This is sick. If we don't put the registry back into the hands of Law enforcement, there will be many more deaths like this and innocent people have already been murdered for anseweing the door. The registry MUST be put back where it belongs. The public cannot handle it!

Yet another reason why the SOR should ONLY be available to Law Enforcement and not be open to John Q. Public.

More blood on the hands of the State Legislators and Judges who have allowed these draconian banding laws to take effect.

Ed Keeley was a most generous, intelligent man. I helped him get his Minister's license and pastoral clothing. He was so full of enthusiasm to perform "Cowboy Weddings". Every one in his town knew him and respected him. He was always 'on call' for anyone in need. Even though there was an incident years ago.... Ed still deserves respect and a salute for GOOD things he did in life..... and there were plenty.

More blood on the hands of the State Legislators and Judges who have allowed these draconian branding laws to take effect.

the registry is disturbing

Are you two kidding me??? You mean you don't think we have a right to know if there is a registered sex offender living next door? You must not have children. I don't condone what he did but I won't shed a tear over the victim either. Sex offenders of children are the worst of the worst IMO.

Leave it to a convicted repeat offender car thief/drug addict/alleged white supremacist to use the Megans Law Registry as a tool to seek and destroy. Maybe Megans Law website should only be available to the public from a computer at a police station, after showing identification.

well the advocates will say.."its all worth it if it saves just 1 child". I say BS

The whole thing of what has been going on in America reminds me of the slow decay which
took place in Germany that led to the deaths
of so many.

1 and 2, you make me think you're in the registry. I would want to know what sick pervert is in my neighborhood. This guy wasn't some innocent citizen. He was a criminal like the perv.

www.oncefallen.com

The more of these crimes that happen, the more proof that the registry needs to be abolished. Simple as that!

temecula mom>

I concede the fact that the children need to be protected. I totally agree, we need tough laws to protect the children.
But you see, you and I differ on one point. I intend the laws to protect ALL CHILDREN.

The way the laws currently are, they are harming COUNTLESS THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.

The sex offender registries are perfect factories for child suffering.
Look...
At the entrance to the factory you find a boy of 14. He is feeling his new found oats, and over time he and his 12 year old girl friend, the girl down the block, end up experimenting with some of the sex that they have seen on tv. In the middle of the love romp the kids are caught by an adult.
The boy then goes through the processing plant part of the factory. He is churned up in the legal system and spit out at the end of the production line... a new product. A Branded package of lifetime sex offender status. His performance will be awesome... he will never get a job, never go to college, never do anything but live with his grand parents. Enjoying the welfare and the food stamps... Thanks to the Sex Offender Registry Factory, He is a great new product, a Sex Offender....

The Politicians love this new product... they can sure fire win elections by merely digging a new sex offender law from a cracker jack box and getting it passed... what a campaign Topic, Sex and Violence...

The factory works well.. thousands, THOUSANDS of products spitted out daily across the nation.

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http://www.cfcamerica.org
Fighting for the rights of citizens of the United States for over 3 years.

Like ducks in a pond, Anyone on a public registry which tells their name, address, where they work... and give a photo of them.. is making that person a TARGET FOR MURDER, and I must say, where does that leave the children of the ex offender? How safe are they... What if some crazed killer were to throw a GASOLINE BOMB, OR HAND GRENADE into a home of someone on the list.... someone who had a huge family of 10 in the home... what then? It could very easily happen.

Title of the article should read...
Killer sought just anyone on the Sex Offender Registry for his next murder.

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Citizens for Legislative Change, America

Only 3-4% of sex offenders even reoffend. The real threat is the people that children KNOW, not strangers, per stats. I have worked with and befriended several registered SO's and know that it's the fear-mongers & paranoid shut-ins that endorse this silly registry.

I think you also have to register as a sex offender for "statutory rape" which could be an 18 year that was with his 16 year old girlfriend (example). The registry is used a lot by "looky lews" to be nosy. If someone really wants to use the site to check "their" neighborhood, or a potential neighborhood to live in - the website could charge $1 via credit card to run it - just like the post office does to change your address via the internet.

