I wish it had included data about the specifics of registrant arrests. I haven’t dug too deep into it, but I’m willing to bet that well over 90% of registrant arrests are for registry violations, as opposed to actual crimes. There are mountains of research that show when sex offenses happen at churches, they’re committed by a clergy member, not the prior offender residing on the next block. And when they happen at schools or day cares, it’s always a staff member, not the prior offender working at the convenience store across the street.

I would have also mentioned (though maybe not expanded on at this point) the registry’s uselessness as a law enforcement tool, appropriately highlighted by the unfortunate Dru Sjodin case, for which the federal registry is named and provides the blueprint for the results of registry use in criminal investigations. Despite her assailant’s registry status, the registry played no role whatsoever in his identification and arrest, despite the hundreds of man-hours spent chasing the “leads” the registry provided. A point that bears repeating is that no attorney general or law enforcement office can show one single case where the registry provided anything useful to a criminal investigations that was otherwise unavailable, apart from registry violations. Again, the only place I have ever found where the registry works when used as advertised is on Law and Order: SVU.

All the Monies that the Taxpayers have been fleeced…Under Federal Law, The Fleecing falls under the RICO ACTs

Stay Tuned and everyone please pray and Be Happy!

Eric Janus, who is a former president and dean of the school and director of their Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (yes the school actually has a department devoted to being critical of the registry) wrote an Amicus Curiae brief in the Michigan Does v Whitmer case. He has also written several great books like Failure to Protect: America’s Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State and Sexual Predators: Society, Risk and the Law. Which are both great material.

OOPS…failed to mention…The Total Costs depends upon The Byrne Fund Federal Grants to the States; the additional monies every state needs to enforce this; the associated fees such as Overtime for LEO’s doing compliance checks; computer costs to track Registered Citizens; and the list goes on and ON!…So sure $10 Billion is a fare assessment but in all actuality it is much more!

With regard to compliance checks….the only piece of toilet paper that a Registered Citizen is to sign is their annual; bi-annual or whatever requirement for registration per their statutory requirements!

to sign anything other than that is ILLEGAL…you do not have to sign….just wave at ‘THEM’ and wish them a great day! make sure you have your smartphone in your hand recording it!

Be Happy…and Laugh

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!

The Total Cost of SORNA is between $10 billion and $20 Billion

It depends how you calculate the total costs. Just to enforce it is around $10 Billion; add in the other costs, aka Attorneys fees, etc it bloats to about $20 Billion

ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNA

February 24, 2025 R H
Source: ACSOL

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has prepared and sent a letter to the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, to eliminate all funding for the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to that letter, annual funding for SORNA exceeds $10 billion.

The letter states clearly that SORNA funding has punished and continues to punish U.S. citizens required to register. The letter identifies three agencies — Department of Justice, Department of State and the General Services Administration — as recipients of SORNA funding.

For example, SORNA requires individuals convicted of a sex offense involving a minor, including offenses that did not include violence or even physical touching, to have a “unique identifier” added to their passport. This identifier is now printed on page one of the passports of affected registrants and can result in the denial of entry into countries. In the history of the world only two countries — Nazi Germany and the USSR — have added similar markings to the passports of their citizens. For both countries, the passports of only their Jewish citizens had this marking.

The letter also addresses recently issued regulations which require registrants to take actions that are not possible in the state where they live. For example, the regulations require many registrants to register four times a year despite the fact that state law requires registration only once a year.

ACSOL will post any and all replies to this letter on this website.

Billion?