Comments on: Lawmaker pondering sensible reform to sex offender registry http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim Morris http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-128219 Jim Morris Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:49:05 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-128219 Its time to get rid of all sex offender registries all scientific studies conducted to date prove they do not work or protect the public additionally it has been proven offenders repeat rate is lower than most crimes. Should we punish sex offenders , yes we should but after they are punished that should be the end of it. The registries only continue to punish the offender and their children and other family members who have commuted no crime. Wake up this is America not Nazi Germany Its time to get rid of all sex offender registries all scientific studies conducted to date prove they do not work or protect the public additionally it has been proven offenders repeat rate is lower than most crimes. Should we punish sex offenders , yes we should but after they are punished that should be the end of it. The registries only continue to punish the offender and their children and other family members who have commuted no crime.
Wake up this is America not Nazi Germany

]]> By: CFCOKLAHOMA_ORG http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-79858 CFCOKLAHOMA_ORG Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:26:48 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-79858 Interesting article here: Amber Alerts 2010 – Who Are The Real Predators - John Walsh "Lets get rid of the Registry." - http://t.co/RZutUHs and Abolish the Public Sex Offender Registry - Change.org http://t.co/fOrXaRN Interesting article here: Amber Alerts 2010 – Who Are The Real Predators – John Walsh “Lets get rid of the Registry.” – http://t.co/RZutUHs

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Abolish the Public Sex Offender Registry – Change.org http://t.co/fOrXaRN

]]> By: sandra bennett http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-56690 sandra bennett Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:33:34 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-56690 <I'm so glad that someone is looking at the sex offender laws. Not everyone need to be on the registry. <I'm so glad that someone is looking at the sex offender laws. Not everyone need to be on the registry.

]]> By: Still waiting for registry reform | a public defender http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-44405 Still waiting for registry reform | a public defender Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:13:53 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-44405 [...] an interview in which he touted the need for sensible reforms to the sex offender registry. I was buoyed by it and a little hopeful. After all, who can not see the benefits of a tiered sex offender registry? [...] [...] an interview in which he touted the need for sensible reforms to the sex offender registry. I was buoyed by it and a little hopeful. After all, who can not see the benefits of a tiered sex offender registry? [...]

]]> By: t.s.law http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-31089 t.s.law Tue, 13 May 2008 18:50:58 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-31089 i'm in a simular situation,i was convicted at 18 years of age for misconduct with a 15 year old. got 5 years probation + lifetime registration. after 3 years i was re sentenced and released from regestration.i never had any previous or any further trouble. at 40 years old i was arrested for rolling papers and put on probation/with sex offender regulations i'm a father of three and happily married. since then i lost my job and home all because of this registration crap. ive passed all their sexual deviant polygraphs + have 4 phsyciatric profiles from 2 states saying i'm not a threat to anyone. but they won't release me, i think they should weigh all cases on their own and asses each offender as an individual this cookie cutter broad brushstroke idea has caused many people to fail in life. i think these adults luring raping children should be watched but as for the rest of us leave us alone. i’m in a simular situation,i was convicted at 18 years of age for misconduct with a 15 year old. got 5 years probation + lifetime registration. after 3 years i was re sentenced and released from regestration.i never had any previous or any further trouble. at 40 years old i was arrested for rolling papers and put on probation/with sex offender regulations i’m a father of three and happily married. since then i lost my job and home all because of this registration crap. ive passed all their sexual deviant polygraphs + have 4 phsyciatric profiles from 2 states saying i’m not a threat to anyone. but they won’t release me, i think they should weigh all cases on their own and asses each offender as an individual this cookie cutter broad brushstroke idea has caused many people to fail in life. i think these adults luring raping children should be watched but as for the rest of us leave us alone.

]]> By: Christian Peper http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-18287 Christian Peper Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:37:36 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-18287 I have never committed a “sexual offence” or desired to do so but because I argue for the age of consent to be puberty and for safe sex being taught in school I have internet vigilantes posting slander about me all over the internet. This has hurt my job prospects. We live in a classic police state. This is no different than the Nazis vs. the Jews. All ready over 1 out of 100 in USA is in prison and over 8 million are in the system (probation, etc.). The USA can’t afford it’s prison fetish anymore. I have never committed a “sexual offence” or desired to do so but because I argue for the age of consent to be puberty and for safe sex being taught in school I have internet vigilantes posting slander about me all over the internet.

This has hurt my job prospects.

We live in a classic police state. This is no different than the Nazis vs. the Jews. All ready over 1 out of 100 in USA is in prison and over 8 million are in the system (probation, etc.).

The USA can’t afford it’s prison fetish anymore.

