Must Listen: Is It Time To Get Rid of the Sex Offender Registry? Emily Horowitz Says Yes.
One sure way to lose a popularity contest is to fight for the rights of convicted sex offenders. But The National Sex Offender Registry, which was established during an era of panic over crime and child danger, has come with a host of unintended consequences. Sociologist Emily Horowitz is one of a handful of academics and researchers who speaking out against the registry, showing how it’s yet another blunt instrument of “tough on crime” 1990s legislation and ultimately does more to ruins lives than to protect kids.
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I agree it is cruel and unusual to punish someone forever who has already served their time in prison or what the judge deemed fair in the sentencing part. This causes inabilities to get employment, housing, participate in gyms, clubs, public activities… for FOREVER. I am also a survivor of sexual abuse so do not speak of this lightly. Even murder doesnt have lifetime registry. And all of us have done wrong and are in need of forgiveness in our humanity. Please remove the lifetime registry……
I think this strict law in Florida is nothing short of ridiculous. Just because you get bad pics, by accident, you are automatically guilty. If many of these people actually went looking for the illegal pics, I could understand. My question is, “Whatever happened to Innocent Until Proven Guilty”?
I can’t help but feel like Florida is looking to make innocent people into convicted felons. My husband spent many years creating a very good life for us, only to be convicted of Sex Offenses, because someone put these pics onto the Web. I can’t help but wonder if FDLE is behind this, to make more money. Otherwise, they would go after the people who create these pics.
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They want the public to be safe from us, those who have served our time and want to move on with our lives. (What is left of it). On the other hand, when we are attacked physically, mentally or are a victim of a crime by the hands of someone who found us on the registry, law enforcement usually (From personal experience) turns a blind eye.
So yeah the registry hurts us, our families, loved ones and even our neighbors when someone stirs up emotions with community notifcations and the news banging on your door for a comment. And yet we rarely get a court to say any of that is punishment.
I have seen comments on here that were allowed to be posted, stating things like, “No you shouldn’t be on the registry, you should be dead if it was up to me”. And from a few posted stories on FAC site, some recently acted on those threats, killing someone on the registry in his own driveway. I guess he was just another statistic huh?
I thank all the people who speak for us on our behalf. We are rarely heard and we need voices like FAC, and other groups and inviduals who have family members or friends on the registry to be OUR voices.
Nan one wonders who uses common sense today or who is naked with much of this registry burden. A house divided cannot stand. Did one of our Presidents say that one wonders.Should moral ethics be used even better understanding or who has wisdom today or just maybe this is a registry of a political game of bearing false witness.
One person says its all about the database. Guess that person’s waiting for his crown of spic n” spam. Sure this registry should be erassed as it is as unjust and deceptive as pepto busmo” for bowel control. Was 911 bad enough and now the enticements of men and some women caught up in this web of punitive cult prostitution of deranged justice. So who is judging righteously. Should one compare a bank robber to a sex offender or the person that falsifys’ a check with someone elses name on it?
Yes this registry has many loops and edges to transform a man to nothing in many of these issues. Sure many can preach out in California, Florida, Virginia, Michigan and many other states but when it all comes down to it who is the real victim. The one that layed this upon another or set the snare trap or the one that got caught up or wrapped up in this trap. Talk about precepts and principals. Who is just as guilty. Many don’t even understand the “why” of a plea deal.
Still Praying for common sense laws that do not destroy More lives than they help. Thank you Ms. Horowitz.