Dion Harrell spent two decades on New Jersey’s sex offender registry.
He had trouble finding a job. He couldn’t be alone with his kids. For a time, he was homeless.
But when a DNA test finally proved his innocence, the state had nothing to offer him for those years.
State lawmakers could change that. A bipartisan bill (A1037) would allow people to receive $25,000 for every year spent under the state’s supervision, which includes sex offender lists and parole.
Innocent people who pled guilty would also be eligible.
But wait. Being “designated” a “sexual offender” is neither a sentence nor a punishment. It’s merely a civil “designation.” So why would someone need to be compensated for something that wasn’t punishment?
I don’t know why it’s not civil fines anyway I think they know we are coming after the punishment aspect sooner or later either we go free or more and more registry’s appear.
They should take the $25k out of the prosecutors pay.
Because 25k/ year is all a person could earn of they weren’t on the registry. 🤔
Good luck trying to live in Jersey on $25K/yr.
https://livingwage.mit.edu/states/34
Only having laws like this would help to make those unethical people working in our system think twice about using dishonesty and unethical practices to wrongly convict individuals.
Good point!
Wow this is great news. Maybe there are some honest Judges out there.
I hope it passes but often times when a bill is proposed where money is to be compensated, law makers cringe at the thought. Let’s hope level heads prevail.
Unfortunately, we are considered the bottom of the barrel as far as offenses are concerned. Murderers are held in higher regard than us. Don’t believe me, show me one ex-con besides us who cannot live within 1000 feet of a school. Who has a branding on their driver’s license etc. and even sometimes have to notify your neighbors about your crime.
I agree 100%. Whenever I comment on news articles or in emails to my county commissioners, mentioning the fact that murderers, drug dealers, gang leaders, armed robbers, active shooters, kidnappers, terrorists, you name it, can live next door to schools, that is the one thing for which no one ever has an answer. Their response is always silence.
Another moment of silence is when I mention that registrants not on probation only have to be at their residence from 10 pm to 6 am when children are NOT at schools, etc.
It is as though they never thought of this before. I did not either until I joined FAC last May and became educated through this website.
“10 pm to 6 am”??? What does that mean exactly?
I have multiple residences so I’m never at any specific one at any specific time. I also have a very good friend that I’ve known for decades and I list his home as a residence as well. Just because. He hates big government as much as I do so he thinks it is funny. And as much as I am there, it is a residence. He lives on a lot of property and the law enforcement criminals can never even see his home, let alone get close to it.
Personally, I’d recommend that people Register as many homes, work locations, vehicles, etc., as possible. They gave up on trying to “verify” my work locations long ago. I would never tell them where I was or allow them to meet me there. I think they tried for quite a while and then just gave up. They always ask me for work schedules, etc., but I never tell them. They’ll have to pass a “law” that requires that. Then I’ll sue them.
These criminal regimes aren’t going to know where I am. In the meantime, they are just fine with people who have shot children with guns living right next door to schools. I think that is so they can get a better shot or something. They can shoot children from their front porches. Registry Nazis are fine with shooters being in schools!
It is a lie that Registries are for public safety. They are for harassment. They are for keeping big government big and keeping their business going.
My thoughts also Sarah F also .I have said for years i would like to know if if murders, drug dealers, kidnappers,active shooters,terrorists, live next door to me .All these are as bad as sex offenders. Why don’t they let you know about them when Halloween is coming around. I sure wouldn’t take my kids or grand-kids to there doors up to any of there doors and knock .How about those flyers they but in mail boxes ? I would like to see their pictures and information also .That’s enough i could go on on the way justice system is towards sex offenders.One more thing putting their offense on the driving license makes me sick .Why not put ever ones-wrong doing that they go to court or just serve little time in jail . THESE ARE ALL CRIMES AND NEED TO BE CREATED EQUAL POST THEM ALL OVER LIKE THEY DO SEX OFFENDERS. [IN MAILBOXES -DRIVERS LICENSES].
Oh so it’s punishment
@Jacob – Exactly