Mary and John Devoy have been married for 17 years, but did not have any children. Maybe it's better that way, says Mary," I can not imagine what a child would have had to endure with a dad who hung out as sex offenders. "
He and his wife Mary's life was destroyed when the neighbor girl accused John of having molested her sexually.
Even if they the day he would have molested here, was togheter all the day. They hired a private rented a private investigator who, among other things, documented that 15-year-old had gone with obvious untruths on several previous occasions
. The girl did not Testify, neither explain the details of the alleged assault. John doesn't know her story of this "molesting" even today.
- We watched it all as completely absurd
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The day when the assault would have happened had we spent together, John and me. And he at all would put himself in such a situation, I just can not imagine. We wrote off the accusation as a misguided revenge for John promised the girl's mother to kill the family's sick dog - the girl was there when the mother asked John, and she was noticeably upset by, "says Mary Devoy.
He was given an ultimatum by the prosecutor: if he had become to contest the allegation of the misconduct would be considered mild, and the penalty is limited to probation, and a place in the Sex harraser register. If, however, he chose to let the matter go to trial, he would risk a very severe sentence on conviction - to life.
My big mistake was that I chose the first option. Seen in retrospect, it seems wise not to agree to such a thing
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But I was shocked by the turn things took, I had minimal reflection and scared by the threat of going to prison, " he says.
- Since we started working with rsole we have come in contact with several hair-raising event.
As a mother whose 15-year-old son had a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old woman - it is illegal sex with a minor, under the laws of Virginia. The mother learned of the relationship and asked his son to break. Men han fortsatte, och det hela uppdagades.
But he went on, and it all came to light. Now the mother of sex crimes register for life, convicted of "protecting sex offenders". The verdict, she would have the police notified the 21-year-old woman soon after she learned of the relationship.
John and Mary Devoy criticism is supported by human rights organizations as Human Rights Watch. In a report titled "No easy answers" (No easy answers), strikes the organization stated that the registration is not reduced the number of sex crimes, and that it overlooks the fact that a large proportion of sexual abuse committed by perpetrators known to the children - even parents or relatives.
The report suggests that federal authorities abolishing the registration of teenagers, as well as of sex offenders who committed minor offenses.
But politicians seem to choose the opposite path. In November this year, the elections of governors in Virginia, and the victory tipped candidate, Republican Bob McDonnell, has gone to the polls to tighten sex crimes registration.
John Devoy and Mary is 45 and 38 years. They have been married for seventeen years.
"- We hoped the children understood that all young people who marry. But we have not received any."
"- Maybe it was the Lord who wanted it so. I can not think of what a child would have suffered with a father who is hung out to everyone as sex offenders, "says Mary Devoy.
She stares down into the living room carpet and trying to blink away the tears.
So this is the great USA?
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