What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
My son is a registered non-violent sex offender, felony carnel knowledge w/o force was his crime. The offenses occured when he was 17 and just barely 18, not even out of high school. The victim was a girlfriend age 13, whose parents allowed the relationship to develop. The district attorney would not reduce charges even with a agreement of more jail time, he only got a month. Yet a 30 something neighbor recently was charged with 5 counts of aggravated sexual assault of an adult and forceable sodomy of a 14 year old. He was granted a plea agreement to mis-demenor charges and does not have to register as a sex offender by the same county court as my son. Is there justice here? I think not! If anyone should have been given the plea it should have been to the non-violent crime. Would it do us any good to hire an attorney,which we really can't afford, to fight this in-justice? Or better yet any attorney's want to do a pro-bono to show this country that there are attorney's who want to do what's right for the people.
My son is a registered non-violent sex offender, felony carnel knowledge w/o force was his crime. The offenses occured when he was 17 and just barely 18, not even out of high school. The victim was a girlfriend age 13, whose parents allowed the relationship to develop. The district attorney would not reduce charges even with a agreement of more jail time, he only got a month. Yet a 30 something neighbor recently was charged with 5 counts of aggravated sexual assault of an adult and forceable sodomy of a 14 year old. He was granted a plea agreement to mis-demenor charges and does not have to register as a sex offender by the same county court as my son. Is there justice here? I think not! If anyone should have been given the plea it should have been to the non-violent crime. Would it do us any good to hire an attorney,which we really can't afford, to fight this in-justice? Or better yet any attorney's want to do a pro-bono to show this country that there are attorney's who want to do what's right for the people.