Kansas Governor Signs Law to Compensate Wrongfully Convicted
Kansas Governor Jeff Coyler signed a new law that compensates those who were wrongfully convicted AND wrongfully put on the sex offender registry. This bill, although not intended, recognizes that the sex offender registry is tantamount to punishment. The law gives $65,000 per year to those wrongfully imprisoned, plus $25,000 per year to those who wrongfully were placed on parole, probation or the sex offender registry.
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Make no mistake: Kansas has named the price for the cost of being on the registry. This is HUGE.
For years, registered citizens have justifiably complained about the costs of being on the registry, in particular lack of employment opportunities as well as the onerous residential restrictions. The official position of society, though, was that it was no more onerous than a “Price Club Application.”
But now the State has now given a hard monetary cost in such registration: $25,000. This is now an OFFICIAL court position, and is now OPEN for citation by ANY REGISTERED CITIZEN in any legal complaints they may pursue.
Please take advantage of this and promote this new damning fact!
How are they determining who was wrongfully put on the list?
The case addressed in this case was proven by DNA
Think Florida will pick this up. And how much for the spouses and children that have there civil rights violated
Give them enough rope.
Very interesting, they need to push this to every state. Now THAT is common sense.
I consider this a victory, but i’d like to see those who make false accusations be the ones to be forced to pay that money back to the taxpayers.
I also want to see this be retroactively applied.