MI: AG Weighs in on Sex Offender Registration Cases Before MI Supreme Court
LANSING, MI – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed amicus briefs in the Michigan Supreme Court today in Michigan v Snyder (Case number 153696) and People v Betts (Case number 148981), arguing that Michigan’s sex offender registration and notification requirements are punishment because they are so burdensome and fail to distinguish between dangerous offenders and those who are not a threat to the community.
“Simply put,” said Nessel, “the state Sex Offender Registration Act has gone far beyond its purpose and now imposes burdens that are so punitive in their effect that they negate the State’s public safety justification.”
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Am I reading this correct? The State AG is coming out against the MI registry in its current form. This is very good news for registrants in MI.
Man, I should never read posts like these as soon as I wake up. What a mind job! I read this and I thought I was still sleeping and dreaming. What a breath of fresh air. This attorney general should set an example to other AGs as well.
it’s like being in some sort of topsy-turvy temporal paradox where all of a sudden, attorney generals are filing briefs against the registries and are calling them too punitive. I wish they can all be like Dana Nessel. Well done.
Mich leading the way on stopping S.O.R insanity
The Mich S.O.R started filling up with public urinaters,/aka lewd act in public, that the Mich Supreme court ruled that public urination is not a crime-if you are on the S.O.R for lewd act in another state- come to Mich -try register- they will tell you that your offenses is not a registerable offense in Mich.
Welcome to the world we registered citizens in Floriduh live in.
Gee, I have been saying this for years. Glad the courts are finally catching up with reality and using not only common sense and logical thought but also indisputable data.
HEY Florida and Senator Lauren Book – here’s the perfect time to join the modern world and stop the medieval public shamming and deliberate slandering of America citizens who have paid their “debt to society” and who are clearly not a threat to anyone!