Residents Fight Back Against Sex Offenders
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:49 pm
Residents Fight Back Against Sex Offenders
The suspects in the deaths of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford and 13-year-old Sarah Lunde were both registered sex offenders living in communities where many had no clue of their pasts. Angry neighbors across the country are fighting back. In Florida, residents are displaying names and addresses of sexual predators, and going as far as protesting in front of their homes. Some Cincinnati residents are gathering money to pay a sex offender 20,000 dollars to move out of their neighborhood. Some experts say this tactic isn't long term because these people will just move into another neighborhood. "It won't make society safer if we simply move these guys to other neighborhoods or drive them underground," says John Berlin, an employee at the Sexual Disorders Clinic in Johns Hopkins University. Some other Ohio residents don't necessarily agree with the tactic. "I don't feel that is right that they can pay to have somebody move because I mean, somebody is gonna end up having them in their neighborhood," says Joseph Bolding, a resident of Loveland, Ohio. If you'd like to find out if there is a registered sex offender living in your neighborhood, just log onto this website if you live in Ohio:click here., or this website if you live in West Virginia: click here.
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The suspects in the deaths of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford and 13-year-old Sarah Lunde were both registered sex offenders living in communities where many had no clue of their pasts. Angry neighbors across the country are fighting back. In Florida, residents are displaying names and addresses of sexual predators, and going as far as protesting in front of their homes. Some Cincinnati residents are gathering money to pay a sex offender 20,000 dollars to move out of their neighborhood. Some experts say this tactic isn't long term because these people will just move into another neighborhood. "It won't make society safer if we simply move these guys to other neighborhoods or drive them underground," says John Berlin, an employee at the Sexual Disorders Clinic in Johns Hopkins University. Some other Ohio residents don't necessarily agree with the tactic. "I don't feel that is right that they can pay to have somebody move because I mean, somebody is gonna end up having them in their neighborhood," says Joseph Bolding, a resident of Loveland, Ohio. If you'd like to find out if there is a registered sex offender living in your neighborhood, just log onto this website if you live in Ohio:click here., or this website if you live in West Virginia: click here.
http://www.wtov9.com/news/4403924/detail.html