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com

This is not the first time this has occurred, see these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBYywgS4Dz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Itgc3x5tfk

And these YouTube channels:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RSOVigilantism
http://www.youtube.com/user/SexOffenderIssues002

Temecula Mom,

We the families of men who have been accused of sex offenses DO HAVE CHILDREN! THEY HAVE CHILDREN! Men who were accused of a consentual act with a young women under 18 are NOT CHILD MOLESTERS. There are so many false accusations being made. And all it takes is an accusation to be convicted in many cases. Our children need to be protected too. If you have children, I would be more concerned that as they become teenagers that they are at risk of being accused of a sex crime then of some boogy man trying to snach them. Which is extremely rare. Why are so many being punished over the horrible acts of a few? Our legislators are using these few cases as a way to make a name for themselves, furthering their careers and it is a way for the state to make more money. Most sex offenses would not be prosecuted in most other states because of our age of consent laws. You will never convince me that a 16, 17 year old female who was the agressor is a child. In our case, the female lied about her age and when it was discovered that she lied, and the male wanted nothing to do with her, she reported that he had "touched her" (no sex). That was enough to ruin a young man's life and his families lives forever. We live in fear everyday of some nut (like reported here) of hurting one of our loved ones.

Better keep an eye on 7&11; better yet they should be on a registry for contemplating terroristic threats and supporting persecution. You see one is to many on that side and one is not enough on the other side.

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com

This is not the first time this has occurred, see these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBYywgS4Dz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Itgc3x5tfk

And these YouTube channels:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RSOVigilantism
http://www.youtube.com/user/SexOffenderIssues002

The truth is these attacks of registered sex offenders are quite rare compared to the total number (100,000 in California alone) of registrants. Although there is a victim here, how many children and women have NOT been victimized because of Megan's Law? Answer: Countless.

The attacks on sex offenders are so less then childen who are ...Megan law is a must for people who have childen , grandchilden..

Number 21 you need to do better research, many women and children have been victimize as a result of; and again one is not enough.

Number 22, perhaps this man had children and grand children also. I have children and grand children and they are priceless to me. Just think if this guy mis-read the address and came to your house, your childrens or grand childrens house, I am sure that would hurt very much. It would certainly make me very sad to hear such even if it was yours. It has happened, is it OK?

Lol Steve!! Yes, I want to protect children from people like YOU therefore, I should be put on a terrorist list. You're just too funny!!

And we don't have an online registry of other types of criminals why? Or even people who claim to be white supremists? They usually aren't shy about their beliefs. I'd like to know, for my safety, if one was next door. I'd be considerably more afraid of a while supremist than a sex offender.

i agree with temecula mom! people seem to care more about a young man who had consensual relations with a young girl, more than someone who carjacked someone and blasted someone. who is really the real threat to society. Dont let the politicians brainwash you people. Trust me, there is something in it for them. For example..proposition 83 was laid out on the table for people to vote on. Of course people will vote for it. Do you seem them laying out a proposition that will affect anyone convicted of a violent crime? Maybe you need to watch the first 48. My cousin was gunned down in a carjacking, and the guy was out after 12 years

temecula mom, Scott Roberts, between, et al: If you have any sense, you'll go to some of the websites posted and read their information. See how screwed up the info on the registries are; see what 'crimes' put you there; see that the RSO down the street's crime had nothing to do with children; see how untold thousands are there because of lies. Get educated. Get human.

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actually i dont agree with temecula mom. she doesnt seem very educated

As a retired Police Officer let me put my 2 cents on this. First of all those who think that sex offender registrys protect your childern. WRONG! Fact over 90% of sexual assaults are commited by persons who are well known and trusted by the victim with over 50% of those being a family member. Second 95% of sexual assaults are commited by a person with NO prior arrest record at all. And then many of you have used the word sex offender and child molester interchangeably. These two words are not the same. Not everyone on the sex offender registry is a child molester. The state is spending millions of your tax money on sex offender laws that protect NO ONE.

temecula mom

Its the Politicians!!!!! People that have made a mistake and LEARNED from it no matter what they did (in the case of sex offenders, they normally get rehab if needed) should not be under this type of scrutiny. Politicians are the worst of the worst because they are instilling FEAR into you.

