Comments on: Arizona Attorney Pushes to Loosen State Registry Removal Requirements

By: Luther Swallows

Luther Swallows — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:10:03 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong, as I often am as an old man now … the only thing left that wasn’t mentioned was child pornography, right? So, you can file to be removed from the registry if you viewed child porn?

By: RayO

RayO — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 07:07:46 +0000

In reply to RegistrantNotAnOffender. Thanks for this info, Dustin and Registrant.

By: RegistrantNotAnOffender

RegistrantNotAnOffender — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:03:16 +0000

In reply to RayO. Arizona follows the registration duration of your initial sentence.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:18:25 +0000

In reply to RayO.

@ RayO,

I would think you’d be eligible for relief under this bill. But if I’m not mistaken, Arizona requires registration if you are registered in another state, regardless of whether or not the conduct in the other state constitutes a crime in Arizona.

We need to get out of the mindset that proposals like this are intended to reduce the registry or to make it useful or more “fair.” These are not the “baby steps” many of us think need to be taken, they’re sidesteps. None of them will change anything about the registry’s effectiveness, the number of registrants, or its constitutionality.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 20:10:16 +0000

This bill will not affect the Arizona registry at all. It’s more fluff and bluster to appease registry oppositionists while maintaining the status quo.

If he wanted a bill that reflected research like he claims, he would be trying to abolish the registry en totem. But in the end, he’s just another politician trying to make a name for himself.

By: RayO

RayO — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:23:38 +0000

I wonder, should this bill become law, whether registered citizens from other states (like Florida) who move to Arizona would be eligible for termination of registration requirements. This bill indicates that the victim must have been at least 15 years old. In my case, the court ruled that SOMETIME between the victim’s 14th and 16th birthday, I committed a sex offense. I guess I’d better order a transcript of my sentencing (if one was actually recorded), when the judge acknowledged that my “crime” was consensual (another Arizona bill requirement).