FAITH Rowley
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My husband gained employment in the beginning of 2019 at a local business. About a month after he started, his niece received a message from a woman in Georgia, which is across the country, whom she has never met, with a link to a public forum, and my husbands mugshot, concerned for his safety.
In this forum, a co-worker, who we still do not know who it is, posted my husbands picture, his record, and people were talking about how he should have a bullet in his head, etc. My husband is a registered sex offender for a crime that occurred 20 years ago, and has no further criminal history moving forward and has worked extremely hard to better himself.
The local police were contacted and informed, and they said they would look into it, but here we are, nearly a year later, and nothing has been done and we've heard nothing.
My question is, is this legal to do this? I understand criminal records are public records, however this was used to harass my husband and caused enough concern that someone from GEORGIA contacted his niece. My husband has since left that job, his employer did nothing to rectify it, and neither have the police.
I created my own account on the forum, and managed to get the thread deleted so the harassment couldn't continue, but I have screen shots of the conversations, and as we know, what goes on the internet, stays on the internet.
Do we have any legal recourse? Please advise.
In this forum, a co-worker, who we still do not know who it is, posted my husbands picture, his record, and people were talking about how he should have a bullet in his head, etc. My husband is a registered sex offender for a crime that occurred 20 years ago, and has no further criminal history moving forward and has worked extremely hard to better himself.
The local police were contacted and informed, and they said they would look into it, but here we are, nearly a year later, and nothing has been done and we've heard nothing.
My question is, is this legal to do this? I understand criminal records are public records, however this was used to harass my husband and caused enough concern that someone from GEORGIA contacted his niece. My husband has since left that job, his employer did nothing to rectify it, and neither have the police.
I created my own account on the forum, and managed to get the thread deleted so the harassment couldn't continue, but I have screen shots of the conversations, and as we know, what goes on the internet, stays on the internet.
Do we have any legal recourse? Please advise.
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