HERE'S WHAT I THINK
Why we should abolish the Sex offender registry
The school of thought that comes to mind is ' You do the crime , you do the time ', but these people have done there time and many a lot of it and still they must be punished for life ? They must register and be under lock and key for a crime they already served time for ? The issue here is not whether what they did was right or wrong , the issue here is would you agree that if someone makes a mistake and they pay for that mistake should they have the 'Monkey' on their back forever ?? The SOR is dangerous as well as immoral and unconstitutional, people who would love to kill these people know where they live and are free to act out their 'crimes'. So, let us do the right thing and do away with registries as you do not see a registry for murders, or bank robbers, or terrorists ?? Let's be fair to all here in the United states and throughout the world.
What is your opinion ?
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MidwestDad says:
I must agree with you. The SOR is a hurtful thing. It hurts the families of RSOs and it is hurting FORMER sex offenders. The laws are becoming more foolish all the time. So an ROS will not be able to leave his home. If there is a noation wide movement to stop the insanity please let me kno about it!
Posted September 04, 2008
KimGiancaterino says:
Sex offender registries are just a money maker for the government and should be done away with.
Posted July 04, 2008
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State v. Ferguson : Another Illegal Ohio Sex Offender Law 2
State v. Ferguson, Case No. 2007-1427. Oral argument May 6, 2008. Does the retroactive application of 2003 amendments to Ohio's "Megan's Law" to sexual offenders whose crimes took place before the effective date of those amendments violate the prohibition in the U.S. and Ohio constitutions against ex post facto laws that impose more severe punishment on an offender "after the fact" of his crime than was applicable to his offense at the time it was committed? Oral argument preview. Court Docket and Briefs. Argument Video. from: Cleveland Marshall College of Law State of Ohio v. Andrew J. Ferguson, Case no. 2007-1427 8th District Court of Appeals (Cuyahoga County) See http://www.ConstitutionalFights.org for more information about these unconstitutional laws ! Once again, the State of Ohio makes it very difficult to record official video, so I have had to record video and audio separately. Thats why the video quality is not great. See "My Videos" for Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this video http://www.youtube.com/user/thebinaryboy
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Informative books.
Assessing Sex Offenders: Problems and Pitfalls (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)
Amazon Price: $54.95 (as of 10/13/2008)
Relapse Prevention with Sex Offenders
Amazon Price: $40.00 (as of 10/13/2008)
An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending (Adolescent Development and Legal Policy)
Amazon Price: $29.00 (as of 10/13/2008)
Sex Offending: Causal Theories to Inform Research, Prevention, and Treatment (Law and Public Policy)
Amazon Price: $51.06 (as of 10/13/2008)
The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law, 1101,)
Amazon Price: $37.95 (as of 10/13/2008)
It's about tolerance
my neighbor is a sex offender!!!! yikes!!!!
discussion of what would you do if your neighbor was a sex offender. Check your neighborhoods...... http://ncfindoffender.com/disclaimer.aspx
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Equality of our Legal system does not exist !
Whether or not you agree with what sex offenders have done the fact is that they did their time and will have a parol period where they will have restrictions so why punish them for life by letting the whole world know what they did or where they live, etc ? Do we do that to murders ? Robbers ? Drug dealers ?? No, we do not; so why should Sex offenders be any different. Should we not have a legal system based on the same equalities that the rest of our society is ?? Confined Civilians
Tom Madison Opening Demonstration at Coalinga State Hospital
Tom Madison, President S.O. Clear, delivers the opening speech at the rally held by Friends & Family of California Civil Detainees and Reform of Sex Offender Laws in front Coalinga State Hospital where sex offenders are civilly confined after serving their terms in prison.
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It's just not right.
If they do get out of prison, once they have completed their sentence those designated "sex offenders" are mandated by federal law to register with the police. This requirement covers those accused of even the slightest sexual impropriety with a person under 18 for which they may have been given a suspended sentence. They must provide their names, addresses and other personal information which is then made public on the internet and in other ways. It is common that they are hounded, driven out of their jobs and homes and humiliated for decades. They are almost without the protection of Constitutional rights. They have no way to re-integrate into society. Their families and friends are almost as "shamed" and ostracized as they are. Such public humiliation and isolation has led to suicides. Several registered persons have been murdered by those who found their addresses, in two cases randomly.
Sex offenders are often very limited regarding travel and where they can live and they are often prohibited from being in many public spaces. A new wave of local legislation is sweeping over the land make it illegal for registered persons who have served their sentences to live virtually anywhere at all. In Miami, they can only live under a bridge.
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Serious flaws in system
This is an outrage! These over-reaching laws do not make communities safer, in fact, they make them less safe. Many former sex offenders have families who are also affected by these unjust laws. Plus, the majority of sex offenders have committed non-violent crimes such as viewing a few nude teen images on the Net or urinating in public! These people are hardly the demonic molesters hiding in shadows waiting to strike as the corrupted news media would have us believe. Sure these are crimes, but not major ones, and they and their families should not be subject to eternal damnation by career-minded politicians and sensationalistic journalists.The current laws in a number of states overpunish these non-violent people based on little or no facts. Factually, the majority of sex offenders do not re-offend based on a study by the Department of Justice. This is likely because most are not "sexual predators".
The sex offender web registry should be reserved only for those offenders scientifically evaluated to be a high-risk. Police are overburdened with the SOR and have a difficult time keeping up with all offenders, thus allowing the truly dangerous offenders in the minority a chance to re-offend. It is time to reform the SOR in every state, especially Nevada, based on rational judgment instead of hysterical conclusions.
