ACLU pushes for removal of sex offender registry
MICHIGAN — Could the sex offender registry soon be a thing of the past? The American Civil Liberties Union wants to possibly get rid of it, saying the registry doesn’t work. Right now, there are two cases out of Michigan, including a class action lawsuit, claiming several parts of the registry are unconstitutional.
“In August 2016, the federal court of appeals held that Michigan’s registry is unconstitutional.” Attorney for the ACLU in Michigan, Miriam Aukerman, said.
Aukerman represents hundreds of convicted sex offenders fighting the public registry and some of the sex offender restrictions imposed by the state. That suit is in response to the state of Michigan not coming into compliance with the Court of Appeals decision.
“Basically what the court of appeals said is that the registry is so ineffective, so broken, that it violates the constitution. What we know, through research, is that registries don’t work. They don’t keep people safe.”
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We all know from personal experience that the registry is nothing but punishment. Turning neighbors against neighbors. Inciting hate crimes. Inciting hypocrisy in christian crowd by causing judgement. Punishing entire families and roommates of a registered citizen via web sites like Nextdoor, which I believe is so that neighbors can gossip and condemn without the registered citizen, families and roommates knowing what’s being said and not being able to explain anything. It’s intended to cut offenders out completely, just like other countries are doing with banning registered citizens.
When has any law ever stopped anything? People still break speed limits. Still text while driving. Still steal and kill each other. Laws do not stop anything, nor do they protect anyone. They only provide a means for lawmakers, prosecutors, judges, etc. to profit off the abuse and suffering of their fellow humans who are created equally. Think about it…where would they make all that money, fill prisons with slave labor, if there were no laws…?
I now understand what the old saying, “Laws/rules are meant to be broken” really means. THEY KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BREAK THEM. They KNOW they are going to reap massive profits. And they love to lord over their fellow, EQUAL humans. It truly is a sick psychotic mentality when you put the microscope to it.
I hope and pray and believe the ACLU can win this and then there will be precedence to do it here and in every state. As more and more people wake up to what is really going on…the laws are only about re-elections and profits…it will be easier and quicker for wisdom and common sense to manifest.
if it does succeed MI will have 500,000 new residents 1/2 of the hit list
It’s nice to see the ACLU stepping up after 20+ years to actually discuss dismantling the registry. The registry should have NEVER been allowed to get this far, this pervasive and this perverted.
Just a side note: This page showed up in my Google News feed on my new phone. Wonder how much referred traffic showed up to this page as a result of the link from Google News? With so few comments I wonder if Google might be suggesting items to me specifically, on a new phone even though I signed into a fresh account. Now wondering if I was tracked via location, rather than actual account…. or based on my SIM card’s registered number? I’m freaking out a bit if that’s the case. I’m just hoping it’s a general news item on the news feed!
Glad to see that some people in positions to make these decisions are using common sense and reality to do the right thing. Hopefully, this inspires everybody else across the country to use common sense and reality, as well, when it comes to making decisions like this, instead of just recklessly accepting “Feel-Good” laws that don’t work.