800,000+ registered offenders. 200,000 of which where children when convicted. some as young as 8 or 9 years old. We've placed kids who are just curious about the human body or are victims of abuse themselves and acting out because of that abuse in the same registry as the most predatory rapists. AND WORSE the general public doesnt realize this is the case, and are led to believe the registry is only violent criminals thus allowing the system to violate more and more people's rights. This is not public safety or justice in any way.
The sex offender registry is slavery. It keeps a person who has completed their sentence bound to an authority, Institution, System or Person for life with the threat of incarceration, violence or death. It does not matter if the offender is chained or not, forced labor or not, exploited or not. The point is that they are bound for life with the threat of incarceration, violence or death.
how is alarming and knowing where dangerous sexual predators such as rapists or pedos, you realise more people have had been safe and knowing of danger to the registry, just admit you a sex offender, probs are, but seriously if udon't want a registry then don't offend at all ok, this registry isn't smth fuckign harmless naughty list its a list of people who have harmed or will continue to harm vulnerable people of society
I was accused and convicted in oklahoma. I served 12 3/4 years in prison. My victim reported to the police I committed this crime in my sleep. I was going through a divorce and hostile child custody battle when the accusations came forward. A woman that my wife met started feeding her drugs and "wanted" her but I stood in the way. She didn't like my kids yet she realized the only way she was going to get closer to my wife was through my kids. All of a sudden she was their savior. My ex wife had accused her father of the exact same accusation. When I told my kids during a visitation I was going to court the next week to get temporary full custody until she could find her own place, job, etc, because she was living with this woman and I didn't feel my ex-wife was in the right state of mind do to the drugs and her behavior and housing conditions. 2 days after I dropped them off, I get a protective order. I was represented by a public defender. There's alot more to this story. Now I have to get my driver's license renewed every year, even though I register every three months with state and federal. I feel it's extortion. I drive the same roads everyone else does (with) restrictions to safety zones, I pay the same road repair taxes everyone else does. There is no reason they can justify charging me $48.00 "every year" when every one else gets a license for four years at a "one time" cost of $48.00.. no attorneys have the guts to stand up to the state. I've written the ACLU, governor, tax commission with one response from the governor telling me the osbi deals with exonerations not addressing my complaint on the $$ for driver's license.. any comments, suggestions, advice, good or bad please email me at kennyfanning757@gmail.com.
Thank you for your comprehensive and candid views on a wide variety of issues related to sex offender registries throughout the nation, in general, and in Michigan, in particular.
Thanks, very nice of you Janice, been a few years since we talked but I am glad you enjoyed the webinar. I hope you are doing as well as possible during this challenging time!
My friend was unjustly convicted of a sex crime and has suffered the registry for nearly 20 years. As a result he has been violated for simple oversites and servered over 4 years. We appealed the conviction but they say he waited too long. His lawyer failed to see there was no kit done and advised him to take a plea. So the scared 17 yr old took it. All he needs is his day in court to prove his inocence.
The wrong people are listed on the registry, it should be all the religious affiliates, public( doctors,nurses, daycare providers) and government employees .
The same thing happened to my loved one. No evidence, the middle schooler had never been alone with the child, but they told him he would go to prison for the rest of his life if he didn't take the plea. He wasn't going to take it and wanted a jury trial, but the judge said it would be a bench trial because of his age, and the Judge already had decided he was guilty. He ended up taking the plea at the last minute because he was being charged as an adult. Once you take that plea, another trial is usually out of the question.
I want to thank every one of you that are speaking today for understanding the importance of humanity and being treated humanely after you have completed your sentence I salute you in my prayers are with you I hope that what you say here today what you bring forth today as information gets into the right hands and someone says hey it's about time for me to retire maybe I need to stand up for some people wouldn't that be awesome.
not only did this assist me in my assignment, but showed i am able to succeed in turning myt life around and entring professional society. thank you for the great look on this
Basically the whole registry is punishment no matter how you want to slice it. It was included in your sentence, a fee was paid, $35 "one time fee, and then the $50 annual fee added later (which is illegal changing that). All the extra stipulations added were illegal. Basically the michigan sex registry is like an appartment complex. They said this initially, you pay 500 a month, but then 3 months down the road, the change it to 700 a month. In the end, all registrants will be released from this that were convicted before 2011. Also I believe the extra illegal fees imposed will be paid back or michigan will face another lawsuit. Any logical politician in Michigan who at the time was looking for voters, had to know this was illegal and would be years later overturned. They just did it at the time for votes. Because after all, whos gonna stick up for them?
Fully agree. No matter how much facts and truths are shown to those in power they just don't want to touch the sex offender laws despite knowing how insane as well as illegal they really are. It's to easy for them to use to get votes and the media to get ratings. It's all against basic human rights that the USA just throws out the window when it comes to sex offenders in general. Other felons don't have a registry nor restrictions as much as sex offenders of even low level offenses. The other felonies at least have a line that says it's all they have to do then they are free whereas sex offenders don't have a line that's the end of their sentence. For sex offenders on the registry it's a never emding circle of lifetime punishment and restrictions with no way of escape. Those who have been sitting on those seats of power for over 30 years sure as hell don't want to change things given they saw how they could get votes and money by using it to their own agendas.
@@justinrabbitt9492 On smaller sex offenses I can see your point. For instance: indecent exposure, illegal porn, certain consensual statutory situations, crimes where the victim was willing or not directly there. But if an adult used their position as an adult to abuse a child sexually, or you hold another human down to abuse them in their most sacred areas, or you use a weapon to do so, I think everyone should know who that person is. And if that’s against the law then let me be the first to say let’s make it a life without possibility of parole sentence, or save the tax payer and to death row. To pretend that a bank robber, or a crime of passion murder, or manslaughter, is the same as stalking a human, that you know you can overpower to gratify yourself with sexually is disingenuous. They are not the same, the sexual deviant is far worse. And before you think I’m saying it’s worse than murder, I did not. I chose my words carefully and said a murder of passion, or an accident. Pre meditated murders usually will not get out for a very long time if ever. But I will rank them 1A and 1B with some sexual crimes being worse than murder yes. I don’t see how it’s against basic human rights. Anyone convicted of a felony comes up on a background check. I have no issue of the idea if you deprived others of their basic human rights, than there are some rights you never get back. Sorry. To end as I said above I can see your point with lesser sex crimes.
i will tell you from mypersonal experience , i live in florida probably one of the toughest sex offender laws in the country , i was convicted over 18 years ago it was rough i had no support and i lived homeless for a while but i survived it found a job in a kitchen because kitchens dont care about your back ground for minum wage jobs i built and saved my money i live in a tent till i had enough to get a place then i worked on a car that was a fiasco here as well it took me most of ten years to get all this without getting arrested or getting a charge , what i have learned from all this is society doesnt want me and i apprently dont need them either i roll with whatever new punishment they come up with i survive .i am almost 50 years old and i work out daily not for health reasons but because i fear and know someday someone will try and hunt me down and do harm to me , my realtionships and social groups are small on the number 5 to 6 people . So my over all point is registries and the laws that go with it is it makes me worse not better and to be honest if i wanted to do something , which i dont , that registry wouldnt stop me anyway so does it work not really
It is not only the Registry system itself that is ineffective to curb sexcrimes,but the repercussions in society it causes . It only breeds fear to citizens - who don't want them and their children , living next to someone convicted of a sex crime.Great video.
Yeah exactly. That’s the point. To protect society from sexual abusers. Who tf wants their kids around someone who raped kids. Of course they’re feared. You’re going after the most vulnerable in our society. I’d rather live next to a man that hates and wants to kill me specifically over someone who’s got the potential to rape my child. My child has no chance to defend themself. But I can. I’m not a small innocent child. You guys are sickos.
No one , according to our constitution should have their natural rights taken away , be placed on a public registry or be punished even more after they have completed their sentence / requirements . Also if someone moves from one state to another, after the completion of sentence , they should not be punished again by being placed on that states registry . Especially since they are no longer on the original states registry !
The whole registry needs to be abolished ! Last year , my husband , my father and I bought a new home in Florida . We moved from PA , where my husbands case was completed . He was no longer on the registry there , completed his punishment and had no restrictions . Completely a free citizen again . Two months after moving to Florida , sheriff is at our door to tell us that my husband has to register for life in Florida ! Unconstitutional! Punitive in nature and completely lawless .
