Michigan Citizens for Justice - Revision history

Etenne: /* History */

2016-02-15T14:01:57Z

History

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:01, 15 February 2016
Line 10:		Line 10:

	==History==		==History==
	Michigan Citizens for Justice was started by Royal Oak mother, Francie Baldino after her teenage son was imprisoned for having sex with his girlfriend, who was 14 years old at the time, and after she realized the stigmatizing effect and harsh restrictions imposed on those labelled as sex offenders.<ref name=patch>{{cite news\|title=Royal Oak Woman is a Force for Change in Sex Offender Laws\|url=http://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/royal-oak-woman-is-a-force-for-change-in-sex-offender-laws\|work=Royal Oak Patch\|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, Group leader Francie Giordano appeared in live TV interview on ~~[[Michael Coren\|~~'The Arena with Michael Coren']], discussing issues of prosecuting consensual teen sex in US.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sex offence nonsense\|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/news/world/1225519502001/sex-offence-nonsense/1424159471001\|website=OttawaSun.com\|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref>		Michigan Citizens for Justice was started by Royal Oak mother, Francie Baldino after her teenage son was imprisoned for having sex with his girlfriend, who was 14 years old at the time, and after she realized the stigmatizing effect and harsh restrictions imposed on those labelled as sex offenders.<ref name=patch>{{cite news\|title=Royal Oak Woman is a Force for Change in Sex Offender Laws\|url=http://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/royal-oak-woman-is-a-force-for-change-in-sex-offender-laws\|work=Royal Oak Patch\|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, Group leader Francie Giordano appeared in live TV interview on ''The Arena with Michael Coren'', discussing issues of prosecuting consensual teen sex in US.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sex offence nonsense\|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/news/world/1225519502001/sex-offence-nonsense/1424159471001\|website=OttawaSun.com\|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

Etenne at 13:14, 15 February 2016

2016-02-15T13:14:25Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:14, 15 February 2016
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Law icon}}		{{Law icon}}
	'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan [[sex ~~offenders~~]] and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organization of [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]], and one of the more than 50 organizations nationwide [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]].<ref name=Huff>{{cite news\|title=High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-pesta/high-school-sweetheartsor_b_908118.html\|work=The Huffington Post\|date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=beast>{{cite news\|title=Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel\|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/25/should-teens-be-jailed-for-sex-offenses-a-growing-parental-rebellion-says-no.html\|work=The Daily Beast\|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>		'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan [[sex offender]]s and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organization of [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]], and one of the more than 50 organizations nationwide [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]].<ref name=Huff>{{cite news\|title=High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-pesta/high-school-sweetheartsor_b_908118.html\|work=The Huffington Post\|date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=beast>{{cite news\|title=Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel\|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/25/should-teens-be-jailed-for-sex-offenses-a-growing-parental-rebellion-says-no.html\|work=The Daily Beast\|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>

	==Purpose==		==Purpose==

Etenne: /* External links */

2016-02-14T17:37:07Z

External links

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:37, 14 February 2016
Line 32:		Line 32:
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]
			{{Navbox RSOL organizations\|collapsed}}
	[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]		[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]

Etenne: /* External links */

2016-02-14T16:49:33Z

External links

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:49, 14 February 2016
Line 32:		Line 32:
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]
	[[Category:~~Law]]~~		[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]
	~~[[Category:Activism]]~~
	~~[[Category:~~Organizations]]
	~~[[Category:Sexuality and society~~]]

Etenne at 16:38, 14 February 2016

2016-02-14T16:38:44Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:38, 14 February 2016
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Law icon}}
	'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan [[sex offenders]] and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organization of [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]], and one of the more than 50 organizations nationwide [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]].<ref name=Huff>{{cite news\|title=High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-pesta/high-school-sweetheartsor_b_908118.html\|work=The Huffington Post\|date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=beast>{{cite news\|title=Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel\|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/25/should-teens-be-jailed-for-sex-offenses-a-growing-parental-rebellion-says-no.html\|work=The Daily Beast\|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>		'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan [[sex offenders]] and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organization of [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]], and one of the more than 50 organizations nationwide [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]].<ref name=Huff>{{cite news\|title=High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-pesta/high-school-sweetheartsor_b_908118.html\|work=The Huffington Post\|date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=beast>{{cite news\|title=Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel\|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/25/should-teens-be-jailed-for-sex-offenses-a-growing-parental-rebellion-says-no.html\|work=The Daily Beast\|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>

Line 31:		Line 32:
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]
	*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]		*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]
			[[Category:Law]]
			[[Category:Activism]]
			[[Category:Organizations]]
			[[Category:Sexuality and society]]

Etenne: /* See also */

2016-02-14T16:08:42Z

Etenne: Created page with "'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan sex offenders and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organizat..."

