Changes to sex offense registry cause confusion in Michigan
It has been nine months since court-ordered changes to Michigan’s sex offense registry were made, leaving confusion about enforcement.
Michigan State Police are under an Interim Order and Injunction issued by the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that prohibits the MSP from enforcing registration, verification, school zone and fee violations of the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA). Therefore, “if troopers come across an offender who hasn’t updated his home address, they won’t go for an arrest warrant“; yet, local law enforcement agencies are enforcing the law.
Miriam Aukerman, ACLU of Michigan senior staff attorney, said that because of the confusion, people on the registry could be going to prison for a long period of time if they get it wrong, making way for more challenges to the law.
Aukerman said the legislature has not addressed the real problem, which is Michigan’s bloated registry of 44,000 people who have no way to be removed from the registry and have Byzantine requirements that do not protect families.
Discover more from Florida Action Committee
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Hey cherokee here’s an idea if every time someone harasses one of us because of information about us on the internet or the notification system we should file a lawsuit against the state of Florida for facilitation of the harassment due to them putting the info out there that led to the problem. I think if it started happening alot the media might get involved and people would see the registry is nothing but state sponsored harassment
Tim
My biggest issue is, we have 50 states that have 50 different rules, laws, statues, restrictions etc. One state judge rules the registry is punishment or that it cannot apply to anyone who had pre registry arrests. Another judge rules nothing related to registry is punishment.
They say this info can be accessed by going down to the court house and looking it up so it is not punishment? Excuse me. Then why not leave it the way it was. Why sentence us to a life time of probation like registration requirements that lead to harassment, pain, depression and on occasion death by violence.
Too true my freind
At conception the registry wasn’t considered punitive or punishment; however the registry and restrictions have gone full insanity. All these laws are ridiculous and people need to start pushing back before it’s to late. No I’m not advocating violence!!
Brandon
Your words
“The registry wasn’t considered punitive or punishment; however the registry and restrictions have gone full insanity.”
My Words
And they are not done adding more restrictions because they can get away with it. I cannot even image what horrible thing they might do to us next. I have seen some registration places requiring us to pay a fee to register. Isn’t that exactly what we had to do on probation? Cops coming to check on us, Probation. Restrictions on what we can do and where we can live? Probation
CherokeeJack
Lifetime and death probation for those of us on Florida’s registry. I never committed a crime in Florida and currently live in another state, but I’ll always be linked to Florida because of the 5 years I lived there and I have no desire to go back. This is a relationship I don’t want and it’s worse than having an abusive partner. The day Florida’s monies dry up will be justice served!!