@@Transform108 no , we didn’t think that something like this was even possible actually . You completed all of your time and requirements and were removed from registry in the original state but another state can punish you again for a case that wasn’t even in that state ? It’s insane !
One thing the registry also does it makes it hard for realtors to sale houses. This is the one crime the truly effects everyone. Most people wouldn't like it if their house was devalued by a hundred thousand dollars because a sex offender moved in next door. This madness has to stop. The punishment is bleeding over to everyone.
Never convicted anywhere in the u.s. yet put on the registry as a habitual offender and have been on this since 2007. Ive never been charged once let alone as a habitual offender yet thos is my listing and this is why im a teir 3. This has caused me to lose my children. The state has removed my parental rights in 2015 to be a father to my children. Ive been marched out of towns, where even though i was homeless, i was marched out of towns by people with guns, ive had my truck tires loosened with the intent to cause me harm, ive been harrassed by police and prosecutors filing charges against me for multiple failure to register charges even though i kept my registry compliant and the only changes occured due to legislative changes. My life has been destroyed by this list and my children believe me to be a monster, their is no hope for removal for me as i have no court of adjudication for me to appeal to for removal which is a primary requirement for removal. Ive been on this list since 2007 its now 2023 and again im under failure to register charges for trying to comply with the orders by judge cleland which, to my understanding verification was suspended for the duration of the covid pandemic and the covid pandemic was ended on may 11 yet a local prosecutor is charging me who was at one point my own public defender for the exact same charges in 2007 to which that judge saw my dilema and ruled in my favor dissmissing my case with prejudice after i had to fire said public defender because he was being elected as county prosecutor and used that pretext of elected official to try and get me to plead to 24 years for failure to registure when the changes in 2016 caused me to be in violation even though i was verifying up to two and three times a month due to being homeless. Im not an offender, i was never charged tried sentenced or convicted for any sex crime anywhere in america yet im listed as a habitual offender with no recourse to remove my name.
what about monthly compliance checks........shouldn't this be abolished too? this is more upsetting than when i was on probation a cop coming to my residence every month. hello from montana i never thought the registry should have been retroactive i was released from probation in 92 and got on with my life then all the new offender laws drug me right back into the system for life, i don't know where to go with this anger and nobody cares.
Serve justice by doing injustice. It’s an immature approach. They don’t want to work on the causes of the problem just the people who have the problems
Causes? These are predators who abuse CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE PROBLEM!!! The type of crimes they commit mean they crossed a line that they cant uncross, and people and communities need be protected from these animals. A man robs a store, does his time, and asks for redemption, he deserves a second chance and the ability to live without public monitoring. A man that does things to a child to unspeakable to type, NOPE. No second chances, no redemption, they crossed the Rubicon. Personally, I'd never even let them back into society so there wouldn't be a need for a registry.
I am a human being that made a mistake and I was punished and I have no problem with that. The only thing I have wrong against the registry is that it is public I don't mind the police knowing where I am at all times. But when you lay us out there as a Target for all these vigilantes that think that they're crimes that they have or haven't been caught for or better than anyone else. I pray always for anyone who is on the registry because it is a hard road to tow. My final words are I offended one time so that makes me more human than an offender.
The problem is that "sex offender" is now a much broader term than it used to be. They are too many people on the registry who don't need to be. Even misdemeanors where the offender didn't have to serve any jail time can be included in the registry. This overburdens law enforcement agencies who have to monitor them, making it easier for the more dangerous offenders to slip through the cracks
No way, people should have a right to know who moves into their neighborhoods. These people are getting exposed every day on social media trying to lure minors to meet in public places, all of those rights such as privacy are non negotiable when you commit a sexual offense. However what they need to do is clean up the registry. For example urinating in public at least 13 states have laws against this, flashing or streaking you can get an indecent exposure and require registration, and visiting a prostitute to name a few. Those people are the one's who are really being affected that you should be really trying to help.
And if you missed one day you go to jail on 2 charges 1 failure to resister you can get 6 months to 5 years and the other charge is absconded another 5 years so it is a punishment.
I know a person who is facing jail time for just not reporting on time. He didn't commit a crime or harm anyone, he didn't have any contact with anyone and he is facing jail time for no crime committed at all.
Seeing this is very informative and I pray every human being will eventually see the truth. The part about every person in politics all know that the registry, restrictions, and laws are wrong yet nobody is willing to stand up to say it just proves how the entire system is corrupt. All those in career politician seats of power and legislature just want to keep there positions. Nobody wants to be seen as a supporter of sex offenders when in truth it's just standing up for human decency given how the laws plus the registry does more harm than good. Tons of studies have been done backed by scientific facts of how the stuff claimed over 20 years ago when the laws were made are all just lies to fuel fear and make newer draconian restrictions based off emotions rather than common sense. The registry is just getting larger to the point where possibly it's possibly an entire state or mores worth of people with nowhere to go besides back to jail. Having constant hurdles to try to jump thru at every turn to "be a good person" just makes it more insane when other felons like murderers as well as drug dealers all don't have to go thru even a fraction of the insanity sex offenders do to even try to make a living. Murders, drug dealers, violent abusers, repeat drunks, ECT all have been praised in public eyes if they turn their lives around making positive impacts reintegrating into society again. Yet for those on the registry society deems them all unworthy to ever reintegrate even before a conviction and the laws just make it more impossible to live. Getting menial labor jobs, living far on outskirts of cities if ones lucky to not just emd up homeless, friends n family getting harassed for knowing you, and the fear of being hunted by vigilantes just cause they saw all your personal info online then having that wmotional trigger go off thinking you are the worst of the worst. People need to be better educated, term limits need to be set on all those in politics as well as legislation, the media needs to stop blowing cases way out of proportion even before a trial, the registry needs to go away forever, and humanity needs to learn to let everyone reintegrate back into society after time served. Make support groups for vicyims, help groups for those on probation, more true second chance companies for better employment, and maybe even put the money that's wasted on the registry towards funding it all.
I’m, 74. Ina wheelchair. I’m on the registry for life California dropped me every state I live d in has dropped me but one. North Carolina. . My wife’s daughter in law hates me and updates my information she is a state employee. For me to have it removed I have to go there and a petition for relief. You need an attorney. Hotel for 10 days.
(Texas) I was convicted back in '96 and was given 8yrs probation(I deserved what I got and take full responsibility). Violated probation two different times over the years(From curfew and such, and spent maybe 3 years total between them in TDCJ) the second time was released in '07 got off parole in '09 and have lived an awesome life since. Must register for the rest of my life though :(
Thank you to all the panelists, and thank you Judith Levine for pointing out the broad social aspect which influences behaviors and beliefs. The registry isolates those who may be lacking certain social skills. Everyone knows that a registrant is a potential target. What does this say about our society. How does this shape the mind of a registrant? Is the registrant just as repulsed as everyone else? We live in a society of repulsion. It paints a grim picture.
This conversation should be shown and had in every city like Rancho Cucamonga,Victor ville,San Bernardino, Riverside,Pomona. just to name a few in California.
Thank you! As you all have stated many times in many different ways, those local and federal politicians who have the power to eliminate these draconian, Scarlet Letter equivalent laws are afraid that they will not be re-elected or what their constituents will think of them if they speak up. The only thing that could possibly change that is wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent and knowledgeable people like you going public. Thank you again. peace, love, kindness, t
it shouldn't be a sex offenders list, it should be a violent crimes list and it isn't a sex crime, its theft when its under age, which means its not parental consent. It should not be a social justice where the hole community gets involved, as that person has served their punishment, therefore its over, and we being a republic, it is not constitutional to treat one group differently than the rest, when killers get set free. So to be socially acceptable it is much better to make a violent crimes list. This in turn goes back to the juvenile court system which does not work, it should be boot camp, because then they will think twice about becoming a repeat offender. This in turn is subject to single parents and using the school system as the babysitter so that single parents can work, so to solve that, there should be included within the school system everywhere to watch the children, even though our school had it. This in turn is adding things to our school system, and that in turn is because boys and girls are put into the same schools, the hole school system should be scrapped, and private school put into place, and still have the government funding for that. In this day and age school can be done online, as those teacher who are very good, and get good results, can teach and make money through videos. We all know the influence place on children by activist, we should have seen that with the prohibition.
