Sex offenders don't just serve their time like other criminals. They go on the sex offender registry, for life.

Sixty eight-year-old Gary Walthall says he was convicted of rape 30 years ago. He says being a registered sex offender shut a lot of doors, and eventually determined where he would live.

“(It's) completely ruined my life,” Walthall said.

The state of Idaho puts sex offenders on a public registry to so we can know what's in our neighborhood. But what about murderers, drug dealers and abusers?

When asked why the state only tracks sex offenders, Rob Lee, executive director of Bethel Ministries said, “It absolutely blows my mind, I have no idea.”

Lee works to rehabilitate sex offenders by bringing them to Christ. He says offenders can change and so should the registry.

“If they're able to put together 10 years and no crime, there should be an opportunity to get off,” he said.

Rob Johnson, a registered sex offender in Boise, says he's on registry for statutory rape.

“I had a 15-year-old girlfriend. I was 18,” Johnson said.

When asked how he feels about the registry, Johnson said, "I think it's a good thing. It's there for it's purposes. It's got it's uses ... I know it's put in place for a purpose. It just sucks being a part of it."