Comments on: A 30-year sentence for sex offender failure to register: How far over the top will this go?

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:06:42 +0000

So someone convicted of a misdemeanor for the actual sex offense can be convicted of a felony for the failure to register.

This alone should speak volumes and doesn’t need an explanation.

Accountability is something the offender did after sentencing. Someone couldve urinated on the side of the road and be put on the registry- yes it’s not okay but, should they really be penalized 20+ years for that AFTER the fact? It’s normal and humane to relieve yourself anywhere in France. I understand we are not France by any sense of the form but how is this justified? Who is it benefiting after the fact?
My husband was a child when getting put on the registry (didn’t have anyone to fight for him) now he’s an adult still getting imprisoned for this exact issue. 5 days to change address (NOT business days) in the midst of moving isn’t justifiable. If there’s a petition to sign please send it my way!!

By: On The Registry for Life in NYS

On The Registry for Life in NYS — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:03:50 +0000

The whole idea of incarcerating someone for failing to register is absurd especially given that it has been empirically proven that the registry is counter-productive. For clarification, in New York State, failing to register is a Class E Felony the first time and a Class D Felony for second or subsequent offenses (Corrections Law 168-t). A Class E Felony carries a potential sentence of up to 4 years in state prison while for a Class D Felony it is up to 7 years. (Penal Law 70.00[2]). So someone convicted of a misdemeanor for the actual sex offense can be convicted of a felony for the failure to register.

By: Too Much 2 Digest

Too Much 2 Digest — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:43:59 +0000

In reply to Sasha.

This is absolutely True. I pled to a 1 half to 3 yr sentence and denied parole and couldn’t get out because of housing restriction in NYC. I was with people in there that were serving 4 yrs plus for failing to register and their story was almost to the letter of your friend’s story. They also Upped his classification as if it were a repeat offense to his original charge. Look, I’m all for accountability and taking responsibility for our actions. Especially if we’re adults. I get it. Yet, there has to be some sort of sensibility and proportion to the offense when considering the penalty. If someone slaps me, is it ok that I slam them on the floor and jump up and down on their head for as long as I want? It’s not going to change until the Epstein Listed folks have to then adhere to the same penalties. Then we’ll all see changes that’ll be enacted in order to soften “their” punishment requirements. It’s always about MONEY.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:45:38 +0000

I met someone in New York state who was given at least 7 to 10 years for failure to register. He informed me that he just didn’t want to register. He stated they have all the information about him and he felt that he should be free to go wherever he wanted to go and move about the way he wanted without answering to anyone. He said the minimum they give people is one to three and you’re going to do with all three years. And then after that they stack them up.
Now that he is older, he stated that he’s going to register because he has no other alternative.
What a waste of resource!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:03:49 +0000

Reading the title made me ill. I understand that the article does explain that he has multiple violations. However, a 30-year sentence for something akin to administrative is totally off the rails. Many people do not understand the Civil penalties and restrictions that are upon people who are forced to register. It affects travel, social life, social media life, family, employment, education, it is a constant battle physically as well as mentally for many people. Has anyone ever had a credit check and find out that although you may have passed a background check, the Civil registration part shows up on a credit history, which can deny you employment or other things?.
Till you can get the justice and courts to realize that this scheme is a disguise nothing will change.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:09:37 +0000

This will continue to get worse and very bad unless we stop it. Get together and do the “peaceful protests” like the black lives matter protests. Protests that will cost this country billions. That will be the one and ONLY WAY to get the country’s attention. The only way to get your life back. Period.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:26:37 +0000

Those jurors just signed a $720,000 check for the state of Arkansas. Do they really think that was money well spent?

By: Max Freeman

Max Freeman — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:33:57 +0000

There is absolutely no doubt the law is totally wrong about the registry and we have been treated unjustly for many years past our original sentencing. While we are fighting for our rights to live our lives freely and able to prosper once again. We also need to fight for compensation for all the years we have been unable to pursue the right to live freely and prosper as to our constitutional rights. I’m afraid that if we don’t include a class action lawsuit compensation request in our litigations all may be lost for us to even try later once this whole mess has been dealt with. My life for one, as I’m sure so many others has been financially devastated to a serious degree. I now live in poverty with only half of the average SSI income. due to the fact I couldn’t pursue employment under normal circumstances.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:33:19 +0000

In reply to Grace. realize that the extreme majority of traffic fatalities are caused by sober people and/or sober people texting...

By: Tyrus Charles Young

Tyrus Charles Young — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:15:08 +0000

In reply to Aj. The country is going bonkers with inconsistent reasoning. I agree with the comments above and feel that if there are criminal penalties for not registering it negates the position that the registration is a civil penalty in the first place. The "woke" agenda is trying to allow pre-pubescent children to be able to choose decisions regarding the equipment on their bodies without restriction or parental oversight. So, we have young minors deciding what to do with their sexual apparatus yet deny them the acceptance to use the same equipment for what God intended it for. Can't have it both ways, guys. If a minor is too immature to agree to consensual sex, then they are too immature to decide to change it. Haven't found teenage surgeons. Or eliminate the crime and the registry is useless.