AMEN!! I was actually thinking the same thing. God let me off this list before I have to die. Let me know what it feels like to be able to live my free life just once.

@Mike

I once told a judge that. If the registry is not punishment, come live with me for just a month and see how many windows you want to pay for when people who do not even live on your street throw rocks at your house. How many evil looks when you hand over your driver’s license to your doctor’s staff and they mark your chart as “Sex offender”. (Yes, I have left several practices due to me being treated unfairly concerning my medical care because of my being registered)

@Vocal
Hate to say this but Michigan is not somewhere I want to live, on or off the registry (Shrugs)
Seems to me there will be registry lawsuits for decades to come and busloads of attorneys taking those cases. Heck the Doe’s one and two suit have been going on for almost as long as I have been on Florida action committee site.
Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. My Prepper compound is almost finished. I do not have any money so had to trick out a discarded doghouse LOL

Well the way you stop the registry is all of those who say it’s not a punishment is to put all : Senators, Legislature, Judges, ECT put them on the registry with there name, address,work info, and picture for one year then come back and tell us if it’s a punishment and to put all who is convicted of any crime on their own registry, they say our justice system is ” Fair and Justice for All ” then why don’t all crimes have a registry?

Cherokee Jack:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court have all ruled that the registry is punishment. The case law for the Tennessee case originated in Michigan and is applicable to Tennessee because Tennessee is also in the Sixth Circuit.
Michigan is at the very forefront of the registry fight. The pending litigation has the potential to make significant changes in the Michigan registry which could form the basis for attacking registries nationwide. There’s a possibility that there will be a final decision either this year or in 2025. I don’t have access to a Pacer account so I don’t have any update. I do know the potential of this lawsuit and that potential could be very upsetting to a lot of politicians. There’s no way to know what the final decision will entail until that decision is rendered, but there’s a real possibility that there will be a state where you and thousands more won’t be required to register within the next year or two. If we wind up with half a loaf in this litigation, there’s a good chance that further litigation will get us a whole loaf over the long run. Even if no one relocates to Michigan many will begin to see light at the end of the tunnel. This will be very encouraging to the younger folks. Stay tuned.

Amen.

@Eugene

Sad that the courts still say this is not punishment, especially where they stated wearing an ankle monitor when you are no longer on probation is very disturbing. And yet, they stated less intrusive regulations were unconstitutional.
Also, would be nice if courts spoke English (Not everyone is a lawyer so hard to understand half what they are talking about) *Legalese

Thank you, Eugene V. Debs.