Posted on 05/23/2010 7:58:46 AM PDT by Clint Williams
His face is plastered on the public sex offender registry.
“I’m not going to shy away from this,” said Billy Wayne Johnson.
He did time behind bars.
“I’m not going to hide from this,” said Johnson.
It all stems from claims that Billy Wayne Johnson, a registered sex offender, volunteers at Horizon Montessori Charter School in McAllen.
When the news first aired on Action 4 News, parents were concerned, and after seeing the report, Johnson contact Action 4 News.
“They should have no fears,” said Johnson.
He claims to have been wrongfully accused.
“Unfortunately, I have to carry this label around with me for the rest of my life,” he said.
He’s convicted of indecency with a child, but Johnson said what really happened is that his ex girlfriend made the story up after a falling out.
But if that’s not enough to calm fears, “At no time am I ever left alone on that campus,” he said.
Johnson said two of his children attend the charter school, and he said he was upfront with the school’s administration about his record, and the school has strict policies in place.
“I either have to be escorted by a faculty member or be in plain sight by a faculty member at all times,” said Johnson.
As for claims that he volunteers at the school, he said he gets involved with his children’s school the only way he can, working from home designing the yearbook’s front and back cover.
“I do not go to the school for that,” he said.
Johnson said he understands people’s fears, but said he’s just a man trying to live a normal life with his wife and children.
“I want them to know they’re children are safe, and I want them to know that the school, the district, the administration, including the principal are doing everything they can to ensure those children’s safety,” said Johnson.
Sex offenders and wife beaters are notorious liars. If a man really wished to make amends, he wouldn’t do this. But the press is always making heroes out of heels, and victims out of vultures.
I am not familiar with this case but I AM faqmily with being falsely accused, and if I had NOT been able to prove I was not even home at the time I would have been in jail, on nothing more than her say-so.
I even had the district attorney threaten to add more charges for disordely conduct if I did not plead guilty. I told my idiot lawyer to tell him to go ahead and do it.
When my ex failed to appear in court it was dismissed but I lost my house, my job, custody of my children (temporarily) and when I was lucky enough to find a police officer willing to server her an arrest warrant (for filing false charge) the DA refused to prosecute it because “I was just trying to get back at her”.
I threatened a Writ of Mandamus to get him to do his job. And behind my back without my approval they gave her a 6 month ACD (Adjournment contemplating dismissal if she did not do it again for 6 months)
All in all, I lost over $100,000 over this and she got LESS THAN a slap on the wrist, when I had PROOF I WAS NOT THERE (I was in my attorneys office at the time ON THE PHONE with a different judge)
IT should be a FELONY to file a false charge where someone actually sits in jail or suffers financial loss as a result. And yes, I did have 12 black guys threaten me (the only white guy) in the holding cell. Fortunately I am 6’4 and 225 but imagine what would happen to a guy who was not.
That would be the worst crime to be falsely convicted of. You would think he wouldn’t want to be anywhere near kids.
I sympathize with your story. Yet, I find the person in this story a wildly deluded person if he feels that because he can claim he didn’t do it he should be allowed contact with other peoples’ children. If he’s serious he should pursue that got him there in the first place - get his original charge reversed.
Very true.But it's also very true that there are cases where a girlfriend/wife makes a false accusation.Revenge and gaining an advantage are two possible motives for doing so.When a guy is accused of such a thing he will very probably be convicted even in cases where he did nothing wrong.And such a conviction is a nightmare in 1,000 different ways.I've read that today it's pretty much SOP for a woman in a divorce case or a child custody case to make an accusation of spousal and/or child abuse.It's very likely that a good percentage of such accusations are,in fact,valid.But I'd wager that some of them...perhaps even a substantial percentage of them...are false.
His middle name is Wayne. They just haven’t found the bodies.
It’s hard to say. An 18-year-old “man” can be made a sex offender for life for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Or perhaps he was 30 and she was 14.
Can’t tell, just from this.
And if you were falsely accused...would your denials make you a liar?
I noticed that too. Guilty!
Chemical castration is an ideal punishment for sex offenders. When Depo-Provera is administered, recidivism rates fall to 5%. Their sexual fantasies are lessened as a result of the reduction of testosterone levels. Although men administered this drug are capable of having sexual intercourse, many people argue that chemical castration is cruel and unusual punishment. This argument is countered by the fact that sex offenders are required to get injections only once a month. What is “cruel and unusual” is allowing sex offenders to attack innocent women and children. This effective therapy will protect future victims. It is an “offender friendly” way of reducing sexual violence.He might be innocent but why take the chance...
I believe this is one of the fuzzy areas of law. By having the state do it, they meet some of the outcry for such a registration; without such justice, there would be greater approval for more extreme tactics done with the aid of the internet.
My concern — and this doesn’t rise to cause to oppose such registration — is that there is often little distinction made between levels of offense: to the public, a “sex offender” is a “sex offender” is a “sex offender”: a peeping tom is no different than a rapist. And how natural is it to fear that the guy busted for being a peeping tom is really a rapist! But it’s also natural to fear that a burglar is a murderer, yet we don’t presume as a society that a burglar is a murderer and punish his as such.