Yes it's time we stop calling people "sex offenders" or stop calling people " predators" too and start calling them "registered sex residents". It's time we stop marginalizing people and stop treating them like like they not even human beings. We all mistakes in our lives and paid our debt to society, and the punishment shouldn't have to keep continuing on by putting people on a stupid public registry. It's time we stop discriminating someone for something that happened in their past and move on. It's sad that a person who was drunk ends up on a sex offender registry for life for simple public urination. And is all lumped up into one boat. Where do we draw the line and say "enoughs enough" by just throwing people on the sex offender registry for small sex offences??
Is there anything I can do to help someone on the registry(In Michigan) and his family, from being harassed stalked and threatened by a group of people online?
I am a first-time offender and I have had not committed another offense since I got out of prison in 2013. I don't know if you all or any of you have seen the movie The last Castle with Robert Redford where it was pointed out that corporal Aguilar had beaten someone with a hammer.
A stop should have a legal basis for its end. I cant express enough that laws inflicted on those on the registry violate Constitutional Protections of both State and Federal Constitutions across the country. Giving a drivers license to police representatives at the door and at the Office of Public Protection violates ones dight to be secure in their papers. Answering the door to Police Represenystives for checking address and license verification violates ones right to be secure in their papers as well as their right to be free from government search and seizure. Being required to attend to the Police Barracks for periodic registration violates ones right to be free from illegal seizure. Printing ones information on the internet violates ones right to security in their home. Printing ones information on the internet violates ones right to be safe in ones life-as printing this information has given way to vigilante attacks that the government is responsible for. The list goes on. Fear, shame, etc. "Any law repugnant to the Constitution is null and void" Marbury vs. Madison 5 US (Cranch) 137, 161, 167. Justice Marshall did not limit or set a degree of law that he declared null and void. He stated "Any law.....bill and void." How has our govetnment/s allowed such diabolical powers to entrench themselves into our American civil/criminal law system? Will anyone ever argue that Violating the Constitution is illegal? Will any Judge ever come to his/her senses? It should not take money to buy Constitutional protections. It should take blind justice to know when the sun is shining.
This is a positive and informative video. But. Out of thousands of views there are only 58 comments. Appearing to all be positive. Dont remove the haters comments. We can't hide. We have to stand and fight them.
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38:02 [expanding & applying the definition of sex offense, like criminalizing high school intimacy when 1 is over age 18, which has no impact on society. How does registering & jailing teenage boys and sometimes girls aged 18 or 19 for having consentual intimacy make society safer.]
22:20 [The registry makes it impossible to get a job, have safe housing & keep their children & other family members safe; results in increased revidivism]. in this way, making perpetrators register is additional punishment plus their sentence but does not keep anyone safer.]
Ive been looking up sex offender laws for Alabama,, Georgia, ang North Carolina. Forget about the absurd case of Florida. Every statutry or rule provided mentions "punishment of $250 payment to register and $10 thereafter", " their punishment is to have to register...", and then there are endless restrictions as to where they are not allowed to go-including bowling alleys and movie anywhere a child may ever be located. It is not just that they dont work. Lets get real here. They are punishment and states Assemblys know that. Judges are brain-dead about the topic. Ex post facto is a reperable violation of ones right against fackng facing punishment twice for the same offense.
Prevention of Sexual Assault, Mandatory Classes, for boys 6th thru 12th grade. This will reduce the Prison Population, 20 or 25 years, from now. U.S Military and Police Agency, must become more educational in these schools, in U.S.A.
Because they said they just saw my picture at the public library. I am tired of having to look over my shoulder I have never been in trouble in my life until this point what you was in 2010
I need these public offender registries taken away. Here is why. Say a person who is 25 years of age (age of majority) has sexual intercourse without violence on a 14-year-old, and that older person gets caught, arrested and prosecuted for indecent assault of a child--technically statutory rape. But because of the "rape" word, and rape is a type of sexual assault or--in some cases--severely indecent assault, that 25-year-old person will likely be on the sex offender registry as a Tier 3---aka a "violent sexual predator"--for life---EVEN IF THAT CHARGED PERSON DID NOT DO ANYTHING FORCIBLE! Tier 3 is the worst of the worst you can get when you are a sex offender. When you are in Tier 3--you are considered a "chomo", even if the sex crime you are caught red-handed is the least gross ones. And if you urinate on the public beach in front of children, you can also be on a Tier 3 registry for life upon being charged! Even if you never gratify your penis at all, this will still be indecent exposure to a lot of prosecutors--which is a registrable offense. One charged with indecent exposure SHOULD INSTEAD PLEA TO A NON-REGISTRABLE OFFENSE OF PUBLIC URINATION, which is usually not a "registrable offense" like indecent exposure is! The registries subject you not only to severe legal limitations on where you can live or meet up with or move, you are subject to being hated by EVERYONE! Even your friends, and even blood relatives will disown you (especially if the blood relatives charge you with sodomy, which is a registrable offense also!). You could also be marked for death and/or get death threats by phone, mail, email, etc.... See what I mean? Sex offender registries public-wise is cruel and unusual punishment on the ones registered, and that is why I want them struck down.
Another example - say you are a sex offender in Florida's Miami-Dade County, and you are told that you are banned from living within 2,500 feet of a K-12 school where children congregate. What can happen to you? You will be severely shamed and very likely homeless! This decree was actually passed in 2005, and it was devised by Ron Book, whose relative, Lauren Book, was sexually abused for a long time by Waldina Flores--her nanny. Technically, this new sex offender law is called Lauren Book's law. Still this is the worst residency restriction ever on the books of any other county that has sex registration laws/rules in the United States!!!
I would like to tell my story briefly, I am one of the first group of children to be placed on Megan’s law in 1994 For lifting up a girl skirt at school I just turned 14 years old . I am now 43 years old which means I been on there for 30 years . I was forced to drop out of school in the 8th grade because of this and I choose to work instead. I choose to learn about Glass which is called a Glazier and I am one of the best Glaziers in the country. Why have I been on there so long is the million dollar question ? At the age of 18 I had consensual sex with a 14 year old who told me she was 17 , she got pregnant and that’s how my name came up. I was arrested and was told her real age. I did 2 years in prison and was released in 2003 I then found out I would have to be on Megan’s law for 15 years with a parole officer and was given dozens of Unhuman rules , requirements and restrictions I was completely shocked. I Did about 7 years and they found out I was one of the top 10 charcoal artists in the country and just opened my own Glass company LLC . I was starting to make the papers from my art so they took me off the registry but kept me on supervised psl. I ended up doing 15 years on parole or Psl as they call it and the most I got was a small motor vehicle ticket in all that time. I was easily removed from the psl after 15 years which was 2018 , my lawyer was fighting for me to be removed from Megan’s law all together but the court said hey remember when u were 14 and lifted a girl skirt up ? Well we are not removing u off . That made me stronger to be even more successful, so I started more businesses and always stayed as a Glazier to the point where I became so good no matter what glass company I worked for I was the highest paid employee. I was never fired from a job because of this , I never was turned down from a job , I was never denied a apartment or house. I have horror stories from life on psl and I mean horror stories. I would like to tell those stories along with how I beat them and didn’t fail in life and right now I am extremely successful. I earn a 6 figure salary, I had No problems since I been removed from Psl until Now . I had a opportunity in Arizona where I can double my success and the NJ detective found out and violated me for leaving NJ and not telling Arizona police that I was there to work within 10 days smh . I am pissed that Law does Not want anyone on Megan’s law to be successful. I have a story where a police officer tried to set me up in NJ for crimes he knew I didn’t commit and if I didn’t have the money or resources I would have went back to jail and everything I done would have been wasted. But I out smarted him and hired a private investigator and he got the truth and all charges was dropped with a apology from the judge I have that report right now in my icould that I want to make public a long with all the illegal stuff I seen in these past 30 years . I have stories and proof that will raise so many eyebrows my email is alluniqueconstruction@gmail.com
I find it just cruel since its nearly impossible for those on the registry to get a decent job that pays a living wage. The system is basically making them take money away from food and housing to pay for their information to be put online where nobody besides law enforcement need to see it. If those that can't afford it I'm sure end up back in prison for technical violations which even that's a whole other can of worms is the insane technical violations. As a whole the system is messed up, the laws around sex offenders are a violation of human rights, the registry doesn't help anyone, and the job market needs to change to allow sex offenders who have paid their debt to get a job if they have the skills. If the company only hires adults and has no direct contact with anyone under age then they should be allowed chances to work, not just a second chance but multiple chances to reintegrate into society.
