The Registry Failed Them: Logan County Assistant DA Arrested for Child Porn
The Logan County, Oklahoma District Attorney’s Office should be a safe place. According to the state, “the mission of Oklahoma District Attorneys and their offices is to protect the public through proactively advocating as ministers of justice for public safety and welfare.” Among the tools Oklahomans use to prevent sexual crimes is the sex offender registry. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t only rely on the State’s registry to promote it’s sexual offenders. It has it’s own website on which it lists them https://logancountyso.org/sex-offenders.php
All this begs the question, how could a First Assistant District Attorney have committed a child pornography offense with this useful tool at the District Attorney’s disposal? Isn’t the DA’s office supposed to prosecute these offenses, not commit them? And who is responsible for the hiring practices at the DA’s office? Why didn’t they check the registry before hiring this guy? Also, doesn’t Oklahoma brand the driver’s licenses of those on the registry? Couldn’t they have just asked to see his driver’s license?
Clearly the District Attorneys failed to use the registry to prevent this crime, or the registry was completely ineffective. Since the District Attorney’s office has access to sex crime information, the Florida Action Committee calls on the DA to report the number of new sex offenses (not registration violations, but actual sexual crimes) committed during 2021 and 2022 and explain, for each one, how the registry could have failed to prevent them.
Exactly!!
How many of those names could have been found on the registry???
I think it would be a good idea to let as many major news agencies as possible know when Law enforcement and prosecutorial and judicial leaders and representatives are caught in the very crime they claim to stand against, and how the registry they claim to have supported doesn’t even prevent them from doing the same crime and doesn’t protect the children they claim to be advocating for.
This kind of thing shouldn’t be allowed to be swept under the rug as it is most often is when people in law enforcement and prosecutorial positions are caught.
The registry not only failed the children in cases like this, it failed the public’s trust in the people they elected to uphold it.
“Why didn’t they check the registry before hiring this guy?”
right??? lol
Here is another example of the Registry failure to protect the public, from a police officer…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/riverside-murder-teen-abduction-austin-edwards-virginia-catfishing/3043168/#:~:text=A%20Virginia%20law%20enforcement%20officer%20killed%20in%20a,members%20at%20their%20Southern%20California%20home%2C%20police%20said.
God help him, and may he get to a meeting. Maybe he’ll have an epiphany and devote his life to helping others.
Do we know the number of victims depicted in the ADA’s personal stash? I think we need to know how many the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry is failing to protect.
Now that the ADA has been caught, what do we need to do to protect the public from the ADA’s re-offending?
Why are we helping to post pictures of these individuals who may or may not have committed sex crimes in the past? But are not currently committing crimes nor are they wanted for such.
I remember reading cases like these. So far in the past 20+ years, I’ve seen several Judges, Prosecutors, Federal Agents, DA’s, Sheriffs, State Troopers & Local Cops charged & convicted of the very sex offenses they’re MegaPhoned Sex Offender Registry “PrEvEnTs”.
Sex Offender Registry Works so well Law Enforcement volunteer to be placed on it.
“Clearly the District Attorneys failed to use the registry to prevent this crime, or the registry was completely ineffective.” I’ve asked this question before, but I’ll ask it again…How does having a list of people’s names and information in a database prevent someone from committing a crime? Its just a damn list and it doesn’t prevent anything.
This mentality makes as much sense as someone publishing all the names and information of people who have been convicted of a DUI then stating that publishing that list online will prevent future DUIs. Seriously????
If that’s the case, I’m going to compile a list of names of everyone on the planet, publish it, then declare world peace because my list will prevent any crimes from ever occurring again. See how stupid that sounds? Now if only the general public would see how stupid this idea is, perhaps they would begin to understand just how stupid registries are instead of believing it makes them safe.
I’m sorry, but people in general are stupid.
Oh look, one slipped through the cracks!
Just goes to show you can pass the most extensive “gold standard” of vetting processes (no registry or criminal history) and still offend. Yeah, that “professional” registry really did serve as a deterrent and saved a lot of future victims! /s
People in these positions who do these things should have bigger consequences because not only did they commit a crime against somebody else, they were also using their positions to help cover up their crimes. They are further along on the continuum of level of being dangerous. They’ve demonstrated very well that they can not only blend in well with others, they can make themselves appear to be individuals that the rest of us should all look up to. That’s worse than someone who just works at blending in with others to cover up crimes. Someone in a position like that is more likely to have been getting away with committing the crime for longer and done more of it because they’ve been hiding behind their professional position, where no one will suspect them of such things.
Higher standards = Higher consequences
We typically see it done the opposite way. 🙄
The Sex Offender Registry Failed Them: gymnastics coach’s undetected pattern of abuse may stretch back 40 years
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/coach-mike-spiller-sexual-assault-17621300.php
The problem of sexual offending in any manner is so widespread and common to people of every race, class, and social status. When will society just accept that ANYONE can be guilty of these offenses? Do we truly want to maintain a scorched earth approach to dealing with these offenders? How many more millions of wasted lives must we endure before we realize we’ve utterly failed to understand the issue?
I guarantee that, before long, we will see prosecutions come after those in the ICAC office itself, if they are not already actively squashing such investigations because they are the gatekeeper of information on cyber crimes. Personally, every person who works there, as a condition of employment, should be subject to random house searches and screenings of all of their personal devices, much like companies have random drug tests. I’m willing to bet that, if they did, they would find out the fox has been guarding the hen house.
The Sex Offender Registry Failed Them: Cheerleading abuse accusations increase to 20
‘The lawsuits paint a sordid picture of a sporting scene in which coaches use their power to share drugs and initiate sex with underage athletes while a network of institutions provides weak or nonexistent oversight.
Again, WHY DIDN’T THE REGISTRY PROTECT THEM?
https://news.yahoo.com/cheerleading-abuse-accusations-increase-20-183127855.html
More registry fails school has 12,000 sex offenses?
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/sexual-assault-virginia-schools-investigative-reporting-workshop-american-university-loudoun-county/65-57025444-97d1-4580-839a-6864b3d7a11c
Cherekeejack
Yes. It appears that if they really want to make a realistic list of all possible sex offenders than they must put everyone on the list. At birth when a birth certificate is made out make out a a certificate of sex offender registry enrollment. That list would accomplish more than the list they have now.
That’s what I’ve been saying. The registry is supposed to prevent sex crimes, right? So list everyone in the world on the registry and there will never be any more sex crimes ever, right? Take it a step further and make it a “World Crime Registry”, list everyone in the world on it, and we’ll have world peace. No more crimes, no more wars, right?
People who support registries believe it prevents sex crimes and protects the public, so why not?
Sounds stupid? So does the concept of registries keeping the public safe.