Being on the registry made it nearly impossible to find work, however.Īfter three years with little income-and several hundred dollars a year in payments for court-mandated polygraph tests-Henry moved back in with his parents. He was immediately expelled but appealed and was allowed to graduate. If you believe that our country's sex offense registries should actually make kids safer, this book will leave you shaking with frustration.Īt the time of his arrest, Henry was attending community college. Henry's story is one of about 60 that appear in a new book by sociologist Emily Horowitz: From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Crime Laws Based on Facts Not Fear.
He took a plea: no jail time, and seven years on the sex offense registry. The 16-year-old's parents found out, summoned the cops, and Henry was charged with a sex offense.
When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said they were 18 too.