@@justinrabbitt9492 Human rights? Children are small humans that deserve more rights than anyone else....a right to live and feel safe wherever they are
@@nikkivp82 how about those 10 year olds who are also landing on the registry for sex offenses? Do they deserve the same cruelty of the adults? Do they deserve to have their lives and futures ended before even graduating high school? Do some better research and educate yourself cause if you didn't take much from this vid then you have no need to comment. The registry doesn't work to protect anyone, causes a stigma that's hurting the country, and people like you are to brainwashed by the media's control over your emotions to see your being controlled. Even those in seats of power know it all yet are to corrupt with their own greed to stand up to say it.
@@justinrabbitt9492 BRAVO, BRAVO, I gave this one a standing ovation, unfortunately he only cares about the sex offence part not the people that might land in this position even for very minor offences like pissing outside, in some states seeing a prostitute, or they didn't do anything at all and were accused of something, unlike in movies, and exaggerated news programs, there's not a rapist around every corner hunting for you.
One of the books that should be assigned to any class on this topic is _Positive Memories_ by Titus Rivas, which you can find at u r your story. Whenever possible, guest speakers should include not only "offenders," but also "victims" who refuse to identify as such, such as those whose accounts are compiled in that book.
Unfortunately we live in a world where Society needs a scapegoat if you look at history during the Revolutionary War it was African Americans during World War II it was the Jewish community unfortunately it would be such a huge outcry from the public to keep it because we all need to be able to say don't look at me and my imperfections look at the person living in my neighborhood.
I found this story, which might help you find some resources: shawneemissionpost.com/2020/02/18/kansas-tracks-ex-convicts-like-no-other-state-but-lawmakers-wonder-if-theyve-gone-too-far-87960/
Got jury trial for fail to register in a week for a crime that happened 25 years ago, they took my ability to live, I survive homless. It turns into punishment by blind vigilantes
46:30 [Hilary C called teenagers who committed crimes, “super preditors” which depersonalizes & dehumanizes the teenager. More punishment is not effective. Redirecting resources from registries , probation/ankle bracelet surveillance and shifting it to communities to strengthen community intervention: reintegration to society with a path to jobs.]
1:03 [Registration terms are too long & should be individualized because recidivism happens early in first few yearsp and to put the burden on state to prove that registrant needs longer period of registration instead of individual having to ask & hire a lawyer ]
Ya , that’s what I’m thinking . I was convinced with out evidence . But that’s not to say I didn’t do anything . In my case , I pleaded guilty to get away from her . And the court took that ball and ran with it . They declared me a predator . And I am on the register for life . However , the Megan’s law was in conception yet . And this state was /did not prepared for the what came at them from the public and the federal government . I had to hide in the justice system , because there was no secret place for me to go . And I’m sure there are other men who feel the same way . Abused women have shelters they can go to get away from their abusers . But men don’t . And unfortunately the judiciary doesn’t recognize men as possible victims too . We’re the rapist and that’s the end of it .
But I agree that most legislators believe that the registry is wrong but they just don't want to be the ones to say so under the pretense of maybe losing their position or job and I think that's sad to sell out another human being. I know we all want to keep our jobs but wouldn't it be great if Justice took precedence
My husband is 73 years old and he had a strok and he forgot to go to the court house to restasar on the 2 on September can he talk to someone and till them what happen
Hi, Erica. This is not a legal firm, and we can't give legal advice. If you are in Michigan, you can dial 2-1-1 and ask for legal services available in your area. Good luck!
13:58 [Leaders think its ineffective, disruptive, expensive; but afraid to day so, just like the drug laws that arrested addicts not distributors. ] So it’s a political football to get elected or create bully targets or false sense of security.
And he asked Aguilar how long was that moment just a few moments a few minutes of anger and Aguilar said yes. And the general said well that makes you mostly marine doesn't it.
Victims do matter. Don’t forget that the majority of offenders serve extensive prison sentences and strict probation guidelines. Is it right to punish them for the rest of their lives? I speak as a victim of child molestation. I don’t think it is just not to allow a person the chance to recover and fully reintegrate into society.
Men and young boys especially need to be educated at a young age what damage is actually caused by sexual in appropriate advances and acts; but mostly young girls need to be educated about predators. Protect the public! Children need to have rights! Children need to be heard. Children have to know what is inappropriate and how to get help! Sexually inappropriate behavior is rampant and a worldwide pandemic. Sexually inappropriate thoughts or actions will never be normalized. Stop the abuse! The public needs to be informed of sex offenders in their vicinity. Rings of colors like an ankle boot should be implemented. Every sex offender should have to wear a ring that is visible and traceable like a cell phone for the police to identify predator’s location.
The puritan view of sex causes more harm than damn near anything you listed. Most of these opinions are fear mongering and quite stupid. More ignorant people trying so hard to will their misinformation onto other people. I think you should be followed, people wanting the registry are usually the ones who need investigated. Weirdo.
@@safeandjustmi An elderly man moved nearby. Suddenly his dog waste is everywhere and continous barking. He would mock animal control, destroyed landscape, teen boys visiting and sleeping over, drugs, obnoxious use of racial slurs. Loud. Insults to neighbors. Then one day I googled his name and sure enough Megans list. I informed an agency about him. Same afternoon three police officers paid him a visit. He realized he was exposed as a sex offender from another state. At once everything changed, Any disturbance or visit by a teen brought a cop to his door. Long story short it became quiet. He is terrified when he sees me. We owe our peace and quiet to Megans list registry. Sorry , my experience showed me it is something that I should advocate for.
@@davidbell8401 and was he arrested for doing anything illegal? No? Then you didn't get anywhere with Megan's list but to harass him? You are the problem with having the registry public. Good job.
@@davidbell8401 My guess is that you are an absolute hypocrite. We should follow you around and turn you into the police for EVERY single thing you do that’s illegal. Uninformed ignorant people are FAR more dangerous than any other type.
800,000+ registered offenders. 200,000 of which where children when convicted. some as young as 8 or 9 years old. We've placed kids who are just curious about the human body or are victims of abuse themselves and acting out because of that abuse in the same registry as the most predatory rapists. AND WORSE the general public doesnt realize this is the case, and are led to believe the registry is only violent criminals thus allowing the system to violate more and more people's rights. This is not public safety or justice in any way.
Wow! I’ve never heard anyone talk about this. Thank you
The sex offender registry is slavery.
It keeps a person who has completed their sentence bound to an authority, Institution, System or Person for life with the threat of incarceration, violence or death. It does not matter if the offender is chained or not, forced labor or not, exploited or not. The point is that they are bound for life with the threat of incarceration, violence or death.
Yes the registry is completely unnecessary, and needs to be permanently abolish in every country!
I couldn't agree more with you that the sex offender registry does need to be abolished and permanently removed.
how is alarming and knowing where dangerous sexual predators such as rapists or pedos, you realise more people have had been safe and knowing of danger to the registry, just admit you a sex offender, probs are, but seriously if udon't want a registry then don't offend at all ok, this registry isn't smth fuckign harmless naughty list its a list of people who have harmed or will continue to harm vulnerable people of society
I was accused and convicted in oklahoma. I served 12 3/4 years in prison. My victim reported to the police I committed this crime in my sleep. I was going through a divorce and hostile child custody battle when the accusations came forward. A woman that my wife met started feeding her drugs and "wanted" her but I stood in the way. She didn't like my kids yet she realized the only way she was going to get closer to my wife was through my kids. All of a sudden she was their savior. My ex wife had accused her father of the exact same accusation. When I told my kids during a visitation I was going to court the next week to get temporary full custody until she could find her own place, job, etc, because she was living with this woman and I didn't feel my ex-wife was in the right state of mind do to the drugs and her behavior and housing conditions. 2 days after I dropped them off, I get a protective order. I was represented by a public defender. There's alot more to this story. Now I have to get my driver's license renewed every year, even though I register every three months with state and federal. I feel it's extortion. I drive the same roads everyone else does (with) restrictions to safety zones, I pay the same road repair taxes everyone else does. There is no reason they can justify charging me $48.00 "every year" when every one else gets a license for four years at a "one time" cost of $48.00.. no attorneys have the guts to stand up to the state. I've written the ACLU, governor, tax commission with one response from the governor telling me the osbi deals with exonerations not addressing my complaint on the $$ for driver's license.. any comments, suggestions, advice, good or bad please email me at kennyfanning757@gmail.com.
Thank you for your comprehensive and candid views on a wide variety of issues related to sex offender registries throughout the nation, in general, and in Michigan, in particular.
