A sex crime conviction can follow you your whole life. Protect yourself with aggressive representation from a skilled defense attorney.
Have you been accused of a sex crime? If the charge is very minor, you may be tempted to just pay the fine and serve your probation and leave it at that. But before you make your decision, consider the impact that a sex crime conviction will have on your future. The damage will go far beyond depriving you of your freedoms for a certain period of time. Depending on the nature of the alleged crime, you may face a lifetime of stigma and ostracizing by every community you enter.
Don’t just sit back and let a conviction go through without a fight! Instead, hire experienced sex crime defense attorney Dan E. Chambers to stand up for your rights and help save you from the following negative impacts of a sex crime conviction.
Criminal Penalties
First of all, a sex crime conviction may bring severe criminal penalties. Felony convictions involving violence may result in years or even decades in state prison, while a misdemeanor conviction for a crime like making lewd statements to a minor could lead to a year in county jail and a fine of $5,000. Even if you manage to escape time behind bars you may have to complete probation following your conviction, which can be quite restricting.
Sex Offender Registration
Criminal penalties can be served and moved past, but sex offender registration requirements will stick to you for a lifetime. In addition to mandatory registration with the state, you may also be required to have your name, photo, and location (including your full address in some cases) posted to California’s Megan’s Law website. The site is designed to help parents protect kids from abuse by known sex offenders, and parents really do check the site religiously. Once the neighborhood knows you have a sex conviction it can be difficult or even impossible to be regarded favorably and treated as an equal member of the community.
Lifelong Damage to Your Reputation
Being publicly connected in any way to a sex crime can have a serious negative impact on your reputation. Convictions will most likely affect your career. You may find it difficult to pass background checks with a felony sex crimes conviction on your record, and you may also be automatically denied many professional licenses by state agencies. Even if you succeed in having your crime expunged and receive an official Certificate of Rehabilitation, the memory of your conviction may still live on in the community memory, preventing your reputation from recovering.
With so much riding on your case, why would you ever trust your defense to a public defender or to an inexperienced junior attorney? Instead, come to Chambers Law Firm for superior representation from a senior attorney who will attend to every step of your case himself and handle every court appearance personally.