Sorry to hear that. Glad you got through it (relatively speaking). We had a teenage girl (with her mother) staying in my house for a while, because of a problem with their house. She was REAL QUIET and it started scaring me. It then occurred to me that she could accuse me of ANYTHING (if she got angry about something), and had NOTHING to lose (whereas my kids would lose their father, if they tried that stunt).
She was out soon after - and I’ve been breathing much easier since.
Two words for you, and these two words remove recidivism from the equation: frontal lobotomy. By using the right mix of chemicals injected directly into the frontal lobes, there is a cure.
Yes, precisely. And isn't it strange that of all the places he wants to volunteer, he chooses a place where small children are available?
My point is that if a man were innocent, he would avoid troubling others as a way of making amends, keeping to himself until he rebuilt his life. All sex offenders claim to be falsely accused. It's part of the game. But the ultimate desire is to be in proximity to children.
I worked with a man who looked me in the eye and told me he didn't molest his daughter. A jury found otherwise. He claimed to have been persecuted by his ex-wife, who invented the story. His defense was charm, not truth. He's in prison now.
I work as a counselor, and if I had violated one of my female clients, I would have been subject to numerous sanctions and lost my license. How is this guy allowed in the presence of children? Bottom line.
I think it should be the death penalty for false accusation.
If he is innocent and was wrongly accused, for what exactly is he making amends?
you are good! LOL! Well done.
That is terrible, it is sad that there are people in the world who will do stuff like that. It is amazing that is doesn’t happen more often. It is scary especially now with the government being filled with thugs.
You can never, ever, ever take a chance. That's why they should all be shot immediately upon conviction. And if a few innocent get executed in the process, well, we have lots and lots more people. Hundreds of million of them. We can afford to lose a few in order to be safe.
I think I lost a tag around here somewhere...
Wait until sending a link to FR, or mentioning the unconstitutionality of the Obama administration, or disparaging Obamacare to ANYONE under 18 is defined as ‘Child Abuse’.
“Sex offenders and wife beaters are notorious liars.”
So are vindictive women.
“If a man really wished to make amends, he wouldn’t do this.”
Amends for what? You don’t makd amends for being falsley accused. What would he do? It’s his children’s school.
Hank
Actually, I can see this happening.
“Billy Wayne Johnson”
LOL! You are right, the three name giveaway!
“... he chooses a place where small children are available?
Do you people read, It’s his own children’s school, and the work he does is at home. Good grief!
We need to go back to The Code of Hammurabi.
“I work as a counselor ...”
Ah, that explains everything.
Damn. What did the 12 black guys threaten you with?
The laws make it like that. And the laws are intentionally made to destroy the cohesive American family in my opinion, by incentivizing divorce and behavior such as you describe.
I am being so careful in choosing my wife.
Don’t know about this guy but false accusations are a very real possibility.
I work with children as a substitute teacher. If a bunch of people got together and falsely accused me, even if the charges were dropped, my life would be over.
That’s why it is very important to keep a stock of ammo in case one needs to commit suicide.
“well said” Thats why I said “why take the chance” No way in hell would I...><>
Understood.I have no doubt that a huge percentage of those in prison...perhaps 95% plus...are guilty as charged.And I'd wager that a very substantial percentage of prisoners are,in fact,sociopaths.I also recognize that most truly guilty prisoners will proclaim their innocence from the highest mountaintops.
My point is that if a man were innocent, he would avoid troubling others as a way of making amends, keeping to himself until he rebuilt his life.
But why would a truly innocent guy have to make amends or rebuild his life? At least in terms of the crime he's alledged to have committed?
All sex offenders claim to be falsely accused. It's part of the game.
Understood
But the ultimate desire is to be in proximity to children.
Yes,I can see why a pervert would want to be around kids just as I can see why a thief might want to work at a bank.But I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that there are guys (and gals) who *aren't* perverts who derive a certain amount of joy or satisfaction from being around kids as well.
I worked with a man who looked me in the eye and told me he didn't molest his daughter. A jury found otherwise. He claimed to have been persecuted by his ex-wife, who invented the story. His defense was charm, not truth. He's in prison now.
Years ago I worked in the ER of a large Boston hospital.Our ER was the first in the city to form a "rape crisis" team.Its goals were to assist rape victims,physically and psychologically,in all possible ways *and* to collect evidence in such a way as to assist prosecutors as much as possible.The doctors and nurses involved in a particular rape case were often called into court to act as "expert witnesses".Once in a while...but not often...a nurse would come out of the room of such a patient and say something like "she's lying".And these were nurses who were *passionate* advocates for rape victims.The main point I'm trying to make is that while I understand that child molestation occurs and while I assume that the large majority of such accusations are valid my hunch is that,today,a noteworthy percentage of them are,at best,mistaken and,at worst,malicious and criminal.
