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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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Which brings me to my second thought, it shouldn't be public, but LE only. And, there needs to be means in all 50 states to petition for removal. It should be a straightforward, affordable process.
Oh, and residency and access restrictions should be outlawed. They serve no actual purpose.
Well, there are some people that should never be out of prison, some people that should never be able to have children, some people that should have never been on the registry in the first place, some people that should never....., some people that should never.....
We could go on and on forever.
Just because some people are dangerous has no bearing on whether there should be a registry or not.
There are dangerous people who drive while drinking, there are people who commit domestic violence on their partner, there are people into gang activity, and there are people who sell drugs. None of these people have a "list" they need to be on, so why should we compromise and say the sex offenders need to be placed on a "list?"
Why should we compromise and allow us to be different???
There registry should not be public, the registry should not be retroactive, and the registry should not be LE only. Why? There should not be a registry in the first place. It is just wrong in a democratic society to place people WHO HAVE FINISHED THEIR SENTENCE mandated by a plea bargain or a jury decision to be place on any kind of list and be forced to register. PERIOD.
What makes a sex offender any different than a repeat DUI offender or a drug dealer? Nobody else is on a "list" so if anyone can give me a valid reason that sex offenders should be on one, I would like to hear it.
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Find and dandy, BUT, if it is TRULY only a civil regulatory procedure to protect the public, then why is the punishment for not complying written in the criminal code of most states?
If this is only a civil measure, why is not complying a felony punishment, often sending people back to prison?
If you are caught speeding, you don't go to prison. If you are caught with no drivers license, they don't send you to prison. I can think of no other "civil" law, which, when broken leads to imprisonment and another felony conviction.
How can non-compliance of a "civil" law cause a felony conviction?
I have asked several lawyers that question and they have no answers. Even my former defense lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, had no real answer when I posed that question to him.
Think about it.
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as for the registry itself/? no i don't believe in it at all. if and i do mean if, a registry has to exist for some reason it should only be seen/available to LE. it should never, ever have been put online for public view, speculation and use. with the registry being online it has caused more harm and endangered more lives that it has ever helped.
and no it should not be applied retroactively. why in the hell anyone who has served their time and jumped thru all the hoops over the years and has not even once, since finishing his or her obligation and punishment or caused even a blip on the LE radar? someone who is now a mom or dad, a good average citizen who's trying to live quietly? why should they be put on a registry is beyond me.