And then the great state of Florida wonders why people who have sex offenses on their record just don’t tell them that they are in their state visiting. *rolls my eyes* Yes lets subject someone who doesn’t live here to our laws because damnit they are a danger to our society. Lest we forget that what was it something like 95% of new sex crimes are committed by *gasp* people who have no history of a sexual offense. I have long grown tired of the back and forth bullshit that goes on in ANY state let alone Florida when it comes to who is and who isn’t a dangerous sexual predator.

Here is an idea. How about we follow the due process laws and after someone is convicted of a sex crime hold another court hearing to where the state has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person is a high risk of reoffending BEFORE we place them on the registry. To easy? Yeah I thought so.

Yep. And don’t forget the money. The Registries are for money. Greedy people love them.

First, I’m at a loss as to what exactly the public safety issue is if a prior registrant returns to South Carolina for licit purposes.

Second, in the extremely unlikely event that a prior registrant would return to South Carolina solely to commit another sex crime or any other illicit purpose, how exactly would an obsolete registry entry prevent or hinder him? What exactly would the obsolete entry contribute to the investigation? And even if South Carolina law requires him to update his registry information when he reenters the state, how likely is that prior registrant to stop by the registry office? And again, even if he did, how would that stop his illicit purpose or aid the investigation of it?

I’ve grown accustomed to the linguistic gymnastics most courts use to justify their ludicrous holdings regarding the constitutionality of the sex offender registry and still marvel at how much more ridiculous they get every year. I can only hope the ACLU attorneys can demonstrate that to whatever federal court requested this opinion for the South Carolina Supreme Court.

But I think it is more likely that the federal court was unable to come up with a sound legal reasoning in the case there and solicited the opinion of the SCSC in search of one. I’m willing to bet that this opinion will be central to denying the ACLU’s claims in the next year or so.

You see, they admit it’s punishment! But they get around that pesky cruel and unusual thingy by calling it “civil.”

They’re protecting that lie because it creates jobs, power, influence and profit!

D,A, Dorsett
I agree with you . I stand for the law also. The law as stated in the Constitution that all states are supposed to support. And child safety is also our top priority. But when they break the constitutional mandates by initiating laws based on falsehoods saying the registry protects children without a single example but thousands of examples to the contrary and they call punishment not punishment so they can keep adding to subjects restrictions and requirements even years later, after their original sentence has been completed. That is not safety, that is not constitutional. That is not upholding a law . That is abusing the law and using it for personal self gratification. Driven by greed, selfish gratification to give them a feeling of superiority and power over others.

Not sure I understand what you mean? Convicted felon for life? What about that one paid their debt to society?

Registries are for morons. But sure, let’s all keep pretending they do something good and are intelligent.

The more names on the list the more money the state(Florida is a great example) gets to cry to congress for more funds to manage all of these “dangerous sex offenders”.

When you take that into consideration, it starts to make sense as to why they want the registry to be in perpetuity for for life. The longer one has to live by the excessive and arbitrary registry requirements, the more likely it is that you might violate.

Which leads to the next cash cow of privately contracted prisons(I worked in a couple of these when I was younger because they paid for my tuition). That’s why every violation is some level of felony. Felonies generally make you skip jail and put you straight into state penitentiaries.

It’s all a rich man’s game, and sex offenders; or as I like to call us “The Quintessential Boogeyman” is a cash cow and vote winner.