Oregon sex offender registry doubles
Nearly a decade into an effort to reduce the glut of sex offenders on the state registry to allow more intense focus on the most dangerous, a bureaucratic morass has nearly doubled the registry instead.
The backlog has kept hundreds of low-level sex offenders in limbo. Those who stay crime-free for years can petition to no longer register. But they must wait until the state gets around to reclassifying their risk level to petition for relief.
State lawmakers have twice extended a 2016 deadline to complete the risk assessments and set aside more than $6 million for the work. The deadline now is December 2026, but state officials tasked with the job aren’t confident they can meet even that date.
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To: Sex offender truth
It is like having two ex wives but the judge only granting you a divorce from one. For now, you are still married to Florida, albeit, via the registry. Be a shame to have to pay again to get off of Florida’s and here, depending on the judge, it is not a sure bet.
If you are denied, I saw a post here once that said you have to wait an additional 5 years to try again? (Meaning you will have then paid THREE times to get off the registry) Some of us will be pushing 70 by then. I was going to say I do not want to be rocking in a chair in a nursing home and finally get the news I no longer have to register. Then I remember we are NOT allowed in nursing homes.
How about if no violence was involved and no more convictions automatically released at ten years. All others go through the evaluation process. No tier system which doesn’t work anyway because judges don’t understand it and make up there own interpretation which varies greatly from each judge and prosecutors. This would cut down the work load so they can safely handle it and save $ millions with very little risk. Not so hard to figure out.