More to come, but for now.
Why This Site Exists
I’m a son. I’m a brother. Iā€™m a husband. Iā€™m a father.
I understand why laws exist to protect children and families. I live every day thinking about how to protect mine. That fear? That instinct? I get it.
I remember the Adam Walsh story. I remember that movie. I remember it terrifying me as a kid. I remember the department store I used to visit that looked just like the one he disappeared from in the movie. It stuck.
I understand why people cry out for laws when the unthinkable happens.
But I also live with something most people donā€™t understand.
I am on the sex offender registry.
It has shapedā€”and in many ways destroyed many areas of my life for over 25+ years.
Not because Iā€™m a monster. Not because I reoffended. Not because Iā€™ve spent decades harming others.
But because a decision I made as a broken, stupid young man locked me into a system that doesnā€™t allow for difference, for time, or for growth.
A system that doesnā€™t consider the facts, the person, or the fight after the fact.
A system that doesnā€™t care that Iā€™ve spent every day since being a human being, building something good, and loving those that love me.
This Site Is Not About Justifying Anything
This is not a place for denial.
This is not a place for excuses.
Itā€™s a place to talk about what happens when laws are built from fear and not from evidence.
When one-size-fits-all punishment becomes a lifelong brandā€”regardless of the person or the truth.
When we stop making distinctions between a violent predator and stupid young men who made catastrophic mistakes.
We Need to Talk About the Differences
Not every case is the same.
Not every person on the registry is the same.
Not every law written in the wake of tragedy has made us safer.
This site exists to start a conversation about that.
With facts.
With respect.
With honesty.
And with the hope that we can be a society that protects its children without destroying people who are doing right in this world.
Because unjust laws donā€™t fix wrongs.
They just create new ones in silence.