This article on Yahoo/AP speaks about a sex offender who is being sued by a real estate developer for loss of sales.
Basically by law the developer was required to inform potential buyers that there was a convicted sex-offender living in that neighborhood. The developer stated that both people refused to buy because of that reason and that the offender had attempted to blackmail the developer.
On that part it states that it's alleged. Probably to help win his suit.
I've a friend who is a reformed child sex-offender (yes, it is possible) yet the neighbors where he lives (a relatively new subdivision) are all aware of his conviction. Far as I know none have moved away or basically none have complained even though the neighborhood is full of children and new homes/sales happen all the time around there. Ironically across the street from his home lives a cop.
Question in my mind is that if you (with children) were prospective buyers and found this great home in a great neighborhood near great shopping/schools and bla bla bla... but the only black cloud is that it's also home to a convicted child molester... would you still move there?
I say that my friend is a reformed offender. He went through intensive therapy (a clinic with a 98% success rate ... the other 2 % go to prison) and has since married and has three kids of his own. Far as I'm aware of he's had no inclination towards children since being released by the therapist.
From what he tells me no-one in his neighborhood is treating him any differently dispite their knowledge of his past offense.
But the question remains... if you knew would you? Is it akin to putting your children in harms way, waiting for the possibility no matter how slight?
Just wondering.
Basically by law the developer was required to inform potential buyers that there was a convicted sex-offender living in that neighborhood. The developer stated that both people refused to buy because of that reason and that the offender had attempted to blackmail the developer.
On that part it states that it's alleged. Probably to help win his suit.
I've a friend who is a reformed child sex-offender (yes, it is possible) yet the neighbors where he lives (a relatively new subdivision) are all aware of his conviction. Far as I know none have moved away or basically none have complained even though the neighborhood is full of children and new homes/sales happen all the time around there. Ironically across the street from his home lives a cop.
Question in my mind is that if you (with children) were prospective buyers and found this great home in a great neighborhood near great shopping/schools and bla bla bla... but the only black cloud is that it's also home to a convicted child molester... would you still move there?
I say that my friend is a reformed offender. He went through intensive therapy (a clinic with a 98% success rate ... the other 2 % go to prison) and has since married and has three kids of his own. Far as I'm aware of he's had no inclination towards children since being released by the therapist.
From what he tells me no-one in his neighborhood is treating him any differently dispite their knowledge of his past offense.
But the question remains... if you knew would you? Is it akin to putting your children in harms way, waiting for the possibility no matter how slight?
Just wondering.