Federal judge rules Rhode Island sex offense residency law is unconstitutional
A federal court ruled unconstitutional Rhode Island’s law that makes it a crime for certain sex offenders to reside within 1,000 feet of a school, saying the residency prohibition was unconstitutionally void for vagueness.
ACLU of RI cooperating attorney Labinger said: “The Court’s decision is important to our clients and the class they represent, because it means that they will not be subject to onerous and unknowable requirements as to where they can and cannot live under fear of felony prosecution.”
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To all accounts many of these registry laws are vague as some say and perverted with a mockery of justice. Even the example Cherokee gave about a flat tire was a bit of an ordeal. Guess if one was a shoplifter one wouldn’t of had any problem.
Guess authority today wants to be absolute in their callous judgements. Hey I’ve paid my debt with probation but am still on the registry as are many more. Guess if one lives next to a school they are out of luck in these ordeals. Justice robbery with a perversion what will government think of next.
What gets me about this whole registry is how can one accomplish true justice by perverting justice to start with. Authority is one thing corruption is another. Guess this nation is as corrupt as Sodom and Gomorrah and getting more corrupt. At times no news is good news. Even our forefathers of this nation would have to say a lot of this registry is unconstitutional.
Saddles
History says otherwise. Our forefathers Burned people alive at the stake, accusing them of being witches.
The Spanish and the English arrived and put my people on reservations.
Africans were kidnapped and brought to America to become slaves.
So I am not so in awe of any forefathers.
CherokeeJack
Agreed 👍🏾 This nation was built on injustices. The American forefathers all participated in chattel slavery and colluded to enact Manifest Destiny. So ‘the system’ continues to work exactly as it always have …those with wealth and political power oppressing the less fortunate. The difference (and problem) with the registry is it that it actually CREATES a less fortunate class, even for those that are not impoverished.
Serve your time and pay your ‘debt.’ But even if you’re educated and have a little money be prepared to have a scarlet letter and live under a lifetime of oppressive measures.
I feel it is healthy for a person to retrospect and learn from past mistakes. Same for a country. I love this country. Despite all it’s imperfections (who’s perfect?) when balance all out it is, in my opinion, the best in the world.
Unfortunately there are some that want to shut down healthy conversations about past mistakes and how we can become a better beacon of democracy and justice.
The solution to those imposing these roadblocks is to vote them out of office. At the end of the day a country deserves who it votes into power.
We deserve better so to me, we need to be better decision makers and not just vote by party lines. Vote by candidates who champion free speech, separation of powers, criminal justice and who inspire to untie versus just blame the other party or other people. We are all Americans. We should learn to cooperate and stop the flame throwing rhetoric that inflames the ignorant masses and stokes hatred and anger.
My humble opinion. Hope as the true and valid cliche says, that we all learn to get along.
Good article about the ruling https://warwickonline.com/stories/no-added-risk-chief-says-of-removal-of-sex-offender-restrictions,202999
Good link, Eugene V Debs! To paraphrase the Warwick police chief , “A greater distance restriction does not mean greater safety for students.”
So why are greater distance restrictions allowed anywhere??
I truly don’t understand how federal SORNA has all of its rules, regulations, restrictions & requirements …. But then too, each State has all its own rules, regulations, restrictions & requirements
Taken together, ALL of these many, many, MANY rules, regulations, restrictions & requirements create an utterly incomprehensible and, therefore, vague situation for Registrants as well as law enforcement!! 😡
At what point will the Courts ultimately recognize this total insanity and put a stop to it???!!! 🤷🏻♂️
David
A few years ago they moved the school bus stop father away due to someone complaining about me even though I have lived here longer than anyone on this street. I have no restrictions with school bus stops.
Ironically, those same kids, when they get home, play in front of my house. So at the bus stop with 20 kids I am going to kidnap them, but when two of them play in my front yard, that is ok????
My point is, none of this works. If someone is Hell bent on doing something, nothing will stop them. 32 years now since my offense and I have not so much as gotten a parking ticket. The only thing the registry has prevented is any of us living a normal, peaceful life.