I work as a counselor, and if I had violated one of my female clients, I would have been subject to numerous sanctions and lost my license. How is this guy allowed in the presence of children? Bottom line.
Not having heard any of the evidence against this guy I can't be sure if he's guilty or innocent.The only three things I know about his case are 1)child molestation *does* occur...2)most *genuine* child molesters will deny their guilt...usually to the bitter end....3)some women can,and *do*,make false accusations to get revenge...or to gain advantage in a child custody case.
Have you considered writing an article, or a book, about the abuses heaped on those whom a vengeful female accuses?
When America removed the presumption of innocence in cases where a female accuses a male of “harassment”, or other sex related “offense”, then the abuses occurred.
Turns out there was a reason American Law was predicated upon presumption of innocence.
Anything else is a short, slippery slope down into tyranny.
I think it varies from sate to state.I think some states make allowances in their statutory rape laws for cases where the girl *and* the boy are both young and both at least close to being the same age...perhaps within a year or two.
“She was out soon after - and I’ve been breathing much easier since.”
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you are now bait on a sharp hook for the rest of your life. All the female has to do is make a claim years later, and you are presumed guilty under the present laws.
Factor in a “Special Victims Division” employee needing publicity, wanting to enlarge the division, or just a nasty lesbian who hates men - and you are in the middle of a legal nightmare.
May G*d rot America’s lawyers and the “factions” and their “activists”.
“We can afford to lose a few in order to be safe.”
Perhaps a reading of Blackstone might enlighten you as to why Americans used to make such a central issue of presumption of innocence.
Think about this...it is incredibly easy to destroy a man’s life by falsely accusing him of a sexual crime against a child. If a scorned wife with no conscience leveled false charges of child abuse against her husband, there is no way that the man can prove his innocence. He will be branded a sex offender for the rest of his life. Even if the wife recants her charge, there will always be that seed of doubt and “just to be safe”, society will require that the man continue to be considered a sex offender nevertheless.
I've known five people accused of sexual misconduct. I suspect two of them did it. Of the other three, one was a wife having an affair and accused the husband of harassing her. The chief of police for the small town where this occurred was sitting in a restaurant looking at the guy being accused when she called to claim he was trying to break into her house. A second one got involved in a divorce and was told flat out that he could give up the kids or she'd accuse him of molesting them. The third was a guy who took in his niece from a lesbian in-law. After the niece returned to the mother, she apparently became upset because the niece wanted to return to her uncle and didn't want to live with mom and her "second mommy." The woman made one call from out of state and it took two years to get the charges dropped. My friend was fortunate that he worked in a factory. One single phone call like that and I would be out of a job.
Yep - this type of thing is definitely a “Guilty until proven innocent” situation.
After seeing how vindictive my ex was during our divorce, I don’t doubt that many women are capable and willing to destroy a man’s life over a previous slight. After all, our society devalues men everyday, what’s the life of one man?
That’s why I’m going to remain mostly isolated from people. No relationships, no marriage, no kids. Nobody can be trusted.
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you are now bait on a sharp hook for the rest of your life. All the female has to do is make a claim years later, and you are presumed guilty under the present laws.”
I hear you - but we never did have a problem - in fact we got along fine. It was my mind looking into what could happen if we did have a falling out. Technically, she could go after me now, but in this case, I’m not worried.
But it is one of those things you HAVE TO now think about before getting into a situation - specifically, are you at risk of being falsely accused for a crime where there is no defense. Best way to deal with it - send the girl packing, or never let her in, in the first place.
“... what’s the life of one man?”
Well, as Fred Freed say, “Women could run the world just fine without men...until the old needs to be changed.”
Hank
“Wrongfully accused”
Yea, sure....uh uh...
We have a cretin here in this valley who must register for life for his prior actions.
He has multiple charges in multiple jurisdictions, been imprisoned in multiple different prisons, tried & convicted for attacking multiple women....& HE SAYS IT IS ALL A MISTAKE !!!
They all lie— better than anything else they can do.
He cannot get or hold a job. When someone gives him a chance, he gets mouthy within 6 weeks, and arrogant...gets fired. No unemployment.
He collects food stamps & is currently registered with no address—as an ‘itinerant”.
That means that he is couch surfing & if the cops are looking for him for anything, they have to cast far & wide to find him. Another travesty on the community.
He tells people that all those charges are wrong——that someone is using his name!!!
Sure they are—just what someone would want to be—a 2 strike felony & other charges person. Who would not want to aspire to that status?
He uses drugs & we think he is dealing. One of these days, he will come to a bad end.
Cannot come soon enough.
“Best way to deal with it - send the girl packing, or never let her in, in the first place.”
One more example of how Liberalism runs afoul of the Law of Unintended Consequences.
No Liberal I know, and I know many of those things, would want to create a disincentive to the helping of a female, much less to helping a girl.
Such are the unavoidable results of abandoning the presumption of innocence.
As George Washington said, “The Constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all.”
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