MI: If it’s inaccurate, why have it?
According to this article, a Michigan law enforcement officer said the public should be aware information on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry might not be up to date following an April U.S. District Court interim order barring officials from enforcing the sex offender registration act. “Basing something off of that website would be a mistake,” he said. “Concerned parents should teach children age-appropriate safety.”
So we learned that Michigan’s registry is inaccurate because it’s not being enforced… that begs a few questions:
- Have the instances of child sexual abuse by people with former convictions spiked since the decision in Does v. Snyder?
- If basing information off an inaccurate website would be “a mistake”, should Florida have the same warning, since there are 74 thousand people on their list with fewer than half actually in the community?
- If teaching children age-appropriate safety is an effective way to reduce sexual assault, why are resources not applied in that direction instead of inaccurate registries?
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We have to be careful not to ask law enforcement officials embarrassing questions as it might make them cry and feel bad about themselves. Even an inaccurate registry is job security for them and they want to at least feel they are productive members of society.
Even if it was accurate, why have it? We already know it isn’t an effective public safety tool.
Our government has never been accused of using logic and common sense. Particularly in the money making paradigm of American capitalistic law making.
Because than they wouldn’t have their feel-good civil punishment laws to fall back on for elections purposes.
⭐⭐⭐ “If teaching children age-appropriate safety is an effective way to reduce sexual assault, why are resources not applied in that direction instead of inaccurate registries?” ⭐⭐⭐ I Absolutely, 100% Agree!! 👍 The Registries are punishment and only do harm! They protect no one! They prevent nothing! 😠
IMHO there needs to be studies on a state by state basis of how COVID and in-person registration being suspended impacted the number of offenses of known SO’s.
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest there was no change.