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You'll have to register as a sex offender.

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Fitzroy Barnaby said he had to swerve to avoid hitting the 14-year-old Des Plaines girl who walked in front of his car.

She said he yelled, "Come here, little girl," before getting out of his car and grabbing her by the arm.

He said he simply lectured her.

She said she broke free and ran, fearful of what he'd do next.

In a Thursday ruling, the Appellate Court of Illinois said the 28-year-old Evanston man must register as a sex offender.

While acknowledging it might be "unfair for [Barnaby] to suffer the stigmatization of being labeled a sex offender when his crime was not sexually motivated," the court said his actions are the type that are "often a precursor" to a child being abducted or molested.

Though Barnaby was acquitted of attempted kidnapping and child abduction charges stemming from the November 2002 incident, he was convicted of unlawful restraint of a minor -- which is a sex offense.

'Most stupid ruling'

Now, he will have to tell local police where he lives and won't be able to live near a park or school.

"This is the most stupid ruling the appellate court has rendered in years," said Barnaby's Chicago attorney, Frederick Cohn. "If you see a 15-year-old beating up your 8-year-old and you grab that kid's hand and are found guilty of unlawful restraint, do you now have to register as a sex offender?"

But Cook County state's attorney spokesman Tom Stanton said Barnaby should have to register "because of the proclivity of offenders who restrain children to also commit sex acts or other crimes against them."

In the criminal case against him, Cook County Judge Patrick Morse said that "it's more likely than not" Barnaby planned only "to chastise the girl" when he grabbed her, but "I can't read his mind."

"I don't really see the purpose of registration in this case. I really don't," Morse said. "But I feel that I am constrained by the statute."

Recognizing the stigma that comes with being labeled as a sex offender, the appellate court said "it is [Barnaby's] actions which have caused him to be stigmatized, not the courts."

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The key is to grab them by the throat and squeeze until you hear a snap. Assuming you are caught, murderers usually serve a fraction of their sentences, if at all, and they can live wherever they want.

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The key is to grab them by the throat and squeeze until you hear a snap. Assuming you are caught, murderers usually serve a fraction of their sentences, if at all, and they can live wherever they want.

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Average sentence served by a rapest: 8 Years

Average sentence served by someone caught with Marijuana: 20 years

That is nationwide by those found guilty under federal laws. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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Rapists only hurt one person at a time, and she was asking for it anyway. Marijuana smokers hurt SOCIETY. Not to mention baby Jesus.

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Not that I'm sure that your figures are correct, mind you.

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A perfect example of what is wrong with sex offender registries. It tars with much too broad a brush.

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That is the justice system in general.

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the worst part is it is just one more think devaluing the term sex offender. Even me with my history of girls and boys who had been raped and such as children cant even hear the term sex offender and think much of it. 18 year old guys with 16 year old girlfriends and adults breaking up brawls between kids are not fucking sex offenders to label them as so is an insult to anyone who has actually been a victim of such crime.

I also found out today that in this ridiculous donkey's ass of a state (and who knows which others) it is against the law to flip someone the bird.

Im going to make this state my fuck bitch, get rich and move to a state with less stupid government. This place is far worse than texas, though the culture here is a little less fake and posed than where i was in california...rather live here than california...i guess..cali has its own fair share of retardo laws.

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ever thought about moving to a different country?

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ever thought about moving to a different country?

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Average sentence served by a rapest: 8 Years

Average sentence served by someone caught with Marijuana: 20 years

That is nationwide by those found guilty under federal laws. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

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That is the justice system in general.

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Oh jesus christ you've gotta be kidding me. I've been caught with marijuana many times, paid my fine, and went on with my life.

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. Marijuana smokers hurt SOCIETY. Not to mention baby Jesus.

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Sure have. I'm doing my best to achieve that right now.

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I've already filled that seat multiple times. Besides, I hope to take it with me.

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I am a sex offender.
We are trained at work how to do Crisis intervention and emergency control and safety control procedures and proper holds and shit.
I should register.

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ever thought about moving to a different country?

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I dunno. Canada is pretty nice this time of year.

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You've got to like the long, cold Winters, though.

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And that's unlike Nebraska in what way?

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I was thinking more in terms of Phorbie, who hasn't lived anywhere cold, so far as I'm aware.

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