Clean Slate: an Anti-Discrimination Bill that Discriminates
People convicted of sex crimes generally do not reoffend. The Office of Policy and Management released two studies, one in 2012 and the other in 2017, that analyzed crimes committed by sex offenders released five years earlier. Those studies found that 3.6% of people convicted of a sex crime were arrested for another by 2011, and 4.1% were rearrested by 2016. Those numbers are similar to studies conducted in other states, like New York, California and Alaska.
“I see Clean Slate being an anti-discrimination bill that discriminates,” said Cindy Prizio, the executive director of One Standard of Justice, an organization that works to ensure people convicted or accused of sex offenses are treated fairly by the state before, during and after their sentences. “Rather than looking at people as individuals, we’re lumping all these people into the same pot.”
https://ctmirror.org/2020/01/08/lamont-to-introduce-clean-slate-legislation-in-next-session/
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Looks like CT is taking a page from Floriduh’s playBook. Ignore the facts, just pacify the vocal minority.
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Indeed, sex offenders have the lowest recidivism (re-offense) rate of any crime type, except for murder. (Presumably, this is because most murderers murder exactly once.)
Here is an official report by the United States Department of Justice – Bureau of Justice Statistics that clearly proves this. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsorsp9yfu0514.pdf
Also, there have been numerous state and university studies that show the same results: sex offenders almost never re-offend. Over 95% of sex crimes in the US each year are committed by people who have never before been convicted of a sex crime!
Why should people who have the lowest re-offense rates be singled out?
In Florida, last year, ALL felons regained the right to vote except for sex offenders.
“Lawmakers tweaked the proposal after a public hearing at which people expressed concerns about how certain violent crimes would be handled. McDermott said the revised bill barred those convicted of sexual and domestic violence crimes from the automatic pardon process.”
The monster hysteria continues.
Thanks to propaganda TV shows like “Law & Order SVU”, sexual offenses are considered violent in the eyes of most of the population. They don’t think of age of consent issues or teen sexting or ‘mooning’ your former school principal that you hated. The word “offense” really just means you offended the law that says you’re not allowed to do that. It doesn’t mean “violence”. But most sex laws carry the word “assault” in their titles so that makes it SOUND violent.
I asked my prosecutor if my offense is considered a violent crime and he said “No.”