OR: More than 17,000 person backlog in sex offender classification.
In response to a KATU (Oregon) investigation revealing that thousands of sex offenders in Oregon remain unclassified, Senator Cedric Hayden has introduced legislation to reform the state’s sex offender classification system. The proposed bill, Senate Bill 1068, mandates that Oregon’s Parole Board accept classification levels assigned to offenders by other states, aiming to expedite the classification process and address public safety concerns.
The relevance to persons forced to register in Oregon, is that for Level 1 (low-risk) offenders, relief from registration may be sought five years after the end of supervision. Until that happens, these individuals are stuck
Every State in the country knows these public registries serve absolutely no purpose other than federal kickbacks ($18.8M for FL in 2023) and increasing State Bureaucracy (FDLE). And don’t forget Florida politicians have a unprotected class of citizens to beat on constantly.
I wonder if a study of Florida’s registry would show a single instance of it preventing a sex crime. I highly doubt it.
These backlogs of cases or classifications seem to be unbalanced in many ways. Guess we all offend in many ways but when authorities call evil good and good evil so who is protecting who or who is preventing more than perverting another. Tall about government coveting their deeds..
People were talking about smith vs doe must go but its the registry as a whole that is compromising many with this unjust treatment. Is setting another up fair in civil justice today?
Malicious and intentful backlog. Why would they want anyone to find a clear path off of the registry? Bad for votes, PR, and bad for LE budget.
Contrasted to Florida, it’s hard for me to view Oregon harshly when its laws allow for some persons forced to register to be relieved 5 years after probation has ended, while here it’s 20 or 25 just to petition, with no guarantee. By comparison, Oregon looks pretty good to me.
valid point, at least they’re making an effort.