Since 2011, any Canadian who has been convicted of two or more sexual offences is automatically listed on the registry for life. The Supreme Court has determined that is unconstitutional, saying the list should be based on an offender’s risk to reoffend.
According to RCMP, there are 199 people on P.E.I. listed on the registry. They have to report to police at least once a year, and are subject to travel-related and other conditions. Those who have been automatically added will now be given the chance to appeal.
“I think this decision was a recognition by the Supreme Court to say that not all people who offend sexually pose a risk to reoffend,” Mullin said in an interview with Island Morning‘s Laura Chapin.
Thank you for the research Cherokee it saved me from having to do it . I was thinking it was offense related too .
Canada the new land of the free!
Took me forever to find what P.E.I meant. I finally found it and was not what I was expecting. Thought it had something to do with sex offenses in Canada in the article.
Instead:
P.E.I = Prince Edward Island
Guess if I lived in Canada, I would know that, but I don’t.