ARIZONA STUDENTS HELP RAISE AWARENESS

STUDENTS TAKE A STAND TO PROTECT THEIR PEERS

April 6, 2007 Glendale, AZ: This week a handful a Phoenix eighth graders took a stand to make a difference, possibly saving many youth from spending a lifetime as registered sex offenders. Students at Desert Sky Middle School handed out (these) fliers and posted them throughout the school in an effort to educate their fellow classmates of the dangers they face in an overzealous system mandated by Arizona legislators. The fliers were gleaned from a report made by a Maricopa County Juvenile Public Defender, whose name will not be released for fear of retaliation. As a side note, this public defender had no knowledge or involvement in the passing out of the fliers. These students were outraged and angered, not to mention surprised by the information the fliers contained and rightfully so. Although the students that handed out the fliers have not been identified by school authorities, school officials took immediate steps to remove the fliers as quickly as possible. Many demanded to know “who” was responsible for disseminating the information.

One teacher was quoted as saying she “didn’t think the information was true.” Unfortunately, it IS true and that was the point students were trying to drive home. Perhaps if enough students and parents were made aware of the facts contained in the flier more could be done to prevent youths being swept up in a system gone out of control. Effective changes made and young lives would not be needlessly destroyed.

HERE IS A COPY OF THE ACTUAL FLIER:

WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN COST YOU A LIFETIME OF MISERY The information below was provided by a member of the Maricopa County Juvenile Public Defender’s Office.

YOU HAVE FAR LESS TO FEAR FROM A STRANGER ON THE STREET THAN YOU DO FROM ARIZONA LAWS WHICH CRIMINALIZE YOUTHFUL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS.
AN INNOCENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO EIGTH OR NINTH GRADERS, A 14 YEAR OLD, AND A 15 YEAR OLD, CAN RUIN THE LIFE OF ONE OF THEM FOREVER.
ANY SEXUAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN A 15 YEAR OLD AND SOMEONE YOUNGER THAN 15 CAN RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES OF CHILD MOLESTATION AND/OR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. YOU CAN GO TO PRISON FOR UP TO 25 YEARS AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
YOU CAN BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE AT SCHOOL AND WITHOUT YOUR PARENTS KNOWLEDGE AND WITHOUT THEM BEING PRESENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU.
SOME YOUTHS ARE GIVEN PROBATION FOR LIFE INSTEAD OF JAIL TIME. THEY CANNOT LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR ANY OTHER CHILDREN INCLUDING BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
YOU WILL BE FORBIDDEN TO BE AROUND ANYONE UNDER 18. NO BASKETBALL GAMES, SCHOOL DANCES, PROMS OR HANGING OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
IF YOU GO TO JAIL (JUVENILE HALL) UNTIL YOU ARE 18 AND THEN ON TO ADULT PRISON, YOU WILL FALL BEHIND IN SCHOOL AND NOT BE ALLOWED TO GRADUATE.
AUTHORITIES WILL TAKE YOUR DNA SAMPLE, FINGERPRINTS, AND PHOTOGRAPH (MUGSHOT).
AT AGE 18 YOU WILL BE SUBJECTED TO COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION. FLYERS WILL BE PASSED OUT WHEREVER YOU LIVE TELLING THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE A CHILD MOLESTER AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
IN ARIZONA, THIS IS A LIFETIME REQUIREMENT. YOU WILL BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE MOST HORRIBLE OF WAYS. YOU WILL BE DENIED HOUSING, JOBS, AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
ARIZONA LAW MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONSENSUAL ACTS OF TEENS AND A 30 YEAR OLD MAN THAT PREYS ON YOUNG CHILDREN.

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