Comments on: What can the sex offender registry do?

By: ED

ED — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:35:18 +0000

This registry mess known as SORNA was created by two people president George W. Bush and John Walsh in 2006 and passed by Congress the same year. It’s a federal law and the only means for it to be abolished is it must go through the U.S Supreme Court and back into Congress.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 03:17:56 +0000

I believe we should force our legislators to either pass the death penalty for sex offenders, or actually assess the risk of individuals convicted of sex offenses. Anything else is half-hearted, lukewarm, BS.

Make them put their money where their mouth is.

By: Lloyd martin

Lloyd martin — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:43:16 +0000

In reply to Larry T. You can commit murder, and receive 30 years in prison. Serve only 27 years, and there is no registry after that. And. You can live in any state you can live and go anywhere as you choose. The sex offender registry has really gone too far.

By: D,A, Dorsett

D,A, Dorsett — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 23:32:34 +0000

In reply to Jann Patterson. I believe that once you do your time for any crime, your records should be expunged on each case unless you're a Habitual criminal. Bu we all know that Laws were more or less created for runaway slaves back in the day..

By: D,A, Dorsett

D,A, Dorsett — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 23:26:15 +0000

In reply to Oswaldo. Sounds like the same thing that has been happening to black people for centuries.

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:55:18 +0000

In reply to Thomas. @Thomas Please let us know if you get that letter from Michigan in November. I would be interested in knowing if that is the process they follow. There are paths off the Georgia registry, and maybe the Florida registry as well.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 06:00:23 +0000

I’m on it for life. No because of my misdemeanor conviction, or tier 2 Michigan requirement, which is where my conviction was in 1998. But because the states of Georgia and Florida say I have to be. That they do not have a misdemeanor version of my conviction. I could get a letter in the mail from Michigan stating my requirement is over, and that is supposed to be this November, or even be granted relief by my local court. The registrar has stated that she will not remove me from it. Even under court order. Only if I get granted relief from the court that convicted me, 1300 miles away, will she consider it.

It doesn’t matter for what reason you are on the registry. Only one term applies to all those on it. They are considered pedophiles no matter the conviction by all those not on it. I have read soo many comments of hate.

Sadly, I only see this getting worse as time goes forward.

By: WC_TN

WC_TN — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 21:03:04 +0000

In reply to Larry T. I may be out in left field here, but I believe the ex post facto issue of punishment is because a penalty is being imposed that was not in place at the time of the commission of the crime(s). There was no knowledge that such a thing was even a possibility. People accepted plea bargains in the pre-registry era and then were required to do so under pain of incarceration. I think the line is drawn because, erroneous or not, the courts probably hold the opinion that since the current law is on the books and publicly available, it's not the state's fault that a person who commits a sexual offense did not choose to read up and learn the full extent of the consequences of their sexually criminal behavior. People post-registry have prior warning in the current statute of what will happen.

By: Jann Patterson

Jann Patterson — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 17:36:49 +0000

I believe that every state needs to be sued by the citizens of that state to remove the registry. There is no other type of crime that requires a registry and even worse the registry does not make any distinction between a violent crime involving another person or a no contact crime such as possession of child porn. That interpretation is left to the public and we all know how that goes – they assume the worst. People who have committed a sex crime have paid by serving time and should be free to assimilate back into society but the registry continues to restrict their movement, their ability to get housing and employment. What is left for them to do?

By: William M Hart

William M Hart — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 15:16:21 +0000

I just checked out Peoria, Arizona. Thank God I didn’t spend any money in that area when I vacationed in Phoenix. I think the actions of the Mayor and City Council says a lot more about them than it does about Derek Lawson, his mother, and Denette Dunn.
But it’s not surprising. Countless politicians and reporters have built their careers on the backs of sex offenders. It’s been going on for years.
If I had the misfortune of living in that city, I would be much more suspect of a Mayor and council that would stoop to such petty attacks than ordinary people trying to survive.
The Mayor and council must be very afraid of Ms. Dunn’s policies and abilities.
As always, thank you Sandy.