Trinidad and Tobago: AG proposes two sex offender registries
The Attorney General has proposed 22 amendments to the Act to amend the Sexual Offences Act, Chap. 11:28. Chief among these are the creation of two sexual offender registers.
Speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, AG Faris Al-Rawi said the bill intended to create two registers: the National Sex Offender Register, which would be private and for the use of law enforcement only, and the Public Sex Offender Website, which would be accessible by the public. The website would be under the control of the Commissioner of Police.
He said people convicted of offences would have their names added to the public register unless they appealed to the court not to do so for a valid reason, eg in the case of incest, and granting this appeal would be at the discretion of the courts.
“The Law Association has asked why people who had previously been convicted could not be added to the list. This is because the law is functus, meaning that because the court didn’t make an order at the time, it can’t be added retroactively.
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Well it seems they are so much more intelligent there that in the US. They are actually trying to base laws on fact instead of only on emotions. They still don’t have it completely right, but at least there trying.
See, even though NO registry exists, at least their courts agree you cannot retroactively put people on the new registry. This was done top me and untold 1000s here in the U.S. I had completed half of my sentence by time the registry came out (I say half due to me appealing and winning a reduction of sentencing after 3 attempts and a change of venue)
I know other countries most likely cannot be used to help out cause but is a small island country more legally advanced than us? Say it isn’t so.