He said it right
Can we please stop this madness
the laws need to be changed! In Georgia for example, people are condemned to a life of nothing. you cant even get a job flipping a hambureger for gods sakes. what do you do, your life is condemned anyway? my husband´s case is not what the laws say. a judge in our county made sure of that. there were 8 cases in that county in that year and everyone of them were guilty even if they didnt do it. some of them were guilty of the crime, (some not guilty) and they got not what they deserved but what the judge said they did. you cant judge; you cant fight what he says, not even to the supreme court, and justice is supposed to work for everyone.you tell me - what about the people that are small and cant afford to fight. thank you for the address of the Georgia chapter. i will never give up. god help me!
Why these laws don't work
Politicians and the public love sex offender laws. Everyone wants to protect children and reduce threats to public safety. Trouble is, the laws may do more harm than good.The right to live free of sexual violence is fundamental. But two years of intensive research into sex offender laws in the United States has convinced us that politicians in California (and elsewhere in the country) failed to do their homework when enacting such popular laws. Many bills are passed in response to truly horrific crimes -- like the murders of Polly Klaas, Megan Kanka and Jessica Lunsford -- but sadly, they are often based on misconceptions that make them less effective in preventing violence.
The laws that were studied cover three main categories -- residency restrictions, community notification and registration. Although promoted as ways to protect children, they are not limited to people who have abused children and are likely to do so again. Instead, they typically apply to anyone who has committed any kind of sex-related offense and can include teenagers having consensual sex, streakers and others committing nonviolent crimes. Those convicted as juveniles -- some as young as 10 -- are also subject to these laws.
But is public safety really served by such legislation? There's a lot of evidence to suggest that these laws don't protect children and may even increase the risk by exacerbating the factors that lead people to re-offend.
Let's look at why residency restrictions, for example, aren't effective. Under California's Proposition 83 -- also known as Jessica's Law -- sex offenders released from prison after the law took effect are barred from living within 2,000 feet of any school or park. Given the density of schools and parks in many areas, the residency restriction effectively banishes them for life from living in many cities and towns, often far from their homes, families, jobs and treatment. That makes it nearly impossible for offenders to re-integrate into society successfully and hinders their supervision by police.
SoClear media is doing their part
Protest Against Abusive Sex Offender Laws: Terry Brown
SO CLEAR MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Presents The Truth Regarding America's Registered Sex Offenders Humanitarian Project: On location in Miami Florida June 15, 16, 17 2007 Miami Ground Zero: Bridge Over Troubled Waters Media Event Terry Brown, Founder/Chairman/Representative for the Hope4Tommorow Foundation http://www.hope4tomorrow.us Reporting Participating groups in RSO community recorded on site under the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge A Documentary about the forced homelessness of registered sex offenders on June 2007 in Miami Beach Florida This is an ongoing collaborative media event to present factual empirical evidence concerning registered sex offenders including a coalition of experts consisting of countless organizations including therapists, medical professionals, family advocates, victim advocates and those family members including the children of registered sex offenders directly effected by the collateral effect of punishment laws labeled as regulatory rather than what they really are. There comes a time to draw a line in the sand when common sense has been breached and where moral, legal and constitutional principles have been disregarded by those who hold public office. The focus and purpose of such punitive laws are to make it impossible to live in society and punishing the family unit by extension, this does not prevent future sex crimes. The focus is to concentrate on the past offense for the sole purpose of shaming and punishing then defining it as a "regulatory scheme" under juris prudence doctrines. Those who hold public office have taken the attitude of "let the chips fall where they may" ignoring any kind of community support aimed at reintegration other than segregation and isolation, this makes it more likely that a future crime will occur out of desperation to survive (the variables). 96.5% of sex crimes are committed by a person (the general public) who is not on a sex offender registry so that leaves one question, how did these punitive laws protect any children? Blame shifting? If 5% of the population in the United States is reconvicted for another sex offense; ask yourself this question ...how tiny of a group is that? Punitive laws exclusively aimed at registered sex offenders? Did those in public office base their legislation on empirical data, and did they base this on those facts or are they selling you a false sense of security to make sure you vote for them in the next election? When any public official is in control of any public office, their affirmative and primary duty is to uphold the State and United States Constitution, taking an oath of office is a responsibilty, not a tool of personal pleasure to create false and perjured testimony for re-election time. FACT: Documented empirical studies documented that less than 5% of sex offenders re-offend sexually--leaving 95% that will not! For more empirical information visit http://www.soclear.org/MultiMedia/TheWrittenWord.htm Copyright 2007 - All Rights Reserved - SO CLEAR MEDIA CORPORATION, INC. - Clackamas, Oregon http://www.soclear.org/
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Protecting the public, but at what cost ?
The right to live free of sexual violence is fundamental. But two years of intensive research into sex offender laws in the United States has convinced us at Human Rights Watch that politicians in California (and elsewhere in the country) failed to do their homework when enacting such popular laws. Many bills are passed in response to truly horrific crimes -- like the murders of Polly Klaas, Megan Kanka and Jessica Lunsford -- but sadly, they are often based on misconceptions that make them less effective in preventing violence.
The laws we studied cover three main categories -- residency restrictions, community notification and registration. Although promoted as ways to protect children, they are not limited to people who have abused children and are likely to do so again. Instead, they typically apply to anyone who has committed any kind of sex-related offense and can include teenagers having consensual sex, streakers and others committing nonviolent crimes. Those convicted as juveniles -- some as young as 10 -- are also subject to these laws.
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The issue here is money if they don't put people on the registries then the local gavernments and states don't get money, why is it so hard to see this look at the past gov. of New York Ste he was pushing this stuff where is he now what has his punishment been and why isn't he manadated to be put on The Registry that he helped create, money ,power and position is all this that these laws are about People of America you are being lied to the rate to re-offend is very low and if they tell you the truth then they can't get the money. Posted August 15, 2008 |
