NARSOL: Proposed AWA amended regulations more significant after new Sixth Circuit court decision
The new Adam Walsh Act amended regulations are out for comment for 60 days, and after the comment period will likely be adopted, finalized, and published in the Federal Register. NARSOL had posted an article stating there is reason for concern but not reason for panic. We removed that post because we are now more concerned due to a recent decision just handed down by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Willman v. Attorney General of United States, 19-2405 (FED6). This decision will potentially have broad ramifications for those in Michigan and all the states in the Sixth Circuit.
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Make sure you understand that if you do send in a statement or post comments about this. It’s public just like the registry and that is for everyone who wants to see it. They can read it so if you get personal or put down personal information understand that it will be public. Not that we have any privacy anyway. But it’s best to know this upfront.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/13/2020-15804/registration-requirements-under-the-sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act
I know this has been covered once before but is worth mentioning again, we NEED EVERYONE to make a statement. It does not have to be a Pulitzer prize winning piece, just state why the registry is harmful to you and your loved ones. Right now, there are 94 public comments. We need as many as possible. We have about 43 more days. I’ve been sending this out to everyone I can.
They are stepping on the civil liberties of people who are off probation and parole. They are making laws that are the same as probation/parole conditions (which you could get permission to do most times with a good P.O., but in these cases of AFTER probation, they are laws that can get you arrested for doing what any other American citizen can do legally).
Someone’s not fighting the fight with the right arguments. This IS punishment and banishment.
Maybe attorneys should start bringing probation officers into their lawsuits and cross examine them to ask them what conditions of probation must an offender adhere to and compare that to what a registered person NOT ON PROBATION must adhere to.
Get offended if you will by this but the way I see it, advocacy groups like FAC and NARSOL aren’t really putting up much of a fight. You’re basically just telling us all what we’re in for next with the passing of more bullshit laws.
Any attorneys out there want to start a class action that registered persons should be TAX EXEMPT if we cannot take part in the things and places and freedoms that our tax dollars are paying for other people to enjoy? Anyone? crickets chirp
Yeah. Figured.
You are completely free to start your own private company that is 100% dedicated to fighting the Registry Hit Lists. Or to become an attorney and fight it yourself. Please go ahead and end the Hit Lists. The good, moral Americans will thank you.
I beg your pardon but aren’t the people advocating for registry reform a bit more “professional” and “knowledgeable” about the topics? Ok then, so THEY should be doing what needs to be done and saying what needs to be said. Your sarcasm is noted and totally unwarranted.
I have been warning my friends on the registry here in Michigan not to get excited prematurely by the Does v Snyder rulings. State and federal prosecutors and lawmakers are clever about circumventing common sense. People have always been subjected to BOTH state and federal laws. If Congress wants to make SORA applicable to anyone convicted in any court, the Supreme Court will likely back it up. As someone on another post pointed out, what is to stop the Michigan Legislature from rewriting the state registry law by virtually copying and pasting the federal SORA law. A couple of my friends here in Michigan think that they are off the registry now. They are not.
Yes, the various state and federal law makers sure have made a big mess out of their registry schemes. They have made it virtually impossible to for any of us to fully comply. But that seems to be precisely what they wanted to do to us from the beginning. They made laws knowing we can’t comply thereby authorizing LE to arrest us, which in turn authorizes state and federal sovereignties to prosecute us and garner bigger stats to justify bigger budgets. This in turn authorizes the same legislators to seek higher taxes to pay for the arrests and prosecutions. Its a vicious cycle.
Which states are in the 6th circuit?
Dear David M,
The states in the 6th Circuit are Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.