I was 15 years old when i was charged and was registered for 10 years after drug-related probation violations. If I had the knowledge that I have now, none of it would’ve happened. I grew up in a social environment where child pornography was normalized in my school between students, and being someone with autism it was hard to understand right & wrong when I was surrounded with the issue. Being at that age when I was charged, I had countless of people try to physically assault me, harass, and stalk my family, all while claiming they were going to kill me. Law enforcement wasn’t much help, and at that age I was being treated as an adult.

Police officers tried to interrogate and interview me without any parental intervention or supervision. It was a very traumatic experience for me at that age, and it feels unjust, especially when I know I do not fit the description. There are people out there who deserve the extreme consequences that fit this kind of violation, but at that age you’re mostly learning, and I’ve seen a mass increase of children who have offended. This screams more of a “System problem” than a “People problem”, I feel there should be a mandatory education on this issue, especially for children and teenagers. I pray things change, and the education of this matter becomes more readily available to the citizens of the United States.

Our case was dragged out over 7 years until we were financially and emotionally destroyed. Only then did I accept a deal to stop the children from being adopted out because they wouldn’t give the kids back until I had a conviction. The children’s division wanted the mother to testify against me but she wouldn’t because they wanted more than what happened so they wouldn’t let her have custody either. I took a deal that was basic probation and not forced to register, but after six months of probation the judge ordered me to report to the s.o. officer. I refused to sign the acknowledgement putting me on the registry, but they threatened me with jail. I eventually signed because I knew there was no fighting this judge since I was out of money and had no lawyer. I now have to register for life because I made a mistake many people make. My crime was carelessly leaving adult material in a place my 6 year-old could find and was exposed to but that wasn’t enough for a conviction. The police dropped the investigation but the children’s division kept the children in foster care, pressuring the mom to say more happened and convincing them that the children had been abused. The children were abused in foster care and are now adults who do not trust the system or their own memories. It was horrific and political abuse of a whole family to save face when children’s division realized they overstepped. That was 2009. Now in 2025 I’m a single dad of small children and still on the registry. We all moved out of Missouri as soon as we could but the registry follows us and affects the children who don’t even know about it. I can’t get stable work because most jobs cannot employ people forced to register due to insurance reasons and jobs that can or do hire people forced to register are typically abusive or pay so little you can’t get by. Most colleges won’t allow a person forced to register to attend even online. It is a social death sentence that doesn’t do anything more to protect people than common sense would. In my time on probation I attended state ordered group therapy. I witnessed multiple men die from not being able to live with the weight of being forced to register, not from guilt but from the social ostracizing. The ones that really try to change are usually the ones that can’t take it because it doesn’t matter what you do. People forced to register aren’t considered to be humans anymore and it doesn’t matter if they were victims.  The system  has failed, and once you turn 18 you are now the problem not a symptom.

Hi. My son (20) is under federal investigation for CP content on tablet. I was in complete shock. So many emotions are going through me. The mom guilt and shame and the disappointment.
The story he is telling me is he revived these photos from a user on discord app. from when he was 17-19. The raid took place 10/29 w a warrant at this apartment he shared with roommates. All electronics were taken they roommates were released and my son was giving a polygraph and released. He moved back home. I put him in an offender program and we’re getting an attorney. This waiting phase of the unknown is so hard. This just happened all so fast and feels so surreal.

My name is Jim and I live in Ohio. Back in 2010 when I arrived in the state, I met a woman at church we started to date. Going out to dinner, amusement parks, and getting to know each other. We both lived in separate homes at first, but later decided to move in together. I transferred my mail to her place and started to receive my pension checks from my old job. She wasn’t working, but had income coming from her ex-husband who also attended the same church, (strike one). I met some of the friends she dealt with at the church and got a story from one guy who told me that this woman cheated on her ex-husband and was caught in bed with another guy, (strike two). I kept the conversation to myself and continued our relationship. We slept in the same bed and were intimate many times. She gave me a key when I moved in. She also kept her eyes on the mailbox always looking for my pension checks, (strike three).

This was a regular occurrence and she seemed to be looking for money from me constantly. We started having arguments at times about her staying out late at night. After one disagreement, she kicked me out so I went to stay at the housing units, and after that, I stopped all contact with her. Weeks later when my pension checks came, she wanted to talk to me looking for money. She brought me my check but wanted to talk in the car.

I talked to her and listened to what she had to say, and afterwards I went back inside the housing unit, but in the middle of the night received a phone call from her saying she was lonely and wanted to see me. I gave in to her and we were intimate that night. The next morning when I woke up she was gone. I later found out when she came back that she had her family members with her to attack me.  She called the cops on me saying I sexually took advantage of her. WOW!  It really hurt me to know she would lie on me and dealing with the justice system they would believe a crying, lying woman like her story. She told the court we only had consensual intercourse once. Another WOW 😲. Now I am stuck for life registering. WOW!