The men file in, a few wearing pressed button-down shirts, others jeans caked in mud from work on a construction site. They meet in the living room of an old taupe bungalow on a leafy street in a small Southern city. Someone has shoved a workout bike into the corner to make room for a circle of overstuffed chairs dug up at the local Goodwill. The men jockey for a coveted recliner and settle in. They are complaining about co-workers and debating the relative merits of various trucks when a faint beeping interrupts the conversation.
'There was a lot of shame': meet the sex offender ‘who is not a sex offender’
Offender story: James – Juvenile sex offenders
Editor's Note: In Oregon, information pertaining to juveniles is not disclosed to the public, unless that juvenile, 15 or older, is prosecuted as an adult for a Measure 11 crime. Robert is identified by his middle name only, as he is soon eligible for relief from the sex offender registry. He said he hopes to gain a fresh start and become a registered nurse so he can provide for his wife and child. The newspaper granted his request in an effort to tell a story that otherwise never would be told. This is Robert's story. Robert was 10 years old when he was adjudicated on a charge of first-degree sodomy.
Offender story: Robert
So I ask it anyway. Yunus fidgets a little in his chair. As do his two attorneys sitting beside him, Andrew Celli and David Berman. Yunus is forbidden under pain of arrest and incarceration from ever coming within 1, feet of any school grounds.
Editor's Note: In Oregon, information pertaining to juveniles is not disclosed to the public, unless that juvenile, 15 or older, is prosecuted as an adult for a Measure 11 crime. James is identified by his middle name only, in an effort to maintain his employment, a condition of his probation, and in hopes that he'll be granted relief from the registry when he is eligible in one year. The newspaper granted his request in an effort to tell a story that would otherwise never be told. This is James' story.