7, 2006, 9:35 am
I see the point but as an attorney I have to wonder if this judge is going to have someone follow this man around to see if he is wearing it. I understand his reasoning, but the flipside of this is he has done his time and he will have to register with the sex offenders registry so why this too. I am not sure how they plan to enforce this. But, hopefully we will be hearing more about it. And if this judge feels this man is not capable of walking around without this slogan on his shirt, maybe this man should still be behind bars.

Great story Angie, sure has a lot of varied views. Thanks for sharing.

Wednesday November 8, 2006, 9:01 am
His family
Unintended Consequences of Megan's Laws
This is what happens to the children
Children from fatherless homes are:

11 times more likely to exhibit violent behavior than children from intact "married" homes.

5 times more likely to commit suicide.

32 times more likely to runaway.

20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders.

14 times more likely to commit rape.

9 times more likely to drop out of high school.

10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances.

9 times more likely to end up in state-operated institutions.

20 times more likely to end up in prison.

37.9% of fathers have no access/visitation rights.

(Source: p.6,col.II, para. 6, lines 4 & 5, Census Bureau P-60, #173, Sept 1991.)


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Children from fatherless homes account for:

63% of youth suicides.
(Source: US Dept. of Health & Human Services, Bureau of the Census).

71% of pregnant teenagers.
(Source: US Dept. of Health & Human Services)

90% of all homeless and runaway children.

70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes
(Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept 1988)

85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders.
(Source:Center for Disease Control).

80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger.
(Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol. 14, p. 403-26, 1978).

71% of all high school dropouts.
(Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools).

75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers.
(Source: Rainbows for all God`s Children).

85% of all youths sitting in prisons.
(Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992).

Wednesday November 8, 2006, 9:53 am
So, are you saying that we just leave him be so he can abuse his kids or my kids?