Thanks, very nice of you Janice, been a few years since we talked but I am glad you enjoyed the webinar. I hope you are doing as well as possible during this challenging time!
Please send us someone to oklahoma
It should have been only for law enforcement only just like it is in all countries. But America has a sick fetish of public shaming.
i agree
The UK has the very same sort of thing - called the UK Database. It has a lot of names on it - a few hundred thousand of them.
@IndianCurrycel No.
My friend was unjustly convicted of a sex crime and has suffered the registry for nearly 20 years. As a result he has been violated for simple oversites and servered over 4 years. We appealed the conviction but they say he waited too long. His lawyer failed to see there was no kit done and advised him to take a plea. So the scared 17 yr old took it. All he needs is his day in court to prove his inocence.
The wrong people are listed on the registry, it should be all the religious affiliates, public( doctors,nurses, daycare providers) and government employees .
The same thing happened to my loved one. No evidence, the middle schooler had never been alone with the child, but they told him he would go to prison for the rest of his life if he didn't take the plea. He wasn't going to take it and wanted a jury trial, but the judge said it would be a bench trial because of his age, and the Judge already had decided he was guilty. He ended up taking the plea at the last minute because he was being charged as an adult. Once you take that plea, another trial is usually out of the question.
@@mandyprescott2279basically you're fucked, or you're fucked. 😢😢😢
I want to thank every one of you that are speaking today for understanding the importance of humanity and being treated humanely after you have completed your sentence I salute you in my prayers are with you I hope that what you say here today what you bring forth today as information gets into the right hands and someone says hey it's about time for me to retire maybe I need to stand up for some people wouldn't that be awesome.
not only did this assist me in my assignment, but showed i am able to succeed in turning myt life around and entring professional society. thank you for the great look on this
Basically the whole registry is punishment no matter how you want to slice it. It was included in your sentence, a fee was paid, $35 "one time fee, and then the $50 annual fee added later (which is illegal changing that). All the extra stipulations added were illegal. Basically the michigan sex registry is like an appartment complex. They said this initially, you pay 500 a month, but then 3 months down the road, the change it to 700 a month. In the end, all registrants will be released from this that were convicted before 2011. Also I believe the extra illegal fees imposed will be paid back or michigan will face another lawsuit. Any logical politician in Michigan who at the time was looking for voters, had to know this was illegal and would be years later overturned. They just did it at the time for votes. Because after all, whos gonna stick up for them?
Fully agree. No matter how much facts and truths are shown to those in power they just don't want to touch the sex offender laws despite knowing how insane as well as illegal they really are. It's to easy for them to use to get votes and the media to get ratings. It's all against basic human rights that the USA just throws out the window when it comes to sex offenders in general. Other felons don't have a registry nor restrictions as much as sex offenders of even low level offenses. The other felonies at least have a line that says it's all they have to do then they are free whereas sex offenders don't have a line that's the end of their sentence. For sex offenders on the registry it's a never emding circle of lifetime punishment and restrictions with no way of escape. Those who have been sitting on those seats of power for over 30 years sure as hell don't want to change things given they saw how they could get votes and money by using it to their own agendas.
it wasnt included in my sentence
@@justinrabbitt9492 On smaller sex offenses I can see your point. For instance: indecent exposure, illegal porn, certain consensual statutory situations, crimes where the victim was willing or not directly there. But if an adult used their position as an adult to abuse a child sexually, or you hold another human down to abuse them in their most sacred areas, or you use a weapon to do so, I think everyone should know who that person is. And if that’s against the law then let me be the first to say let’s make it a life without possibility of parole sentence, or save the tax payer and to death row. To pretend that a bank robber, or a crime of passion murder, or manslaughter, is the same as stalking a human, that you know you can overpower to gratify yourself with sexually is disingenuous. They are not the same, the sexual deviant is far worse. And before you think I’m saying it’s worse than murder, I did not. I chose my words carefully and said a murder of passion, or an accident. Pre meditated murders usually will not get out for a very long time if ever. But I will rank them 1A and 1B with some sexual crimes being worse than murder yes. I don’t see how it’s against basic human rights. Anyone convicted of a felony comes up on a background check. I have no issue of the idea if you deprived others of their basic human rights, than there are some rights you never get back. Sorry. To end as I said above I can see your point with lesser sex crimes.
@@phillippropst3825 no they’re all sickos and need far more then just a registry. They deserve to be shot when found guilty.
So what. They deserve far worse.
i will tell you from mypersonal experience , i live in florida probably one of the toughest sex offender laws in the country , i was convicted over 18 years ago it was rough i had no support and i lived homeless for a while but i survived it found a job in a kitchen because kitchens dont care about your back ground for minum wage jobs i built and saved my money i live in a tent till i had enough to get a place then i worked on a car that was a fiasco here as well it took me most of ten years to get all this without getting arrested or getting a charge , what i have learned from all this is society doesnt want me and i apprently dont need them either i roll with whatever new punishment they come up with i survive .i am almost 50 years old and i work out daily not for health reasons but because i fear and know someday someone will try and hunt me down and do harm to me , my realtionships and social groups are small on the number 5 to 6 people . So my over all point is registries and the laws that go with it is it makes me worse not better and to be honest if i wanted to do something , which i dont , that registry wouldnt stop me anyway so does it work not really
I feel the same way turning 40 it's hard not to give up.
@@nope31567 don't give up. Try to help someone worse off than you are. If we all do that we will turn a corner on this.
It is not only the Registry system itself that is ineffective to curb sexcrimes,but the repercussions in society it causes . It only breeds fear to citizens - who don't want them and their children , living next to someone convicted of a sex crime.Great video.
Yeah exactly. That’s the point. To protect society from sexual abusers. Who tf wants their kids around someone who raped kids. Of course they’re feared. You’re going after the most vulnerable in our society. I’d rather live next to a man that hates and wants to kill me specifically over someone who’s got the potential to rape my child. My child has no chance to defend themself. But I can. I’m not a small innocent child. You guys are sickos.
No one , according to our constitution should have their natural rights taken away , be placed on a public registry or be punished even more after they have completed their sentence / requirements . Also if someone moves from one state to another, after the completion of sentence , they should not be punished again by being placed on that states registry . Especially since they are no longer on the original states registry !
The whole registry needs to be abolished ! Last year , my husband , my father and I bought a new home in Florida . We moved from PA , where my husbands case was completed . He was no longer on the registry there , completed his punishment and had no restrictions . Completely a free citizen again . Two months after moving to Florida , sheriff is at our door to tell us that my husband has to register for life in Florida ! Unconstitutional! Punitive in nature and completely lawless .
eeek Florida is literally the worst state - did he not read the laws before buying there?
@@Transform108 no , we didn’t think that something like this was even possible actually . You completed all of your time and requirements and were removed from registry in the original state but another state can punish you again for a case that wasn’t even in that state ? It’s insane !
Welcome to flori-duh
One thing the registry also does it makes it hard for realtors to sale houses. This is the one crime the truly effects everyone. Most people wouldn't like it if their house was devalued by a hundred thousand dollars because a sex offender moved in next door. This madness has to stop. The punishment is bleeding over to everyone.
Never convicted anywhere in the u.s. yet put on the registry as a habitual offender and have been on this since 2007. Ive never been charged once let alone as a habitual offender yet thos is my listing and this is why im a teir 3. This has caused me to lose my children. The state has removed my parental rights in 2015 to be a father to my children. Ive been marched out of towns, where even though i was homeless, i was marched out of towns by people with guns, ive had my truck tires loosened with the intent to cause me harm, ive been harrassed by police and prosecutors filing charges against me for multiple failure to register charges even though i kept my registry compliant and the only changes occured due to legislative changes. My life has been destroyed by this list and my children believe me to be a monster, their is no hope for removal for me as i have no court of adjudication for me to appeal to for removal which is a primary requirement for removal. Ive been on this list since 2007 its now 2023 and again im under failure to register charges for trying to comply with the orders by judge cleland which, to my understanding verification was suspended for the duration of the covid pandemic and the covid pandemic was ended on may 11 yet a local prosecutor is charging me who was at one point my own public defender for the exact same charges in 2007 to which that judge saw my dilema and ruled in my favor dissmissing my case with prejudice after i had to fire said public defender because he was being elected as county prosecutor and used that pretext of elected official to try and get me to plead to 24 years for failure to registure when the changes in 2016 caused me to be in violation even though i was verifying up to two and three times a month due to being homeless. Im not an offender, i was never charged tried sentenced or convicted for any sex crime anywhere in america yet im listed as a habitual offender with no recourse to remove my name.
