Tuesday, June 16, 2009

LD 1157 signed, Good News???

One step taken to change the registry, a possible ray of hope. But questions remain, who will be allowed off the Registry? What is the process to get off? Plus shouldn't the State have to prove you are dangerous, to keep you on the Registry? The people that are covered by this bill are those that had already been out of prison and living crime free lives for over 10 years and in many cases 20 years. You have to be on the registry to petition to get off it, so those who have been fighting to stay off will have to let themselves go on the Registry before they can get off it. There is no provision to let someone petition to be excluded from the Registry. I feel the State should have to give someone their Due Process in these cases. That in order to place a person on the Registry after they have been out of jail and off all probation/parole and have been living a law abiding life, the State has the obligation to prove that that person poses a risk, in a court of Law. And then and only then could they list the person. The question everyone should be asking is, how much risk does a person who has re-entered society and is living offense free for life years, pose? What is the purpose of Registering them? Keep on asking these tough questions and make the government answer them and then maybe we can see some real change.


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