Officials address East Stone Gap residents about reported trailer park residence for sex offenders
“There is no such thing as a sex offender sanctuary,” Slemp said in response to some residents’ concerns that the trailer park would be a such a sanctuary.
Slemp said convicted sex offenders in Virginia must register with police in whatever community or municipality they reside and comply with probation, parole and sentencing requirements issued by judges in their specific cases.
“We learned that communities like these are popping up all over the country,” Slemp told the audience. “Unfortunately, Virginia law does not permit us to do anything about it … and the General Assembly has not given us the tools to deal with it.”
Slemp said he has met with law enforcement agencies and county officials about any legal options, including restrictive zoning or deed provisions. He advised residents to contact their state legislators to address the issue.
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Now that just makes me want to watch the movie again “stir crazy”
Are you sure Will Allen and the others weren’t in the movie or where does here come the judge come in many of these ordeals.
Seems these issues are unethical and a bit arrogant.
You always see stories like this in festering dumps like this trailer park or soccer mom suburbs. In areas where people have a high level of education, awareness, and more active, critical minds – no problem! Intelligent, critical thinking people do not care about the sex offender registry. It is a tool to stoke fear and garner votes from the knuckle dragging mouth-breathers. A consequence of living in a society where everyone’s vote is equal, no matter much it really should be worth.
KLM
The point is, I, or anyone for that matter, has done their time , that means either the courts or the law has decided by the sentence you got, you were worthy of a second chance. So what Damned business is it what I did 30 years ago? 30 years before my arrest and now 30 years after my arrest there was just than one arrest. (Well technically I got re-arrested when the prosecutor didn’t like the fact I bonded out) They always seem to hold onto some charges to either bargain with or use as ammo.
I guess if we could get our defense attorneys to be as back stabbing, lying scoundrels as the prosecutors, we would win once in a while. But how come whenever we are a victim of a crime, you cannot even get a cop to come out, you have to “File a report online”. Which of course is never followed up on.
Yep, I believe this completely. The more intelligent, successful, and educated that a person is, the less likely it is that they support the Oppression Lists. I would LOVE to see a study of exactly who the Registry Supporters/Terrorists are. I would be willing to bet any amount of money that they are sub-par in every way. They are the dregs of society. But a vote is a vote, and politicians love catering to them.