There so full of it . It is a punishment because if it wasn't then why don't murderers or robbers register?
I agree
The walls that we put up to protect ourselves also isolate us.
what about monthly compliance checks........shouldn't this be abolished too? this is more upsetting than when i was on probation a cop coming to my residence every month.
hello from montana i never thought the registry should have been retroactive i was released from probation in 92 and got on with my life then all the new offender laws drug me right back into the system for life, i don't know where to go with this anger and nobody cares.
Serve justice by doing injustice. It’s an immature approach. They don’t want to work on the causes of the problem just the people who have the problems
Causes? These are predators who abuse CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE PROBLEM!!! The type of crimes they commit mean they crossed a line that they cant uncross, and people and communities need be protected from these animals. A man robs a store, does his time, and asks for redemption, he deserves a second chance and the ability to live without public monitoring. A man that does things to a child to unspeakable to type, NOPE. No second chances, no redemption, they crossed the Rubicon. Personally, I'd never even let them back into society so there wouldn't be a need for a registry.
I am a human being that made a mistake and I was punished and I have no problem with that. The only thing I have wrong against the registry is that it is public I don't mind the police knowing where I am at all times. But when you lay us out there as a Target for all these vigilantes that think that they're crimes that they have or haven't been caught for or better than anyone else. I pray always for anyone who is on the registry because it is a hard road to tow. My final words are I offended one time so that makes me more human than an offender.
The problem is that "sex offender" is now a much broader term than it used to be. They are too many people on the registry who don't need to be. Even misdemeanors where the offender didn't have to serve any jail time can be included in the registry. This overburdens law enforcement agencies who have to monitor them, making it easier for the more dangerous offenders to slip through the cracks
No way, people should have a right to know who moves into their neighborhoods. These people are getting exposed every day on social media trying to lure minors to meet in public places, all of those rights such as privacy are non negotiable when you commit a sexual offense. However what they need to do is clean up the registry. For example urinating in public at least 13 states have laws against this, flashing or streaking you can get an indecent exposure and require registration, and visiting a prostitute to name a few. Those people are the one's who are really being affected that you should be really trying to help.
I heard that law enforcement do not like the registry and proximity laws.
Love this. Keep up the good work!
And if you missed one day you go to jail on 2 charges 1 failure to resister you can get 6 months to 5 years and the other charge is absconded another 5 years so it is a punishment.
in montana automatic 10 years
10 years in montana for each offence
Good information. Thank you.
I know a person who is facing jail time for just not reporting on time. He didn't commit a crime or harm anyone, he didn't have any contact with anyone and he is facing jail time for no crime committed at all.
He needs to fight it based on intent.
@@brandonman1315 he already went to jail. The registry ruined his life.
The guy with the glasses is a intelligent man.
Well if you fail to keep a timely to keep up with registry you can be recharged a new felony as non compliant
Good point, if this was such a good idea, why don't registries exist for murderers and other violent criminals?
Great work Josh!
Thanks Adam, nice of you!
3 years later, how'd that turn out? No one wants to shut off the money machine and nothing's gonna change.
I'm a sex offender in Tennessee and did my entire sentence of 15 yrs and got out in December 2012 and is on lifetime parole and forced to wear a GPS
Yo deserve much worse.
Move to a different state.
What did you do
Seeing this is very informative and I pray every human being will eventually see the truth. The part about every person in politics all know that the registry, restrictions, and laws are wrong yet nobody is willing to stand up to say it just proves how the entire system is corrupt. All those in career politician seats of power and legislature just want to keep there positions. Nobody wants to be seen as a supporter of sex offenders when in truth it's just standing up for human decency given how the laws plus the registry does more harm than good. Tons of studies have been done backed by scientific facts of how the stuff claimed over 20 years ago when the laws were made are all just lies to fuel fear and make newer draconian restrictions based off emotions rather than common sense. The registry is just getting larger to the point where possibly it's possibly an entire state or mores worth of people with nowhere to go besides back to jail. Having constant hurdles to try to jump thru at every turn to "be a good person" just makes it more insane when other felons like murderers as well as drug dealers all don't have to go thru even a fraction of the insanity sex offenders do to even try to make a living. Murders, drug dealers, violent abusers, repeat drunks, ECT all have been praised in public eyes if they turn their lives around making positive impacts reintegrating into society again. Yet for those on the registry society deems them all unworthy to ever reintegrate even before a conviction and the laws just make it more impossible to live. Getting menial labor jobs, living far on outskirts of cities if ones lucky to not just emd up homeless, friends n family getting harassed for knowing you, and the fear of being hunted by vigilantes just cause they saw all your personal info online then having that wmotional trigger go off thinking you are the worst of the worst. People need to be better educated, term limits need to be set on all those in politics as well as legislation, the media needs to stop blowing cases way out of proportion even before a trial, the registry needs to go away forever, and humanity needs to learn to let everyone reintegrate back into society after time served. Make support groups for vicyims, help groups for those on probation, more true second chance companies for better employment, and maybe even put the money that's wasted on the registry towards funding it all.
So well said.
I’m, 74. Ina wheelchair. I’m on the registry for life California dropped me every state I live d in has dropped me but one. North Carolina. . My wife’s daughter in law hates me and updates my information she is a state employee. For me to have it removed I have to go there and a petition for relief. You need an attorney. Hotel for 10 days.
Abolish the registry or keep it only for private law enforcement
Too many paychecks are generated through the registry to EVER see reform
It costs more money than it makes, that’s exactly why you ARE seeing changes to the registry.
@@brandonman1315 what changes? stricter liability?
@@SoulforSalechanges are happening look at Washington they are going to make it private
(Texas) I was convicted back in '96 and was given 8yrs probation(I deserved what I got and take full responsibility). Violated probation two different times over the years(From curfew and such, and spent maybe 3 years total between them in TDCJ) the second time was released in '07 got off parole in '09 and have lived an awesome life since. Must register for the rest of my life though :(
My situation is in Texas and exactly like yours
Thank you to all the panelists, and thank you Judith Levine for pointing out the broad social aspect which influences behaviors and beliefs. The registry isolates those who may be lacking certain social skills. Everyone knows that a registrant is a potential target. What does this say about our society. How does this shape the mind of a registrant? Is the registrant just as repulsed as everyone else? We live in a society of repulsion. It paints a grim picture.
Will we ever over turn it
Hopefully in our lifetime
Those who are on the registry has different thought on what is punishment.
This conversation should be shown and had in every city like Rancho Cucamonga,Victor ville,San Bernardino, Riverside,Pomona. just to name a few in California.
Thank you! As you all have stated many times in many different ways, those local and federal politicians who have the power to eliminate these draconian, Scarlet Letter equivalent laws are afraid that they will not be re-elected or what their constituents will think of them if they speak up. The only thing that could possibly change that is wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent and knowledgeable people like you going public.
Thank you again.
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it shouldn't be a sex offenders list, it should be a violent crimes list and it isn't a sex crime, its theft when its under age, which means its not parental consent. It should not be a social justice where the hole community gets involved, as that person has served their punishment, therefore its over, and we being a republic, it is not constitutional to treat one group differently than the rest, when killers get set free. So to be socially acceptable it is much better to make a violent crimes list. This in turn goes back to the juvenile court system which does not work, it should be boot camp, because then they will think twice about becoming a repeat offender. This in turn is subject to single parents and using the school system as the babysitter so that single parents can work, so to solve that, there should be included within the school system everywhere to watch the children, even though our school had it. This in turn is adding things to our school system, and that in turn is because boys and girls are put into the same schools, the hole school system should be scrapped, and private school put into place, and still have the government funding for that. In this day and age school can be done online, as those teacher who are very good, and get good results, can teach and make money through videos. We all know the influence place on children by activist, we should have seen that with the prohibition.
Yes it's time we stop calling people "sex offenders" or stop calling people " predators" too and start calling them "registered sex residents". It's time we stop marginalizing people and stop treating them like like they not even human beings. We all mistakes in our lives and paid our debt to society, and the punishment shouldn't have to keep continuing on by putting people on a stupid public registry. It's time we stop discriminating someone for something that happened in their past and move on. It's sad that a person who was drunk ends up on a sex offender registry for life for simple public urination. And is all lumped up into one boat. Where do we draw the line and say "enoughs enough" by just throwing people on the sex offender registry for small sex offences??
