Abolish the registry

On another note. Epstein client list? I’m pretty sure there’s a client list. Or a friends list. The problem is there are many very important people on that list. It makes sense that they decided to say there wasn’t a list to avoid a meltdown. So if you sleep with a minor you get prison time. If you sleep with a minor and have money and power the government protects you. It justifies the abolition and repeal of the registry.

Annon
Better off in prison

There is a saying that I cannot remember how it goes, but it basically says that something is what it is not matter how much you alter it. Or a horse of another color is still a horse.
For my opinion, the law makers (for the registry) are swindlers, and get others on board of the train of lies.
I have been on the registry since 1997, and it does not stop me from doing anything. If I wanted to rob a bank, abscond, or many other lists of things, the registry would not stop me. What it does do is get neighbors stirred up, gets a few rare people to murder registrants, causes us to have vandalism, having our mail stolen, false accusations sent our way and makes us isolationist as many neighbors want nothing to do with us.
I still laugh at a few people who drive past my how and if they see me, they have to stare me down like I am standing outside in the nude or something. Do they think if we are outside, they might find us performing a sex act right on the front lawn? God lord people get a freaking life.
BTW, some of those people who try and tear us down have secrets of their own. Take for example, the recent arrest of a well-known Sheriff in central Florida. If you cannot trust your sheriff, who can you trust?

@Bob

Other than people on probation, those on the registry I believe are being kept on it because they make money off of us. Registries created jobs, and also thank I do not, but some registrants that are NOT on probation have to pay their sheriff’s office a fee for registering. Now tell me that is not punitive, same thing we had to do when we checked in at the probation office. I smell something fishy going on and it isn’t Long John Silvers.

It still confounds me how an off the cuff, unsubstantiated, totally irresponsible comment made by a Supreme Court justice back in the 80’s became the cornerstone of many of the SO laws implemented today. He flippantly said, in a public setting, that people who commit sex offenses have an alarmingly high rate of recidivism. That remark was based on a Psychology Today article he had referenced, which had not been vetted for truth or accuracy, but was essentially an opinion article. Fast forward to today. Here we are, a million Americans, living in a world of lifelong punishment, based largely on an uneducated opinion piece from 40 years ago.

No matter that the hundreds of institutional studies, reams of empirical data, validated opinions of LE officers, courts, social workers, and affected families indicate that the registry DOES NOT WORK as intended, it continues to grow at an alarmingly high rate, nationwide. Why don’t lawmakers want to implement laws that work for the good of public safety, instead of piling on to an already heavily burdened group of ex-offenders who have among the proven lowest rate of recidivism?

Serious Offenses are Red Flags: Germany is particularly sensitive to offenses that pose a significant threat to public safety, especially those involving minors or exploitation. Schengen Area Considerations: Germany is part of the Schengen Area, and countries within this area can refuse entry to individuals with serious sex crime convictions, particularly those involving minors.

And not blaming the attorney I had, the judge I got was one of the harshest judges I could have gotten at the time. But here I am 34 years later and still on the registry which shadows probation in many aspects. At least in prison we knew what to expect and most times life was routine. But on the registry, my sheriff’s office treats me better than my neighbors do.