2016-02-14T15:38:47Z

Created page with "'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan sex offenders and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organizat..."

New page

'''Michigan Citizens for Justice''' is an advocacy and support group for Michigan [[sex offenders]] and their families. Michigan Citizens for Justice is an affiliate organization of [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]], and one of the more than 50 organizations nationwide [[movement to reform sex offender laws in the United States]].<ref name=Huff>{{cite news|title=High School Sweethearts -- Or Sex Offenders?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-pesta/high-school-sweetheartsor_b_908118.html|work=The Huffington Post|date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=beast>{{cite news|title=Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/25/should-teens-be-jailed-for-sex-offenses-a-growing-parental-rebellion-says-no.html|work=The Daily Beast|date=25 January 2011}}</ref>

==Purpose==
Michigan Citizens for Justice seeks to educate law-makers and the public that sex offenders should not all be treated the same, as they are a diverse group of individuals, and that contrary to popular belief, their general recidivism rate of 5% over 5 years<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zgoba|first1=Kristen|last2=Miner|first2=Michael|last3=Knight|first3=Raymond|last4=Letourneau|first4=Elizabeth|last5=Levenson|first5=Jill|last6=Thorton|first6=David|title=A Multi - State Recidivism Study Using Static - 99R and Static - 2002 Risk Scores and Tier Guidelines from the Adam Walsh Act|url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/240099.pdf|publisher=National Institute of Justice}}</ref> is the second lowest of all offender groups;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langan|first1=Patrick A.|last2=Schmitt|first2=Erica L.|last3=Durose|first3=Matthew R.|title=Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994|url=http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorp94.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice|date=2003}}</ref> thus making onerous restrictions and the stigmatizing effect of public sex offender lists unfair and counterproductive when applied to all offenders without considering the individual risk and underlying facts of individual cases.

The group aims to provide support, encouragement, and information for working towards reforming the current laws and policies so that they will be based on scientific facts and will promote public safety, honor human dignity, and offer holistic prevention, healing, and restoration.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission Statement:|url=http://www.micitizensforjustice.com/our-goal.html|publisher=Michigan Citizens for Justice}}</ref> The group holds that current state of [[sex offender registries in the United States]] are a nationwide problem which ''"destroys futures and makes it questionable as to who is a threat to society and who isn't"'', by pooling offenders together and automatically labeling them as monsters, regardless of what the true nature of their offense was.<ref>{{cite news|title=Romeo-Juliet law changing: Young lovers will no longer be listed as sex offenders|url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20110330/romeo-juliet-law-changing-young-lovers-will-no-longer-be-listed-as-sex-offenders|work=The Oakland Press|date=30 March 2011}}</ref>

The group says that offenders should be treated differently according severity of their offenses and that "Romeo and Juliet" type of offenders should not be punished as harsh as those convicted of more serious sex crimes.<ref name=Huff/><ref name=beast/>

==History==
Michigan Citizens for Justice was started by Royal Oak mother, Francie Baldino after her teenage son was imprisoned for having sex with his girlfriend, who was 14 years old at the time, and after she realized the stigmatizing effect and harsh restrictions imposed on those labelled as sex offenders.<ref name=patch>{{cite news|title=Royal Oak Woman is a Force for Change in Sex Offender Laws|url=http://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/royal-oak-woman-is-a-force-for-change-in-sex-offender-laws|work=Royal Oak Patch|date=4 October 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, Group leader Francie Giordano appeared in live TV interview on [[Michael Coren|'The Arena with Michael Coren']], discussing issues of prosecuting consensual teen sex in US.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sex offence nonsense|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/news/world/1225519502001/sex-offence-nonsense/1424159471001|website=OttawaSun.com|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
*[[Florida Action Committee]]
*[[Advocates For Change]]
*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry|USA FAIR, Inc.]]
*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
*[[Women Against Registry|Women Against Registry - W.A.R]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.micitizensforjustice.com/ www.micitizensforjustice.com]
*[http://nationalrsol.org/ Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]
*[http://nationalrsol.org/resources/support-hotline/ Registrants and Families Support Line]

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:08, 14 February 2016
Line 12:		Line 12:

	==See also==		==See also==
			*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization]]
			*[[Sex offender registry]]
			*[[The Center for Sexual Justice]]
			*[[SOR problems‎]]
			*[[Criminalisation of youth]]
	*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]		*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
	*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]		*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
	*[[Florida Action Committee]]
	*[[Advocates For Change]]
	*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
	*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry\|USA FAIR, Inc.]]		*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry\|USA FAIR, Inc.]]
	*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]		*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
			*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]
	*[[Women Against Registry\|Women Against Registry - W.A.R]]		*[[Women Against Registry\|Women Against Registry - W.A.R]]