When you are accused of a Criminal Sexual Conduct the consequences can have a more lasting impact than other serious charges, including many crimes of violence. Sex offenses carry a stigma that can be experienced even if you are merely subject to a false allegation, while a conviction can trigger a requirement of lifetime registration as a sex offender.
Conviction of sex offense such as rape, child molestation, child pornography or other sex offenses may cause permanent and irreversible damage to your reputation, lengthy terms in county jail or state prison and other forms of punishment. The lifetime registration requirement may impose restrictions on where you can live, work and travel. If you have been charged with a sex offense, contact a sex crimes defense attorney immediately for a possible strong CSC defenses.
Individuals accused of sex crimes are often portrayed as morally reprehensible individuals who lead double lives and who are not entitled to Constitutional protections and the rights available to other citizens in the U.S. Tragically, even a false allegation can cause lasting damage to one’s reputation and haunt one far in the future so it is important to aggressively challenge such allegations.
Many alleged sex offenses are the product of disgruntled former spouses or other intimate partners seeking to gain an advantage in a child custody case or divorce. In other cases, sex crime accusations are initiated by unethical or unstable individuals that accuse a family member, teacher, neighbor or other person they do not like of this type of serious criminal offense.
Defenses
Depending on the case, there are certain elements that every crime contains. The prosecution has to prove every element of the case. If they cannot prove something, if they cannot prove identification, prove age, any number of things that could vary from case to case, it could be things that an attorney could defend against.
Everybody is presumed innocent and the prosecutor has to prove every piece of every crime that they allege and they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is an alibi in any case, that can certainly be a defense. If there is DNA evidence that swings in your favor, then that is certainly a defense. If there is potentially another perpetrator, there can be any number of defenses, there can be as many different kinds of defenses as there are cases.
Sex crimes carry criminal consequences beyond prison time. Those convicted of a sex crime must register as a sex offender in the state of Georgia. Employers, neighborhoods, schools, day care centers and churches must be notified of a sex offender's presence. More than prison bars will separate him or her from society. A sex offender's confinement and punishment continues indefinitely.
If you have been charged with a sex crime, do not wait to contact a lawyer. The sooner you get an experienced attorney on your team, the stronger your defense will be.
