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Offender Reentry - The Battle for the victim's voice to be heard

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To follow is an email I sent out this morning to the person I am working with at Rep. Ed Brooks office and also probation.  Background  - My abuser is to be released in August of this year on extended supervision after having served 8 years of initial confinement in the Wisconsin Prison System  -  I live in a rural county and because of this there is  1 Temp Living Placement (TLP)...which happens to be 6 blks from my home. I have been raising issue over this situation for well over a year - My abuser was charged with 3 counts of 2nd degree sexual assault - battery - and 2 counts of causing mental harm to a child. Through a plea agreement he plead "no contest" and was found guilty of  1 count of 2nd degree sexual assault, and the battery - the remaining charges were read in to the record for the purpose of sentencing. I am fighting for systemic change where legally victims will have the right for input during the offender reentry process. The email Hello - Firs

Nevaeh Buchanan -6 years and still no justice

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Today is the 6th anniversary of when little Nevaeh Buchanan came up missing from her home Monroe, Michigan - If you look back through the archives of my blog you will see just how long I've been telling this little girl's story - the nightmare from day one when she came up missing then finding her little body in a shallow grave to all these years with no answers on when JUSTICE will be served. Six years..no answers- WHY? Rest in peace little one - we will never forget nor rest until Justice is served.

Keeping them silent - the Duggars

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The one question I have for Ma & Pa Duggar is... "What threat did you issue to your children to keep them silent?" All I can assume is it must have put the fear of God into them. How else could you control such a large clan with them surrounded by outsiders with cameras on a daily basis? And so the child abuse (mental abuse) continued. Reports now are saying that an Arkansas judge has ordered the decade plus police reports into Josh Duggar self admitted predatory crimes, expunged. And why? Because a victim, who is STILL a minor, made the request. Let us do some math - The crimes happened in 2002 and 2003 (according to reports) It is now 2015...12 to 13 years later... Meaning that the still minor victim was under the age of 6 when  then 14 or 15 year old Josh couldn't help himself and just had to fondle her genitals. For those of you supporting Josh and exclaiming the injustice that this is now public....please try to picture what happened.  We're t

When he gets out - the timeline.

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I've put off writing about this situation. Maybe it is because I am completely and utterly frustrated by the fact it is something I've had to tackle head on. Before I explain first there's a need to point out something; the next time you wonder why a woman, or for that matter anyone, doesn't leave an abusive situation remember what you are about to read. It pains me to admit this as my friends see me as a strong woman - vocal, independent, and confident. For the most part I am - however, despite that, I have had days where I have wondered if it would have been easier to just shut up and deal with the nightmare known as domestic violence. It has been one hell of a tough road, a road I've worked hard at navigating the turns and jumping over the ruts. An 8 year long journey of going from middle class to poverty overnight and then fighting for every penny to climb out under being food stamps to just barely making it paying my own way.  Doing so during a time when