The Registry Failed Them: Logan County Assistant DA Arrested for Child Porn
The Logan County, Oklahoma District Attorney’s Office should be a safe place. According to the state, “the mission of Oklahoma District Attorneys and their offices is to protect the public through proactively advocating as ministers of justice for public safety and welfare.” Among the tools Oklahomans use to prevent sexual crimes is the sex offender registry. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t only rely on the State’s registry to promote it’s sexual offenders. It has it’s own website on which it lists them https://logancountyso.org/sex-offenders.php
All this begs the question, how could a First Assistant District Attorney have committed a child pornography offense with this useful tool at the District Attorney’s disposal? Isn’t the DA’s office supposed to prosecute these offenses, not commit them? And who is responsible for the hiring practices at the DA’s office? Why didn’t they check the registry before hiring this guy? Also, doesn’t Oklahoma brand the driver’s licenses of those on the registry? Couldn’t they have just asked to see his driver’s license?
Clearly the District Attorneys failed to use the registry to prevent this crime, or the registry was completely ineffective. Since the District Attorney’s office has access to sex crime information, the Florida Action Committee calls on the DA to report the number of new sex offenses (not registration violations, but actual sexual crimes) committed during 2021 and 2022 and explain, for each one, how the registry could have failed to prevent them.
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People in these positions who do these things should have bigger consequences because not only did they commit a crime against somebody else, they were also using their positions to help cover up their crimes. They are further along on the continuum of level of being dangerous. They’ve demonstrated very well that they can not only blend in well with others, they can make themselves appear to be individuals that the rest of us should all look up to. That’s worse than someone who just works at blending in with others to cover up crimes. Someone in a position like that is more likely to have been getting away with committing the crime for longer and done more of it because they’ve been hiding behind their professional position, where no one will suspect them of such things.
Higher standards = Higher consequences
We typically see it done the opposite way. 🙄
Oh look, one slipped through the cracks!
Just goes to show you can pass the most extensive “gold standard” of vetting processes (no registry or criminal history) and still offend. Yeah, that “professional” registry really did serve as a deterrent and saved a lot of future victims! /s
“Clearly the District Attorneys failed to use the registry to prevent this crime, or the registry was completely ineffective.” I’ve asked this question before, but I’ll ask it again…How does having a list of people’s names and information in a database prevent someone from committing a crime? Its just a damn list and it doesn’t prevent anything.
This mentality makes as much sense as someone publishing all the names and information of people who have been convicted of a DUI then stating that publishing that list online will prevent future DUIs. Seriously????
If that’s the case, I’m going to compile a list of names of everyone on the planet, publish it, then declare world peace because my list will prevent any crimes from ever occurring again. See how stupid that sounds? Now if only the general public would see how stupid this idea is, perhaps they would begin to understand just how stupid registries are instead of believing it makes them safe.
I’m sorry, but people in general are stupid.
I remember reading cases like these. So far in the past 20+ years, I’ve seen several Judges, Prosecutors, Federal Agents, DA’s, Sheriffs, State Troopers & Local Cops charged & convicted of the very sex offenses they’re MegaPhoned Sex Offender Registry “PrEvEnTs”.
Sex Offender Registry Works so well Law Enforcement volunteer to be placed on it.
Why are we helping to post pictures of these individuals who may or may not have committed sex crimes in the past? But are not currently committing crimes nor are they wanted for such.