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Originally Posted by ngdawg
his crimes were Wreckless Endangerment of a Child and Aggravated Sexual Assault. We can assume he didn't brush up against a 15 year old....
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actually, no you can't. You don't know what the situation was, you don't know what the plea bargain involved. You can probably find out, because it's public record, but until you do, you really don't know if the guy's a danger or not.
Let's not forget that if a guy has sex with a 17 year old who claims she's 18, he's legally raped her, and if convicted, has to register as a child molesting sex offender. Even though there was no intent to commit the crime, he still has to have the sex offender stigma attached for the rest of his life.
Those charges could easily come from such a situation. Am I defending sex offenders? No, but I'm saying we shouldn't judge someone simply because they're registered as one. All that means is that they were CONVICTED of a sex offense. We don't know what that offense is. And it's possible they didn't do it at all - people get wrongfully convicted all the time.