You think you need to know where a sex offender lives because that is what Politicians have told you. If a sex offender has committed a crime, the police know who the ones are that will commit it again as there are assessments for that sort of thing.

If you think that a sex offender is the worst of the worst, try having your house broken into by a robber or burglar or maybe have your house burned down or your car hit by a drunk driver. What is worse now? Think about it because that sex offender has done NOTHING to you and most likely NEVER WILL.

However, having something public like the registry is pointing out people just like black people were segregated in the 1950s. The same principle applies here. If they make a sex offender registry, they should also create a robber registry, domestic assault registry, burglary registry, murder registry, drug registry and the list could go on and on. Amazingly enough, you will find most of these other "registries" would have people who commit more repeat offenses than those who commit another sexual assault after already committing one in the past.

And one other thing...if a sex offender is such a horrible person and I agree that some are out there...keep them in prison!!!! If they have not be rehabilitated, then don't let them out. Isn't that what they have the regional centers for???

That is what they do to murderers. If they are a threat...keep them in prison UNTIL they are NOT A THREAT! No need for a registry then.

Number 27, be careful as number 25 is not with you and very sorry to hear about your cousin. I would be devastated. Number 25 I am not trying to be funny. Do you think any of this is not terror for some and their families? Is there something funny about that? Please do not jump to conclusions about me, I also want to protect my children, grandchildren and all other children from those you are so worried about which are very few. I also choose to protect and defend all from terrorism and persecution of any form especially legalized forms which is very dangerous.

Steve my "your so funny comment" was referring to you saying that "I" should be put on a terrorist list not your current situation, no there is nothing funny about that. I can't imagine what that must be like to be a parent of a child/loved one wrongly accused. Correct me if I am wrong but are the sex offenders that are being targeted the 18 year old boys who have consensual sex with someone underage or is it the creeps who molest young children? I believe it is the latter. I feel that you are fighting the wrong battle here. I don't think you should fight to get rid of the registry for public view rather I feel you should fight to have them list what they are on the registry for so that when someone like myself goes to purchase a house I can see exactly what these people did and can decide for myself if I want to purchase in that area or not. Many registries don't say what the offender did so we parents need to err on the side of caution. How can you fault me for that?

What I find VERY disturbing is that the Registry is so far out of date. There is one offender on there who hasn't been at the address shown for years, but that address is still appearing.

What if Steven Banister had gone to this address and killed whoever lives there now?

NOW do you see a problem with the Registry??????????

so its okay if that person next door to you was convicted of a home invasion and seriously maming or even killing his neighbor? how about if the person 3 doors down got busted for killing someones pet by giving them poison food? how about if you had a pet in your backyard? you wouldnt care to know that? or is it just the sex offenders?

Number 35, number 37 is me, however, he and number 36 has very good points. I am at work now making money to support the state, ferderal government and the war on terror. Will get back to you a little latter.

Madhatter, so because it is not always accurate are you saying they should completely get rid of it? I understand what you are saying but I would like some sort of guide as to where these people choose to live so that I can keep my family in the safest place possible. I do realize that anything can happen anywhere and there are no guarantees. I also realize that you can get on the list just by peeing in public. It should be fixed not discarded.

Steve, the article was about a sex offender so I was staying on that topic. If we could have a registry for other types of criminal activity I would be all for that as well. You are just as guilty as me for assuming and I apologize for my part... this thread is really going astray.

I actually do know a very decent, young man who was a youth pastor who recently was charged with having sex with an underaged girl (she was only 1 month from turning 18) he will have to register as a sex offender and his life is basically ruined. It is a really sad story, he is not a danger to society but he did break the law and regardless of what you believe she is a minor and still a child. Unfortunately some people have to be made an example of to deter others from doing the same, I pray my child will never make this mistake but if they do sadly I would have to side with the law on this one.

Marie, I was actually wondering why you said you agreed when you weren't making sense but thanks for the personal attack. I hope you feel better about yourself now by putting another down.