]]> By: charles mcgonagle http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16690 charles mcgonagle Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:56:49 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-16690 I agree that there are many bad people in this world that we all need protection from. However the currant and purposed sex offener laws are not doing what they were put into place to do. I am a registered sex offender and this is my story. In 1985 I was only twenty. I was at a party and met a girl. We were all drinking and having a great time. I ended up in my car with this girl and we fooled around. We came close but did not have sex. It turns out she was underage. I did six months in jail for my "crime". Ten years past and during that time I got married, had two children, went back to school and got my degree. In 96 I get a letter telling me I am a sex offender and I must register until I am dead. This was not on public record. While registering at some police departments I was spit on by cops. I was shoved into a wall. I was forced to sit and be degraded. I was threatend by police as well. Now twenty three years after my "crime" I am on the public web page labeled as a child molester. All of my neighbors hate me and want me to move. My job and career that I have spent years building will be lost soon. This means I will lose my house. My daughter is harresed at school by her peirs. My life is in ruins and I am told that it will only get worse do to upcoming law changes for next year. As I understand it the sex offender registration is supposed to Protect people and not further punish the poeple on it. I am constantly told by my states officials that I am not being further punished. Oh just for the record I have never had a sex offence before of since that incodent. Am I a threat to sociaty? Are your children in danger of me? There are many people out there in the same situation as I am. Where have OUR rights gone? Are we to be considered the exceptable casualties of unjust and confused laws. I guess our lives are expendable in the name of protecting the people. Can you really read my story and say to yourself that I deserve this? I am truly sorry if you of someone you know or love has been hurt by a truly bad person. Please explain to me why trashing my life fixes that for you. Send your responce to charlesmcgonagle@comcast.net I agree that there are many bad people in this world that we all need protection from. However the currant and purposed sex offener laws are not doing what they were put into place to do. I am a registered sex offender and this is my story. In 1985 I was only twenty. I was at a party and met a girl. We were all drinking and having a great time. I ended up in my car with this girl and we fooled around. We came close but did not have sex. It turns out she was underage. I did six months in jail for my “crime”. Ten years past and during that time I got married, had two children, went back to school and got my degree. In 96 I get a letter telling me I am a sex offender and I must register until I am dead. This was not on public record. While registering at some police departments I was spit on by cops. I was shoved into a wall. I was forced to sit and be degraded. I was threatend by police as well. Now twenty three years after my “crime” I am on the public web page labeled as a child molester. All of my neighbors hate me and want me to move. My job and career that I have spent years building will be lost soon. This means I will lose my house. My daughter is harresed at school by her peirs. My life is in ruins and I am told that it will only get worse do to upcoming law changes for next year. As I understand it the sex offender registration is supposed to Protect people and not further punish the poeple on it. I am constantly told by my states officials that I am not being further punished. Oh just for the record I have never had a sex offence before of since that incodent. Am I a threat to sociaty? Are your children in danger of me? There are many people out there in the same situation as I am. Where have OUR rights gone? Are we to be considered the exceptable casualties of unjust and confused laws. I guess our lives are expendable in the name of protecting the people. Can you really read my story and say to yourself that I deserve this? I am truly sorry if you of someone you know or love has been hurt by a truly bad person. Please explain to me why trashing my life fixes that for you. Send your responce to charlesmcgonagle@comcast.net

]]> By: EUGENE LEMMONS http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-10494 EUGENE LEMMONS Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:05:33 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-10494 A STATEMENT OF RIGHTS RIGHTS DEFINED: THE "RIGHTS" GRANTED TO EVERY CITIZEN ALSO APPLY TO "ALL" SEX OFFENDERS & FLOW FROM COMMON LAW,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,&STATUTORY LAW .THESE RIGHTS CAN BE DIMINISHED, IF A PERSON ADVERSELY INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON. SOME RIGHTS ARE SO FUNDAMENTEL THAT THEY NEED NO LAW TO DEFINE THEM. AT BIRTH A PERSON IS AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO A PLACE IN SOCIETY,A PLACE TO LIVE ,A PLACE TO WORK TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES,A PLACE TO WORSHIP GOD ACCORDING TO THEIR BELEIF, & THE RIGHT TO MARRY , ESTABLISH A HOME & BRING UP CHILDREN. ABSENT A CRIMINAL ACT , & THEN ONLY DURING THE SENTENCE OF THE ACT ,& THEN ONLY DURING THE SENTENCE FOR THAT ACT , THESE RIGHTS ARE FUNAMENTEL & CANNOT BE ELIMINATED- BY ANYONE OR ANY GOVERMENT . SOCIETY GENERALLY PERCEIVES, THAT ALL SEX OFFENDERS WILL RECIDIVATE ( OFFEND AGAIN ) AND BECAUSE OF THAT PERCEPTION ,SOCIETY BELEIVES THEIR RIGHTS ,CAN OR SHOULD BE DIMINISHED & SOME EVEN FEEL ELIMINATED!BUT, BUT , THANK GOD THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THAT ! THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO WANT TO DIMINISH RIGHTS TO EXIST FOR ALL SEX OFFENDERS , THOSE FOLKS FAIL TO RECOGNIZE, IF GOVERMENT CAN DIMINISH RIGHTS OF -ANYONE OR A GROUP-,THEN IT HAS THE POWER TO DIMINISH RIGHTS OF EVERYONE !! SOMEDAY, EVERY DOOR MAY KNOCK ! PERSONS CONVICTED OF A CRIME HAVE A CIRCLE OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM, THEIR ZONE OF ASSOCIATIONS,AND THEIR FAMILY, (OFTEN WITH CHILDREN ),FRIENDS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, AND THEIR DAILY CONTACTS .FINALLY WHEN THE OF A PERSON "PREVIOUSLY" CONVICTED OF A CRIME ARE DIMINISHED,IT EFFECTS NOT ONLY THAT PERSON ,BUT EVERY PERSON IN THEIR ZONE OF ASSOCIATIONS - EVERY ONE SUFFERS ! INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN . A STATEMENT OF RIGHTS

