Alaska court rules sex offender registration law violates due process
Alaska’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violated the due process rights of those convicted of sex crimes in other states, deeming it “too broad and arbitrary when it includes offenders who are not dangerous.”
The court wrote. “But ASORA is both too broad and arbitrary when it includes offenders who are not dangerous. Since they pose no special risk to the public, their protected liberty interests plainly outweigh any public safety interests that might be furthered by requiring them to register.”
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Like to sue the State of Florida myself.
I’ve been on the sex offender registry here in Florida for almost 22 years and have never even been convicted of a crime or been to prison. Arbitrary doesn’t even begin to describe this reality in my EXPERIENCE. More interesting still, the sex offender registry was created out of unsubstantiated news articles and subsequent mass hysteria not evidence based assessments or proven law enforcement practices.
I’ve never been able to establish a normal career or have a family because of it.
Douglas, if your date of offense is before July 1, 2007 and when it has been 20 years since you got off probation, you can petition to be removed from the registry. Please re-read this FAC article for more info:
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/person-ordered-removed-from-florida-sex-offender-registry/
This whole business of having to prove you are not a danger is a slap in the face and a perversion of the way justice is supposed to work. As with everything else, “innocent until proven guilty” does not apply to “Sex Offenders.”
Whatever “process” Alaskuh comes up with will be like Floriduh where you have to $uck the governor’s ¢o¢k to get the right to vote back. Even if you $wallow, you still probably won’t get it.
Sorry if I sound cynical, but being on the registry for 15 years has taught me not to get excited over any “good” news. The registry has taken away my reputation, my security, and my livelihood. Pray for the best, but be emotionally prepared for the worst.
Can anyone recommend an unbiased attorney for Polk County for registration violations?
James ” Rusty ” Franklin
Also, Ron Toward in Bartow.
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https://gimletmedia.com/what-is-a-podcast-and-how-do-i-listen?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0ZXY5c_w4gIVgkGGCh30xgqUEAAYASAAEgIKo_D_BwE
This is great. I hope this goes to SCOTUS somehow. Would love to see what Chief justice John Roberts would think of Alaska’s 2019 registry requirements from the version he argued for in November of 2002.