Number 39, made a mistake on number 38. It should say "number 37 is not me". I will get back later as steve2 (aka number 20)

I believe there should be a registry and Sex Offenders should prove to society that they are no longer a threat. I dont believe it should be open to the public unless a sex offender is considered a Violent Predator. Having to be on a registry for life is just stupid. I have a beatiful family with two daughters. And guess what I am a sex offender. It has been more than 15 years and since have gotten married and have a family. I have moved on with my life as much a I can. Every couple of years they add more and more laws which make it more difficult for my family. The registry for me was only suppose to be for 10 years. Me and my wife knew that one day this would be behind us and so we started a family. Now its life time and no I have not re-offended. Also did you know that alot sex offenders arent even on the registry! But yet they could be living right next door!

It would be nice to see this kind of outrage from sex offenders and their advocates everytime a child's body is found in a ditch somewhere. Forums get strangely silent when that happens.

"... how many children and women have NOT been victimized because of Megan's Law? Answer: Countless."

Mr. Roberts, I am intrigued by this claim of yours. The reason I find it fascinating is that it is the exact opposite of what research studies have shown and law enforcement officers say, and I wonder where you got the compelling evidence that "countless" women and children have been spared due to Megan's Law. This is what one officer said; "If the...rule had been in effect 10 years ago, I can't think of a single case from our files that would have been any different." — Sgt. Bryce Smith, Sex Offender Registry Officer, Scott County, Iowa. Now, your turn; either produce something supporting your claim or quit making groundless, untrue claims.

Thats exacactly right Jay, living next door, or in your relatives home, or even be your best friend.
The public registry does NOT protect ANYONE!
prove it does?!
Prove it.
How well did the registry and gps protect Jaycee ???
It did not.
Law enforcement should have the information. They should look into a RSO who lives near where a child may have been abducted, but they should also not limit their investigation on JUST the rso's, on a list somewhere.

madhatter is correct in that the information is not accurate. And even if told the accurate information, its never changed.
Just like the age of the victim. Its never changed. So even if the victim was 17 at the time, and the offender was 21, and it was consensual (ok, cant be, but it was wanted contact) the offender will be 50 yrs old at some point, yet the victim is always 17.

Number 39; I do believe that the subject matter is this person was murdered due to the registry. This has nothing to do with buying a house. It has to do with the mind set you and number eleven have "darn only one". You folks think protection of children is limited to your own and not others. How would you feel if someone mis-read the registry and came to your or one of your loved ones home and killed one of yours; what would you think then? Do you not think that this man had no loved ones? I am sure he did and surely they are shedding tears and they are innocent and probably innocent children involved also, but that’s OK not yours or anyone you love. Would you be willing to go to a police station and leave your information then be tracked to who you looked up so you could be a person of interest should something happen to whomever you viewed? If it is buying a house that concerns you then you would still have that chance. I am not faulting you completely, however, I do fault you with your coldness to that mans family and to the people who knew and loved him. Just getting back; now I see you are really cold, your own children because its the law. Yes, we do need laws but not all laws are right. Hopefully it does not happen to your chidren but if it does you will think differently. Take a second and pretend it did and someone came and killed your child. Then you looked at a blog such as this one and people are making the same type of so what comments, would you say to your self, he was a criminal anyway and still sleep good at tonight.

temecula, you say you would have to side with the law if your child had sex with another child? you say 17 years 11 months is still a child? you my friend are brainwashed by the politicians. do you really think they care about the kids as much as they say they do? or could they have a personal agenda? John walsh would never skew the numbers would he? How about nancy grace? shes pretty straight with the numbers isnt she? the way you deter crimes is to punish them with time behind bars, not public humiliation. if the crime was that serious, then they wouldnt be walking the streets. Its really amazing that some people actually believe the honest intentions of the politicians as much as you do. We allow maury povich to dress up 12 and 13 year olds as hookers and walk around flaunting their assets, and then we critisize when a young man actually falls to their seductions. this argument will go on from here to eternity. the fact is, its natural for a young man to love a younger girl, youll never put an age on love, and the politicians are having a field day with it.

