My
son was 20 years old when he was accused and charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct,
FIRST DEGREE back in April of 2002.
This was the result of a friendship
with a girl that he met while away attending college. This girl and my son were
best friends. No intimacy was ever involved between them, although the night
of the alleged incident, she confessed to another boy in the dorm room that the
kids were in that she was seriously in love with my son and trusted him completely,
so much so that she wanted to marry him. This same girl was drinking heavily
that night, along with my son and a few other people. When she confronted my
son about her "feelings," my son told her he was not interested in any other relationship
with her other than the friendship that they had because he was in love with his
current girlfriend that he had been dating for the past five years.
To
make a long story short, the girl claimed that my son digitally penetrated her
while they were both asleep, after both of them drank an obscene amount of alcohol.
My son had witnesses stating that this didn't happen. My son said it
didn't happen, but he was so intimidated and frightened that he accepted a plea
bargain down to criminal sexual conduct fourth degree (the lowest form there is
in Michigan.) Even thought Michigan Statutes say that CSC 4th degree is a misdemeanor,
it is treated by the courts as a felony. The only difference is that if my son
were to apply for a job or school, etc., he could say that was convicted of a
misdemeanor, not a felony. Big deal.
Currently, he is being evicted
out of his home he is staying in up at school because the management company found
out that he is on the sex registry. My son is terrified to go back to the house
to wait for them to evict him legally, and I am petrified for him. I am so worried
and I am so angry, and I am so resentful. My son is now only 22 years old. He
is supposed to have his entire life in front of him. If he can't find a place
to live, he will get in trouble with probation ( he still has about 15 more months
left on probation.) If school is taken away from him, I am terrified that he
will totally give up. School seems to be the only thing that has kept him fighting.
He won't fight with the court system, or the government. He has given up all
hope of ever getting this situation resolved, in spite of the fact that I am extremely
active in "bugging" our legislators.
I am losing hope. I am desperately
in fear of losing my son.
Thanks for listening. |
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