This Bill Will Protect Children From Predatory Parent

I posted the link to the video of this article the other day. I think that it is an important bill. I have read stories and people have shared stories with me on a parent who is a pedophile predator getting custody of their children. A lot of times this happens due to the darkness and power involved with pedophilia rings. Having laws like this will help stop these predators from wielding the power they seem to have. This is especially important when it is a parent or family member who victimized the child. I have read that those against the sex offender registry believe that family members prefer that their be no jail time and that the matter be handled between the family. That is one of the reasons the registry is so important. Child sexual abuse is perpetrated a lot of times by family members and close family friends. For to long these issues were dealt with by the family. That is how incestuous pedophilia was allowed to flourish for so long. Getting the word out is going to help stop this. Incestuous pedophiles being found out is a good deterrent and knowing if they get caught they will end up on the registered sex offender registry is a good thing.

Those who are against this bill i.e. sites that are trying to get the sexual offender registry outlawed are up in arms over this. They are talking about how this passed 115 to 0 and will go through if they don't do some type of lobbying against. They are pretty scared because this goes against what they promote. They believe that once someone serves their time that should be that. IMO that shouldn't be that. Harming children is never okay. If a pedophile predator is on the list they should stay there. It seems like these sites don't understand that someone who is a pedophile predator doesn't just offend once they offend anywhere from 100 to 400 times before they are even caught. This type of behavior doesn't just go away. Treatment for this illness is very hard unless the person/pedophile predator is wanting to get help. Is willing to admit what they did is a part of their illness. And they accept responsibility for their actions. Until that happens Go Sex Offender Registry! Rosie

Posted: Apr 16, 2012 4:20 PM CDT Updated: Apr 16, 2012 4:20 PM CDT

By Jody Barr - email

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Late last summer, a Charleston County judge awarded custody of a little girl to her father, a man investigators say had a sex assault conviction on his record. The conviction happened in New Jersey and authorities say it involved one of the man's children. State Rep. Chip Limehouse found out about it, but it was too late"Clearly we have lapses in judgment in court and courts are human beings and they're imperfect and we see imperfect decisions everyday," Limehouse said. Limehouse drafted a bill that would make it illegal for any child custody case or adoption to be awarded to a convicted sex offender. Department of Social Services

regulations prohibit that already, but Limehouse says his bill would go one step further by making it a crime. "If judge and juries are going to be awarding custody of a child to an individual, there ought to be some level of standard," Limehouse said. Limehouse wrote the state's sex offender registry law in the mid-90s. It allows the public to see every sex offender in the state -- their addresses, pictures, and up-to-date registry information. The Charleston County case, according to Limehouse, exposed a dangerous loophole, one he says he never thought anyone in the judicial system would allow to appen.

"This will make it illegal, in fact, to award the custody of a child to an individual on the sex offender registry," Limehouse said.
"It will protect our children's safety directly, so, in my view, it is vitally important that we pass this into law this year."
In February, the bill passed the house 115 to 0. It's sitting in a Senate committee right now, but Limehouse says he's sure the Senate will pass it and the governor will sign it this year.
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