Number 42, did something just happen that only you know about? This must be the only forum of this type you ever been in. Please provide details if you desire. I am very vigilant about watching for the very few and not the masses. I know you are just squeeking in to make yourself feel good; probably something you did; feeling bad huh?

im sorry, i mispoke. i realize that the actions of 1 or 2 should not be counted against everyone. i think that if they took off all the people that were on the registry who were not a threat, then they would only have a few they would have to look out for, which would make it much easier for the public to handle.

Number 48, I apologize if I said anything hurtful. Your current statement should be the reality. When I hear of children being hurt by the few it extremely angers me and brings tears to my eyes. Even the ballon boy story brought me to tears.

What’s up with describing the suspect as a “White supremacist?” Exactly how is that relevant? Despite all the non-white gangs that want to be supreme over this or that or even supreme over turf - I’ve never seen or read in a headline anything about a “black supremacist, a mexican supremacist or a jewish supremacist” etc etc etc. This article is openly biased, simple as that. Prior to the invention of “yellow” journalism, the media was committed to reporting on news events while basing them upon facts and, without innuendo, personal opinions or bias. Take this case, a man was murdered and a suspect arrested for his murder - that was the relevant topic and was indeed news worthy. The matter of the suspect being an “alleged supremacist” had nothing to do with the report and was offered solely based upon the reporter’s own hatreds and bias. A hatred and bias seemingly uncontrollable as it was written in the headline as well as in the report and became the main topic of the report. Nice open anti-whiteness in the article - yellow journalism at its best. Mandie Kearns - déjà vu all over again.
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If someone is affiliated with a group it helps in building the overall story. If someone is in a gang, whether it's asian, mexican or black, or white, they typically label themselves that way and are proud of it. White supremacists are proud of who they are. It's part of the story, just as the man who was murdered was labeled a sex offender.

they are PROUD of their heritage,make an impact on others to be PROUD or stay to themselves,

a sex offender may not be PROUD and will learn from the PROUD

apparently they do not understand who they are,that they do not mix easily
the atmosphere positions them into big trouble

why would anyone let them mix into the population?

peace,

L S Phillips/Assistant
Independent Researcher

Why is society always blaming others for the actions of another. Keeley was convicted for an unidentified sex crime and had to register on Meagans law. No one is to blame but himself for the crime. How is the Web site to blame. The blame lies with the White Supremacist who is obviously unstable. So this one situation should bring about re-evaluation of Meagan's Law web site? If that is the case then maybe the crime for Sex offenders needs to be tougher.
Until people get over the idea a sex offender can be fixed by reform, parents need references to keep kids safe. I know as a parent, I feel safer knowing if my neighborhood has any sex offenders in the area...

Many people don't look back on their life and see that as teenagers and young adults they made countless big mistakes. EVERYONE makes mistakes in this time frame which is how we grow and develop and learn that it was wrong and move on. Sex offenders have served their time in jail, and most of them a very hard time in jail because they get the worse of the treatment. And then they survived jail thinking they could start a fresh new life and put that behind them, never think about it ever again... after all it was a mistake and they paid a high price. BUT YOU HORRIBLE PEOPLE make them think about it day after day, you will never let them live down their mistake and mark them as a threat to society. HOW DARE YOU! If America decided to keep a profile about every single person and list out every single mistake YOU have made in your life, including under age drinking, drinking while intoxicated, drugs, even sex with a minor but didnt get caught... i think it would be very damaging to you and your family..
Put yourself in the shoes of ex sex offenders who are not violent, and are not a threat.. all they made was ONE mistake and because of you people they will never live it down. And it does affect their kids because their kids will find out, and the kids friends will find out AND LET THE BULLYING BEGIN!
HORRIBLE CYCLE that no does not protect, it harms society in many ways..
Congrats America, you've done it again!

actually vigilator when a kid gets killed and is on tv i as a sex offender am sickened because our society is this degraded and for the kid but also am sickened because every time it happens lawmakers use it to make a name for themselves for promotion or votes and more useless laws take place. by the way i was arrested for peeing in public. so every case is different and needs to be treated seperately then the registry will be fixed when the bad high risk ones are seperated from someone who pee'd outside. dont you people believe in god? people are so degraded now that they condone and treat people inhumanely. if the lawmakers are able to add more penalties on people after they have done thier sentence and not on supervision no more, smashing our constitutional rights for no double jeapordy then all of our rights can be smashed and put in concentration camps and killed if they want when the government takes all our rights away. then what will you complain about?