RIGHTS DEFINED: THE “RIGHTS” GRANTED TO EVERY CITIZEN ALSO APPLY TO “ALL” SEX OFFENDERS & FLOW FROM COMMON LAW,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,&STATUTORY LAW .THESE RIGHTS CAN BE DIMINISHED, IF A PERSON ADVERSELY INFRINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.
SOME RIGHTS ARE SO FUNDAMENTEL THAT THEY NEED NO LAW TO DEFINE THEM. AT BIRTH A PERSON IS AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO A PLACE IN SOCIETY,A PLACE TO LIVE ,A PLACE TO WORK TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES,A PLACE TO WORSHIP GOD ACCORDING TO THEIR BELEIF, & THE RIGHT TO MARRY , ESTABLISH A HOME & BRING UP CHILDREN. ABSENT A CRIMINAL ACT , & THEN ONLY DURING THE SENTENCE OF THE ACT ,& THEN ONLY DURING THE SENTENCE FOR THAT ACT , THESE RIGHTS ARE FUNAMENTEL & CANNOT BE ELIMINATED- BY ANYONE OR ANY GOVERMENT .

SOCIETY GENERALLY PERCEIVES, THAT ALL SEX OFFENDERS WILL RECIDIVATE ( OFFEND AGAIN ) AND BECAUSE OF THAT PERCEPTION ,SOCIETY BELEIVES THEIR RIGHTS ,CAN OR SHOULD BE DIMINISHED & SOME EVEN FEEL ELIMINATED!BUT, BUT , THANK GOD THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THAT !

THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO WANT TO DIMINISH RIGHTS TO EXIST FOR ALL SEX OFFENDERS , THOSE FOLKS FAIL TO RECOGNIZE, IF GOVERMENT CAN DIMINISH RIGHTS OF -ANYONE OR A GROUP-,THEN IT HAS THE POWER TO DIMINISH RIGHTS OF EVERYONE !!
SOMEDAY, EVERY DOOR MAY KNOCK !

PERSONS CONVICTED OF A CRIME HAVE A CIRCLE OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM, THEIR ZONE OF ASSOCIATIONS,AND THEIR FAMILY, (OFTEN WITH CHILDREN ),FRIENDS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, AND THEIR DAILY CONTACTS .FINALLY WHEN THE OF A PERSON “PREVIOUSLY” CONVICTED OF A CRIME ARE DIMINISHED,IT EFFECTS NOT ONLY THAT PERSON ,BUT EVERY PERSON IN THEIR ZONE OF ASSOCIATIONS -
EVERY ONE SUFFERS ! INCLUDING THEIR CHILDREN .

]]> By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-8950 Gideon Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:32:34 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-8950 Mark, The bill did not pass. The Risk Assessment Board was given more time to complete its study and findings. Mark,

The bill did not pass. The Risk Assessment Board was given more time to complete its study and findings.

]]> By: Mark Mahoney http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-8949 Mark Mahoney Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:18:22 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/02/lawmaker-pondering-sensible-reform-to-sex-offender-registry/#comment-8949 What is happening in CT with residency restrictions? Has sHB 5503 been approved (requires the Risk Assessment Board to use the risk assessment scale it develops to determine the sex offenders who should be prohibited from living within 1,000 feet of the property comprising an elementary or secondary school or a licensed center- or home-based child day care facility) and has there been any effect? Mark Mahoney Buffalo, NY What is happening in CT with residency restrictions? Has sHB 5503 been approved (requires the Risk Assessment Board to use the risk assessment scale it develops to determine the sex offenders who should be prohibited from living within 1,000 feet of the property comprising an elementary or secondary school or a licensed center- or home-based child day care facility) and has there been any effect?

Mark Mahoney
Buffalo, NY

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