Comments on: Sense And Nonsense About Sex Offender Registries

By: DavidM

DavidM — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:53:01 +0000

In reply to Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret). I agree Capt. This is finally an educated write up of the subject but unfortunately these type articles are far to few and usually in obscure places in papers where few people see them. When is a major newspaper going to put truthful and factual write ups of the subject on its front page ,or a popular tv program going to air the facts, instead of biased unfactual garbage.

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:38:51 +0000

In reply to JZ. Fortunately few of those designated 'predators' in Florida are really predators. But the designation does help to validate the need for the registry and long-term employment for those who have the 'vaunted tasks' of maintaining it.

By: JZ

JZ — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:10:05 +0000

A tiered system of classification based on future danger, not past convictions, would go a long way in reducing “predator panic.” Of course that’s too much effort for Floriduh oafficials. They know a tiered system would reduce their bloated federal funding.

Massachusetts has got one thing right:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2018-08-01/court-board-needs-proof-in-sex-offender-reclassification

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:49:57 +0000

In reply to Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret).

Captain…..
Sir, Thank you for you post. It is filled with truth; unlike the Florida Judicial System. You & I are in the same boat, so to say (no pun intended).

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:28:51 +0000

Please remember that all sex offenders are not predators and that in Florida all sex offenders who are designated as ‘predators’ are not in fact predators. The so-called ‘justice system’ uses a bureaucratic definition for predators that can cause some to end up so designated without facts to back up the designation. I know!

By: Gerald

Gerald — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:26:14 +0000

It’s great that Honolulu Civil Beat recognized that Hawaii News Now was unfairly sensationalizing the problem of homeless sex offenders. However, if a gang of thugs went out and killed some of these registered offenders, I would bet that Hawaii News Now would face absolutely no consequences. I note that their article could site absolutely ZERO incidents of crime committed by these 28 homeless citizens. Would it really be that hard to help them with jobs and housing? Hawaii has the 18th highest per capita income ($46,034 in 2014) in the U.S., And yet has the HIGHEST per capita rate of homelessness in the country. Only the District of Columbia has a higher rate, but it is not a state. Spreading hate and fear does nothing to address the problem.

By: JoeM

JoeM — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:11:00 +0000

I plead out and got straight probation with the special conditions in 2000. I was early terminated in 2006. My life actually got worse around 2010. That just happens to coincide with when people started :broadcasting” the registry for fun and profit. I think most of these e-maisl go to junk now in my system, but I am sure that many of you have gotten the spam e0mail saying “CHILD PREDATORS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!!! CHECK NOW!!!” As we well know, the percentage of predators on the registry and on the street is quite low even with the ease of classifying someone as a predator. So where do all of these “child predators” come from? For a number of us convicted before say 2005 who live in semi-sane towns, it is the card carrying members of the general public that have been our problem for the most part. It is only very recently that the Bookies have managed to get Rick Scott to sign crazy stuff. Prior to that, we only had to deal with guys like Victor Crist.

By: DavidM

DavidM — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:46:41 +0000

I found it interesting in the article that all types of sex crimes including rape and child sexual abuse rates were declining during the time 1990s when news media decided to start sensationalizing it causing the public to become fearful. Politicians picked up on this fear for there own financial gain. The sor has done nothing but make people stressed out and fearful of something that has existed for thousands of years and is in fact less of a problem than most times in the past. The public is so gullible and stupid.