Mislabeling Sexual Offenders

Our government has worked to develop laws that will fairly protect us, while punishing people who commit crimes. We have laws that require people to pay fines, serve time and limit freedoms when someone is convicted of a crime to keep our streets, workplace, schools and homes safe. But is it possible that some of these laws could actually be bringing harm to people who have been mistakenly labeled in the system?

Punishing sexual offenders is one area of crime that our country feels strongly about. The government has made several laws to punish offenders after they have been convicted as well as continue to keep the communities they live in safe by publicizing who has committed sexual acts against children. States like Ohio have sex offender registries to protect children who live in the same area as the person who has committed a sexual crime; however, an incident in Ohio is showing that sometimes these lists only bring harm to people whose names have wrongly been placed on the list.

Is it Possible to Move on?

Danny Seals has accidentally been labeled a sexual offender and is now facing criminal charges for failing to register his address, according to the Newark Advocate. More than 10 years ago, Seals was charged with kidnapping and abduction. He served his sentence and was released in 1999, but he was placed on the Ohio Sex Offender Registry even though he did not commit a sex crime