Comments on: The Inescapable Shadow of the Sex Offender Registry: A Systematic Injustice

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:43:04 +0000

A lot of talk on these sites about abolishing the registry but no action. When does that start? I do see a petition on change.org to abolish with almost 15K signatures. Get the word out and sign:
https://www.change.org/p/abolish-the-sex-offender-registry

By: Saddles

Saddles — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 04:07:58 +0000

Did someone say reform. Reform is not as easy as that or should one abolish war. Most all of these sex encounters are skeptical at best. Some gal comes onto someone with a sexual type proposition to come down and meet. After all the encounter was on a sex site. So who is speculating about the outcome in a type of brazen con such as this.

That is really all the sex registry is. It is a brazen type of con for the weak at heart. And when it comes to sex there is not a man or woman alive that is not susceptible to it And it doesn’t have to be via the internet. Should authorities call internet encounters sexual when it is prevention by a devious measure.Is that justice?

Even the prisoner after time served is riddled with life time registration. Many restrictions and a type of castration from society. Sure the registry should be abolished but than law enforcement would have to go back to old methods before internet or get information from the victim themself. When registries turns out to be an officer than who’s pulling the rug over who.

I’m sure we can all see the ethics of this registry that is very negative yet law enforcement don’t look at it that way. So where is the fairness in a court of law. Just take a guilty plea or fight for true justice.

By: Education

Education — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:11:49 +0000

In reply to Dustin. Dustin, I could not agree more, but until the registry is abolished, we need to work on taking down the egregious restrictions that Persons Forced to Register must live under.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:44:39 +0000

Fully agreed with the article until the word “reform” was printed. Registry laws don’t need to be reformed. They need to be abolished.

Until it can be shown that the registry has prevented one single sex crime, produced anything meaningful to a criminal investigation (less registry violations), how a registry violation contributed to a recidivist offense, or **one single occasion** where the registry worked as advertised, it cannot be honestly said that the registry serves any purpose beyond political grandstanding for its supporters.

The tired claim that the constantly changing registry obligations and restrictions – ultimately imposed due to a criminal conviction – are not punitive are simply absurd, as are the verbal gymnastics of courts upholding them. The legal “logic” that such are consequences of registration versus conviction despite registration being a consequence of conviction is like saying a bullet to the brain is what kills a a person, but the person holding the gun that fired the bullet had nothing to do with it. It defies all common sense and reason.

Not to mention the financial costs…

By: FactsShouldMatter

FactsShouldMatter — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:54:42 +0000

One of the worst aspects is that we’re still made to PAY TAXES while not enjoying any of the benefits that goes with it like other people do. We’re still forded to “tow the line” so to speak. Society wants to keep it’s “vital” registry while rubbing our noses in it by making us help fund it – not only with paying taxes – put paying at the local Sheriff’s office too.

Seems like they delibertatly choosing to pacify a fearful and igorant society that has been fed lies about the registry for decades. That’s a status quo they’re afraid to remove under their watch.

By: RayO

RayO — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:52:23 +0000

Insighful article. Also, I believe that, even though I have been on the Floriduh registry for more than 25 years, the Feds will keep me on the national registry, even though my ‘crime’ would be considered Level 2 with them, and thus, only a 25 year requirement. Also, I’ll bet that, if I got off of the Floriduh registry, and then off of the national list, and I moved to another state and had to begin registering again in that state, the Feds would start listing me again.