Think you missed vigilante murders
No, I mentioned it explicitly
I've never understood Disability benefits and Social Security being restricted.
Bring this to cali
Is there anything I can do to help someone on the registry(In Michigan) and his family, from being harassed stalked and threatened by a group of people online?
I am a first-time offender and I have had not committed another offense since I got out of prison in 2013. I don't know if you all or any of you have seen the movie The last Castle with Robert Redford where it was pointed out that corporal Aguilar had beaten someone with a hammer.
A stop should have a legal basis for its end. I cant express enough that laws inflicted on those on the registry violate Constitutional Protections of both State and Federal Constitutions across the country. Giving a drivers license to police representatives at the door and at the Office of Public Protection violates ones dight to be secure in their papers. Answering the door to Police Represenystives for checking address and license verification violates ones right to be secure in their papers as well as their right to be free from government search and seizure. Being required to attend to the Police Barracks for periodic registration violates ones right to be free from illegal seizure. Printing ones information on the internet violates ones right to security in their home. Printing ones information on the internet violates ones right to be safe in ones life-as printing this information has given way to vigilante attacks that the government is responsible for. The list goes on. Fear, shame, etc. "Any law repugnant to the Constitution is null and void" Marbury vs. Madison 5 US (Cranch) 137, 161, 167. Justice Marshall did not limit or set a degree of law that he declared null and void. He stated "Any law.....bill and void." How has our govetnment/s allowed such diabolical powers to entrench themselves into our American civil/criminal law system? Will anyone ever argue that Violating the Constitution is illegal? Will any Judge ever come to his/her senses? It should not take money to buy Constitutional protections. It should take blind justice to know when the sun is shining.
And several yeats later......the sex offender registry still exists across the country.
Will the charade ever end in the United States ?
This is a positive and informative video. But. Out of thousands of views there are only 58 comments. Appearing to all be positive. Dont remove the haters comments. We can't hide. We have to stand and fight them.
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@@safeandjustmi you ever hear of freedom of speech...i think your'e remove what you dont want to hear
@@luci-fer250 Comments stay unless they use abusive or harassing language or reveal personal information.
@@luci-fer250 You obviously don’t understand what Freedom of speech means………..
@@brandonman1315 you need to consider what you say....i know all about freedom of speech
38:02 [expanding & applying the definition of sex offense, like criminalizing high school intimacy when 1 is over age
18, which has no impact on society. How does registering & jailing teenage boys and sometimes girls aged 18 or 19 for having consentual intimacy make society safer.]
22:20 [The registry makes it impossible to get a job, have safe housing & keep their children & other family members safe; results in increased revidivism]. in this way, making perpetrators register is additional punishment plus their sentence but does not keep anyone safer.]
Ive been looking up sex offender laws for Alabama,, Georgia, ang North Carolina. Forget about the absurd case of Florida. Every statutry or rule provided mentions "punishment of $250 payment to register and $10 thereafter", " their punishment is to have to register...", and then there are endless restrictions as to where they are not allowed to go-including bowling alleys and movie anywhere a child may ever be located. It is not just that they dont work. Lets get real here. They are punishment and states Assemblys know that. Judges are brain-dead about the topic. Ex post facto is a reperable violation of ones right against fackng facing punishment twice for the same offense.
Republican christians love the registry...that speaks volumes
Prevention of Sexual Assault, Mandatory Classes, for boys 6th thru 12th grade. This will reduce the Prison Population, 20 or 25 years, from now. U.S Military and Police Agency, must become more educational in these schools, in U.S.A.
And college course for women? Or more like a small segments in 11th grade psychology?
Professional Attitude, is needed, more today, and, not more Intoxicating Attitude!!!!!
@@taketen1990 well said...and a mind set that some people need help not banishment or live with the Scarlett letter
@@lawr3nc3mann84 how bout teaching boundaries for both men women and child so all can learn
@@taketen1990 you know is there anyway you be interested in helping me educate some people on UA-cam let me know
Because they said they just saw my picture at the public library. I am tired of having to look over my shoulder I have never been in trouble in my life until this point what you was in 2010
I need these public offender registries taken away. Here is why.
Say a person who is 25 years of age (age of majority) has sexual intercourse without violence on a 14-year-old, and that older person gets caught, arrested and prosecuted for indecent assault of a child--technically statutory rape.
But because of the "rape" word, and rape is a type of sexual assault or--in some cases--severely indecent assault, that 25-year-old person will likely be on the sex offender registry as a Tier 3---aka a "violent sexual predator"--for life---EVEN IF THAT CHARGED PERSON DID NOT DO ANYTHING FORCIBLE! Tier 3 is the worst of the worst you can get when you are a sex offender. When you are in Tier 3--you are considered a "chomo", even if the sex crime you are caught red-handed is the least gross ones.
And if you urinate on the public beach in front of children, you can also be on a Tier 3 registry for life upon being charged! Even if you never gratify your penis at all, this will still be indecent exposure to a lot of prosecutors--which is a registrable offense. One charged with indecent exposure SHOULD INSTEAD PLEA TO A NON-REGISTRABLE OFFENSE OF PUBLIC URINATION, which is usually not a "registrable offense" like indecent exposure is!
The registries subject you not only to severe legal limitations on where you can live or meet up with or move, you are subject to being hated by EVERYONE! Even your friends, and even blood relatives will disown you (especially if the blood relatives charge you with sodomy, which is a registrable offense also!). You could also be marked for death and/or get death threats by phone, mail, email, etc....
See what I mean?
Sex offender registries public-wise is cruel and unusual punishment on the ones registered, and that is why I want them struck down.
Another example - say you are a sex offender in Florida's Miami-Dade County, and you are told that you are banned from living within 2,500 feet of a K-12 school where children congregate. What can happen to you? You will be severely shamed and very likely homeless! This decree was actually passed in 2005, and it was devised by Ron Book, whose relative, Lauren Book, was sexually abused for a long time by Waldina Flores--her nanny. Technically, this new sex offender law is called Lauren Book's law. Still this is the worst residency restriction ever on the books of any other county that has sex registration laws/rules in the United States!!!
I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ive seen cops kids and cops themselves as well as cops snitches that do not have to register. even after court ordered.
I would like to tell my story briefly, I am one of the first group of children to be placed on Megan’s law in 1994 For lifting up a girl skirt at school I just turned 14 years old . I am now 43 years old which means I been on there for 30 years . I was forced to drop out of school in the 8th grade because of this and I choose to work instead. I choose to learn about Glass which is called a Glazier and I am one of the best Glaziers in the country. Why have I been on there so long is the million dollar question ? At the age of 18 I had consensual sex with a 14 year old who told me she was 17 , she got pregnant and that’s how my name came up. I was arrested and was told her real age. I did 2 years in prison and was released in 2003 I then found out I would have to be on Megan’s law for 15 years with a parole officer and was given dozens of Unhuman rules , requirements and restrictions I was completely shocked. I Did about 7 years and they found out I was one of the top 10 charcoal artists in the country and just opened my own Glass company LLC . I was starting to make the papers from my art so they took me off the registry but kept me on supervised psl. I ended up doing 15 years on parole or Psl as they call it and the most I got was a small motor vehicle ticket in all that time. I was easily removed from the psl after 15 years which was 2018 , my lawyer was fighting for me to be removed from Megan’s law all together but the court said hey remember when u were 14 and lifted a girl skirt up ? Well we are not removing u off . That made me stronger to be even more successful, so I started more businesses and always stayed as a Glazier to the point where I became so good no matter what glass company I worked for I was the highest paid employee. I was never fired from a job because of this , I never was turned down from a job , I was never denied a apartment or house. I have horror stories from life on psl and I mean horror stories. I would like to tell those stories along with how I beat them and didn’t fail in life and right now I am extremely successful. I earn a 6 figure salary, I had No problems since I been removed from Psl until Now . I had a opportunity in Arizona where I can double my success and the NJ detective found out and violated me for leaving NJ and not telling Arizona police that I was there to work within 10 days smh . I am pissed that Law does Not want anyone on Megan’s law to be successful. I have a story where a police officer tried to set me up in NJ for crimes he knew I didn’t commit and if I didn’t have the money or resources I would have went back to jail and everything I done would have been wasted. But I out smarted him and hired a private investigator and he got the truth and all charges was dropped with a apology from the judge I have that report right now in my icould that I want to make public a long with all the illegal stuff I seen in these past 30 years . I have stories and proof that will raise so many eyebrows my email is alluniqueconstruction@gmail.com
Educate the public
They make you pay a $25 fee every time one registered. I think this is extreme concerning nasty handlement no matter what.
