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Because of the latest court ruling in Maryland, that state is beginning to remove registrants' names from the registry. As in Oklahoma and Ohio, it was a retroactivity issue that cause the court to rule in favor of the offenders affected.
http://tinyurl.com/qdjsu8e
I got this from another board, so I want to give SOSEN credit for the find, although I did know this was coming.
I believe this is the work of Nancy Forster there in Maryland.
I am so happy that some people are actually coming off the registry, but if anybody knows anyone from Maryland that will be affected, don't expect them to be taken off right away.
It took Oklahoma an entire year to remove the registrants who were affected by the Starkey decision.
This is the state by state attack on the registry I often talk about. We need to keep this going with as many states as possible.
This should give each and every poster, every mother, every wife, every girlfriend and every family member of a registrant HOPE that things ARE getting better. Hopefully, these decisions will move to other states.
Just remember, next month, six months from now, or next year may be the time when a court challenge is filed in your state that will result in the removal of YOUR loved one.
This can only be encouraging news.
If anyone needs any information how it was done in Oklahoma, message me.
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http://tinyurl.com/qdjsu8e
I got this from another board, so I want to give SOSEN credit for the find, although I did know this was coming.
I believe this is the work of Nancy Forster there in Maryland.
I am so happy that some people are actually coming off the registry, but if anybody knows anyone from Maryland that will be affected, don't expect them to be taken off right away.
It took Oklahoma an entire year to remove the registrants who were affected by the Starkey decision.
This is the state by state attack on the registry I often talk about. We need to keep this going with as many states as possible.
This should give each and every poster, every mother, every wife, every girlfriend and every family member of a registrant HOPE that things ARE getting better. Hopefully, these decisions will move to other states.
Just remember, next month, six months from now, or next year may be the time when a court challenge is filed in your state that will result in the removal of YOUR loved one.
This can only be encouraging news.
If anyone needs any information how it was done in Oklahoma, message me.
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I think this is a great thing for those that are on the registry that will be removed. It's been a long time coming.
These people in office are truly pieces of work.
The Starkey case in Oklahoma was tied up in the lower courts for almost two years before it was ultimately decided by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The politicians in Oklahoma knew that there was a very good chance that Oklahoma would lose this decision and thousands would be removed permanently from the registry; they had already lost in a couple of lower courts.
So, as a last ditch effort, the hail Mary so to speak, a year before the case was finally decided, the politicians tried to pass a law in Oklahoma that anyone, regardless of the reason, had to have a court order to be removed from the sex offender registry. Talk about dirty pool!!
They knew that many registrants could probably not afford an attorney to help them get the court order and would remain on the registry. I don't really know how, as it was a constitutional issue, but that was their hope.
The proposal did not ever get out of committee and the DOC said that any removal did not require a court order.
BUT those rotten politicians did everything they could to sabotage an expected court decision.
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Yes, there are undoubtedly some that will be removed that are still dangerous, just as there are some that will remain that are no threat to anyone.
But we are a nation of laws, and the Constitution trumps who should or ought to be on the registry.
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It is all about that slippery slope.... slippery slope indeed.
Once we start compromising and allow parts of the registry to stay, it just gives the politician a base---a foothold---to start adding back restrictions in some form again.
And, trust me, they will do just that. Then in a few years, we will be back to square one.
The only solution is to get rid of the whole damn thing. If someone is so dangerous that we have to put them on a list for the entire world to view, then they should not be out of prison. If a jury verdict or a plea is 10 years, then an offender should have no other burdens after the 10 year period. If he or she is that dangerous, the jury should have given him more time or the DA should not have allowed such a plea bargain.
I realize this abolishment may have to be accomplished by a piece-by-piece method, as that is the only way that would be acceptable to the public---if it will ever be accepted in any form. But the goal should be to abolish it.
Lists like the registry are unAmerican and have no place in a democratic society, in my opinion.
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