So a criminal is killed. Wonderful. One less threat to innocent people.

to the comment #54 BY IMAGINE. It is sad when people with your opinion came up with the reform laws for sick bastards. When you make a statement about how society reminds sex offenders of there mistakes daily you must be a sex offender in reform to make such a comment. Then you should know personally you are not fixable. You as a matter of fact have trouble keeping your mind off of little kids. So you sick SOB should keep your stupid comments to yourself. For one, why should a sex offender be able to change a kids life forever and have no consequences other than reform that does not work. The kids that are assaulted think about it daily and have no life.

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All child sex offenders should be shot right after being convicted. They have sick minds with sick intentions and there is no changing that. but all these 'beings' are men..i have only ever heard of one women child sex offender, and im sure it was due to a MAN who did it to her when she was young. All men should be casterated at birth.

For those who are so hysterical about sex offenders living in their neighborhoods and support the registry, think about what your behavior is telegraphing to the world. There is no murderers registry. No one is raising any alarm about the possibility of murderers living next to them, but they are when it comes to sex offenders. What this condition is telegraphing to the world is that people in the United States would rather live next door to someone that might kill them, than someone who might have sex with them. You can come back from burglary, you can come back from rape, but you can't come back from dead! The registry makes no logical sense. It is and will continue to become a tool for people to use to inflict their hatred, malice and prejudice against. Tell me how this could possibly be a good thiing for anyone!

When it is said sexoffender everyone thinks child molester
not all sex crimes are aginst kids, and the sex crimes that are not
aginst kids and those not aginst kids should not be treeted like child molesters. this megans list invites vegilanti atacks
this info should only be given to law inforcement.
due to the descrimanation of sexoffenders.
this country yet displays pregdisom twords groops of people.

a dope dealer sells poison to your kids and destroyes ther lives.
but no regersty for them,
IF a man surves his time and gets out this is a lable for life.
it stops them from geting Jobs and destroys ther lives what moore damage can be done to a person?
and I am not talking about child molesters
But any Woman can have sex with you and get mad and yell rape and the man's but gos to prison an inocent man and labled for life and grooped with the child molesters. this happens often
and it is not right at all. so what is beeing done about this????

it makes me sick to see so many of you think they need to do away with the SOR board! Those sick ..... SHOULD be put out there like that! they deserve it! they deserve the ridicule and violence that comes along with it! I applaud the actions of the man who shot the skinner! I can only hope that this trend continues, these people (it gives me the willys to even refer to them as peopole) serve no contribution to man kind!

What I dont understand is why this is getting so much attention and not the murder victims that were regular citizens. Do you know how many people they find murdered in dhs/no. palm springs/sky valley & indio hills areas not far from where this happened? But are we even hearing any type of suspects being sought or caught in those? No....Why???? Maybe they were just regular citizens if they would of been sex offenders they would of gotten some publicity. I love Vigilante Justice!

The reason we don't have a lot of crime or murders from the Indio, Palm Springs, desert area is that it is beyond our coverage area.
thanks.

Hey Val, NOONE cares what your old, gun-toting, shoot first-ask questions later thinks. You have nothing to offer accept your Opinion. You believe that because you scream the loudest and type the most comments, people will “side” with you. You want to “keep the tide going in the right direction". Fine, fine. I don’t know about you, but i’ld rather have a sex offender who had sex with an underage GF living next door, than a deranged mad woman, who thinks it’s ok to pull her gun on an Unarmed sex offender, simply because he disagrees with her HARASSMENT. Geez, Val, looks like we ALL have skeletons in our closets don’t we? Look up Valerie Parkhurst (valigator), and HER police record. Good luck with your crusade, Val.