I find it just cruel since its nearly impossible for those on the registry to get a decent job that pays a living wage. The system is basically making them take money away from food and housing to pay for their information to be put online where nobody besides law enforcement need to see it. If those that can't afford it I'm sure end up back in prison for technical violations which even that's a whole other can of worms is the insane technical violations. As a whole the system is messed up, the laws around sex offenders are a violation of human rights, the registry doesn't help anyone, and the job market needs to change to allow sex offenders who have paid their debt to get a job if they have the skills. If the company only hires adults and has no direct contact with anyone under age then they should be allowed chances to work, not just a second chance but multiple chances to reintegrate into society.
@@justinrabbitt9492 Human rights?
Children are small humans that deserve more rights than anyone else....a right to live and feel safe wherever they are
@@justinrabbitt9492 I will pay you $2,500 to just stay away, far far away.
@@nikkivp82 how about those 10 year olds who are also landing on the registry for sex offenses? Do they deserve the same cruelty of the adults? Do they deserve to have their lives and futures ended before even graduating high school? Do some better research and educate yourself cause if you didn't take much from this vid then you have no need to comment. The registry doesn't work to protect anyone, causes a stigma that's hurting the country, and people like you are to brainwashed by the media's control over your emotions to see your being controlled. Even those in seats of power know it all yet are to corrupt with their own greed to stand up to say it.
@@justinrabbitt9492 BRAVO, BRAVO, I gave this one a standing ovation, unfortunately he only cares about the sex offence part not the people that might land in this position even for very minor offences like pissing outside, in some states seeing a prostitute, or they didn't do anything at all and were accused of something, unlike in movies, and exaggerated news programs, there's not a rapist around every corner hunting for you.
One of the books that should be assigned to any class on this topic is _Positive Memories_ by Titus Rivas, which you can find at u r your story. Whenever possible, guest speakers should include not only "offenders," but also "victims" who refuse to identify as such, such as those whose accounts are compiled in that book.
If it's unconditional then why not get rid of it
Unfortunately we live in a world where Society needs a scapegoat if you look at history during the Revolutionary War it was African Americans during World War II it was the Jewish community unfortunately it would be such a huge outcry from the public to keep it because we all need to be able to say don't look at me and my imperfections look at the person living in my neighborhood.
@FRANCO PEREZ I already signed it
@FRANCO PEREZ of course
@@danielforsythe4156 it’s the human condition
The guy with the glasses needs to come to Georgia, it is terrible here.
If we treat each other as oponents, then thats what we'll become.
Including all of USA in every state
Is there anyway to get off life time post release in kansas
Our organization is really focused on Michigan policy. I can try to find out about a similar group in Kansas that might know.
I found this story, which might help you find some resources: shawneemissionpost.com/2020/02/18/kansas-tracks-ex-convicts-like-no-other-state-but-lawmakers-wonder-if-theyve-gone-too-far-87960/
@@safeandjustmi that was quick thank you I'll looking into it
Go back to court after 25
Any progress with this
Got jury trial for fail to register in a week for a crime that happened 25 years ago, they took my ability to live, I survive homless. It turns into punishment by blind vigilantes
Minnesota
If you leave you're residence you have "moved" and will be punished
46:30 [Hilary C called teenagers who committed crimes, “super preditors” which depersonalizes & dehumanizes the teenager. More punishment is not effective. Redirecting resources from registries , probation/ankle bracelet surveillance and shifting it to communities to strengthen community intervention: reintegration to society with a path to jobs.]
1:03 [Registration terms are too long & should be individualized because recidivism happens early in first few yearsp and to put the burden on state to prove that registrant needs longer period of registration instead of individual having to ask & hire a lawyer ]
Ya , that’s what I’m thinking . I was convinced with out evidence . But that’s not to say I didn’t do anything . In my case , I pleaded guilty to get away from her . And the court took that ball and ran with it . They declared me a predator . And I am on the register for life .
However , the Megan’s law was in conception yet . And this state was /did not prepared for the what came at them from the public and the federal government .
I had to hide in the justice system , because there was no secret place for me to go . And I’m sure there are other men who feel the same way . Abused women have shelters they can go to get away from their abusers . But men don’t . And unfortunately the judiciary doesn’t recognize men as possible victims too . We’re the rapist and that’s the end of it .
Plus 2a back once your time is up.
But I agree that most legislators believe that the registry is wrong but they just don't want to be the ones to say so under the pretense of maybe losing their position or job and I think that's sad to sell out another human being. I know we all want to keep our jobs but wouldn't it be great if Justice took precedence
It's not punishment, it's revenge
Can anyone offer any assistance for this in New York?
My husband is 73 years old and he had a strok and he forgot to go to the court house to restasar on the 2 on September can he talk to someone and till them what happen
Hi, Erica. This is not a legal firm, and we can't give legal advice. If you are in Michigan, you can dial 2-1-1 and ask for legal services available in your area. Good luck!
Attorney,chief if police, judge with hospital report
I missed registration while in county jail years back and got charged for it.
@@nope31567 I highly doubt this. State custody automatically tolls your registration time.
13:58 [Leaders think its ineffective, disruptive, expensive; but afraid to day so, just like the drug laws that arrested addicts not distributors. ] So it’s a political football to get elected or create bully targets or false sense of security.
[1:13:27 No central place to find information about restrictions dir registrants.]
And he asked Aguilar how long was that moment just a few moments a few minutes of anger and Aguilar said yes. And the general said well that makes you mostly marine doesn't it.
I have had to defend myself physically where people have threatened to take my life because
Let’s not forget about the victims they matter.
facts! Thank you!
Victims do matter. Don’t forget that the majority of offenders serve extensive prison sentences and strict probation guidelines. Is it right to punish them for the rest of their lives? I speak as a victim of child molestation. I don’t think it is just not to allow a person the chance to recover and fully reintegrate into society.
Almost all sex offenders are victims of childhood sexual abuse too. It is a vicious circle
@@shemeakacarrejo3251 same, as someone who survived repeated molestation by an uncle
Registries DONT help victims, at all.
I need legal advise not future hope that never is worth the cost
Men and young boys especially need to be educated at a young age what damage is actually caused by sexual in appropriate advances and acts; but mostly young girls need to be educated about predators.
Protect the public!
Children need to have rights!
Children need to be heard.
Children have to know what is inappropriate and how to get help!
Sexually inappropriate behavior is rampant and a worldwide pandemic.
Sexually inappropriate thoughts or actions will never be normalized.
Stop the abuse!
The public needs to be informed of sex offenders in their vicinity. Rings of colors like an ankle boot should be implemented. Every sex offender should have to wear a ring that is visible and traceable like a cell phone for the police to identify predator’s location.
The puritan view of sex causes more harm than damn near anything you listed. Most of these opinions are fear mongering and quite stupid. More ignorant people trying so hard to will their misinformation onto other people. I think you should be followed, people wanting the registry are usually the ones who need investigated. Weirdo.
Vinsent and josh need to behave🤨
The registry should never be abolished . It is very useful to deter child molesters . My polite input before you remove my post. Best wishes.
I have no intention of removing your comment. In fact, if you have any evidence to back it up, you're welcome to share it.
@@safeandjustmi An elderly man moved nearby. Suddenly his dog waste is everywhere and continous barking. He would mock animal control, destroyed landscape, teen boys visiting and sleeping over, drugs, obnoxious use of racial slurs. Loud. Insults to neighbors. Then one day I googled his name and sure enough Megans list. I informed an agency about him. Same afternoon three police officers paid him a visit. He realized he was exposed as a sex offender from another state. At once everything changed, Any disturbance or visit by a teen brought a cop to his door. Long story short it became quiet. He is terrified when he sees me. We owe our peace and quiet to Megans list registry. Sorry , my experience showed me it is something that I should advocate for.
@@davidbell8401 and was he arrested for doing anything illegal? No? Then you didn't get anywhere with Megan's list but to harass him? You are the problem with having the registry public. Good job.
@@davidbell8401 My guess is that you are an absolute hypocrite. We should follow you around and turn you into the police for EVERY single thing you do that’s illegal. Uninformed ignorant people are FAR more dangerous than any other type.
Also genius, explain the low recidivism rates? All actual information points to your opinion being dumb.