New Jersey could soon compensate those wrongfully put on sex offender list
Dion Harrell spent two decades on New Jersey’s sex offender registry.
He had trouble finding a job. He couldn’t be alone with his kids. For a time, he was homeless.
But when a DNA test finally proved his innocence, the state had nothing to offer him for those years.
State lawmakers could change that. A bipartisan bill (A1037) would allow people to receive $25,000 for every year spent under the state’s supervision, which includes sex offender lists and parole.
Innocent people who pled guilty would also be eligible.
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But wait. Being “designated” a “sexual offender” is neither a sentence nor a punishment. It’s merely a civil “designation.” So why would someone need to be compensated for something that wasn’t punishment?
I don’t know why it’s not civil fines anyway I think they know we are coming after the punishment aspect sooner or later either we go free or more and more registry’s appear.