Here is a case I believes that illustrates that point. Guy will just get out before he will croak. He will never harm again hopefully but is that the only way?
The guy serve this country for 20 years and served 4 tours. He was molested as a kid and he doesn’t know why he does what he does. If we actually spent money on prevention instead of incarceration this may have been prevented. Maybe therapy could have help when he first was attacked as a child. Now we just have a child who was victimized and hopefully receives the care that she needs to recover otherwise the cycle may continue.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/09/roger-golubski-kansas-city-police

A letter with this name and address reach Judge Boles?
W. Joel Boles,
Address:
M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building
190 Governmental Center, 6th Floor
Pensacola, FL 32502

https://www.firstjudicialcircuit.org/judges/escambia-county/w-joel-boles

Looks right to me.

Are these the right Judges?
https://www.firstjudicialcircuit.org/search/node/criminal%20judge

The public believes that the registry prevents sex crimes. And they believe it does so by identifying, with some accuracy, who the abusers are.

Most people don’t spend much time considering how someone got on the registry. They certainly don’t think much about recidivism rates, abusers’ criminal history, etc. They don’t know, and don’t have time for, basic offending statistics and certainly not studies. They don’t think hard about, or don’t care, whether or not the abuser was a PFR. All they know is that the state is identifying for us, who the dangerous people are. The registry distracts people with a false sense of security.

That’s why, every time there is a new victim, the sex offender registry has failed them.

I also think you are doing a great job with messaging, picking targets/fights, being smart and rigorous, and all that. Having said that, I get the allure of “The Registry Failed Them” but I don’t think that is a great campaign/tactic. I do think some consistent, repeating, constant anti-Registry messaging/campaign is great. But not that one.

The problem with it is that Registries are not intended to keep non-PFRs from committing crimes. And it doesn’t matter that they don’t. If you have a tool that stops N% of sex crimes, why would you say it is failed if it doesn’t stop 100%?

If you keep pointing out that people other than PFRs are committing sex crimes and PFRs are not then people are going to say it is because of the Registries and they are working exactly as desired.

Registries make common sense. They SEEM like they would be a good idea. I mean, who wouldn’t want to know about a person who has done something dangerous in the past? The problem with the Registries is that they don’t work and they cause huge problems for everyone in Amerika. That is what the campaign should be.

TS

Yes I meant removed by means other than not being re-elected.
I worked in a lot of departments over the years. Even though it would seem city departments are not political since the chief is hired and fired not elected. However, many of the police chiefs go onto to run for sheriff.
That was the case with Sheriff Chitwood, He worked as police chief in Daytona beach before becoming sheriff and at two other police departments in other states before coming to Florida.
The chief of Orlando also became the county sheriff of Orange county and then to county mayor. It is all political and doesn’t matter whose feet you step on, if you get in their way, you get run over and thrown out to dry.