TX: City refuses exception to SORR for terminal registrant.
An elderly bed-ridden registered sex offender will not be allowed to move in with relatives in a Montgomery County home for end-of-life care after Shenandoah city leaders declined to amend an ordinance that restricts residency.
The daughter of the 79-year-old man sought a waiver to the ordinance adopted in 2018 which restricts registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a child safety zone per state law. That zone includes schools, parks and public swimming pools. City Attorney William Ferebee said neither state law nor the ordinance provides a method for making exemptions.
The proposed change to the city ordinance, Ferebee said, would allow the police chief to make that decision on granting that exemption and for how long that exemption would be in place.
“Unfortunately, with this 79-year-old who is bedridden, it doesn’t change the fact that they are still a sex offender,” Councilman Ted Fletcher said at a board meeting earlier this month. “That’s what state law says and that is what happens when you break the law.” [FAC Note: Thought this wasn’t punishment?]
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1) so much for the “not punitive argument”
2) so much for the “safety argument”….
Damn sure a terminally ill and bed ridden individual is not capable of posing any threat to anything..Which just further highlights the lies and hypocrisy..
Well Councilman McLeod said it, the ordinance is “way too broad” thereby making it an illegal law. And yes, just like the FAC note says this registry is not supposed to be an elongated punishment. It is a ridiculous place we find ourselves when people can’t even die with their family around them due to legislation and laws.
This is an example of the sort of ignorant thought process you get from bureaucrats/politicians who are ignorant of the subject on registered citizens. Sounds as though a few of the local authority characters need to me added to the media project. I personally would have my father move in with me for his final days and tell the authorities to go to hell and just dare any of them to come on to my property.
Thank you, Capt. Munsey.
He is also still a human and deserves some compassion. This is insanity. People are afraid to do the right thing or just don’t care any more. This is a sad wolrd at times.
Makes me wonder how many skeletons are in that councilman’s closet.
This is the 2nd time in a week that NARSOL’s gotten interviewed by the press. Hooray for Sandy!