CA: Bill to reduce names on California’s sex offender registry shelved
FAC NOTE: The article below is just more proof that we have nothing coming to us if we count on the legislators. Also note the idiotic reason; “it would cost tens of millions of dollars to make the change”. Really?!?! How about the tens of millions of dollars it costs to keep everyone on for life?
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A bill that would have ended lifetime listing of many convicted sex offenders on a public registry was shelved Friday after officials said it could cost tens of millions of dollars to make the change.
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey had proposed that the names of those who committed lower-level, nonviolent sex crimes or who are judged to be low risks to reoffend be removed from the registry after 10 or 20 years.
State finance officials said in a report the bill would involve “significant ongoing cost in the tens of millions of dollars” for technology costs.
Millions of dollars would also be required to process more than 40,000 requests of individuals eligible to petition for termination, the report said.
Wiener had sought the change as a way to make the system more efficient for law enforcement.
“Our sex offender registry is broken and useless to law enforcement, with many nonviolent and low-level offenders who committed their offenses decades ago,” Wiener said. “If we’re serious about monitoring high-risk sex offenders — as we should be — we must reform this registry.”
He said it takes hours for law enforcement to do paperwork on each person on the registry each year, and the volume (105,000 people on the registry) makes it harder for police investigating new crimes to find potential offenders.
Pass the law, let the most obvious off the registry, then let the rest petition. Should cut that 40,000 down to at least half.
The bill was taken out of consideration. It will not become law.
This was a horrible law anyway. It did not even consider Tier III….no matter if they had completed their probation/parole years ago or not.
We should never support a law in Florida that would not consider the ex post facto component for all RSO’s
California…….. The land of fruits and nuts!!!!!!
The real reason was the S.O.R is a giant tax cash cow for the states-S.O’s are a political football for politicians-cash cow for law enforcement agencies, their mantra is the more the merrier-they all cry when they lose cash cows
So it is not about protecting the public but about the money hummm seems like a great addition to a court challenge
FAC NOTE: The article below is just more proof that we have nothing coming to us if we count on the legislators.
Ain’t that the truth! Glad to see our resources directed elsewhere. I remember trying to contact Rep. Gayle Harrell, a long time family friend. Went to school with her daughter and her husband was our long time doctor. I simply wanted to speak to her about my plight and see if there was anything she could do. The conversation never happened. We have been completely ignored. It’s all about the shady world of grabbing votes and nothing more.
Targeting men. Supressing the vote. With de-ex-facto punishments, resulting in banishment. Setting the foundations for the Police State.
I’m confused. How much could it possibly cost the idiotic state of California to go through these names and simply press the “DELETE” button?? I mean, don’t you already pay the “tech guy” a salary to do his job, which this would certainly fall under?? Cmon. Gimme a break. This just goes to show you that there is some sort of huge financial reward for the legislators through some sort of kickback from the feds or tech companies to keep the registry going with all those people on it. You can bet your a$$ there’s lots of money involved for the politicians.
On another note…..has anyone done any research or followed the money trail for all the state registries and what fuels it?? I’m sure there is a money trail that leads to something slimy. Just like I found with the sex stings. The Feds created Chapter 42 of the US Code and provided grant money for those states that “increase prosecutions in child sex crimes”. How do you “increase prosecutions” in something?? Simple, create the crime, and catch a bunch of unsuspecting innocents in your little web and prosecute them under some stupid cyber crime law you just passed in your state. Yeah…there’s definitely a money trail here somewhere.
Back in 1982, I overheard a bunch of legal professors and lawyers discussing the rising number of law students at the University of Florida, and the possibility that there may not be enough work for them in the future, because there would be too many lawyers. A couple of the professors argued that, if there are enough laws in the future, there would not likely be a problem. This caused the entire group to laugh, kind of evilly. I’ve noted that lawyers lobby like crazy and that there are also many lawyers elected to Congress to make new laws. An Orange County lawyer lobbied hard for medical marijuana, likely realizing how many legal issues, requiring legal counsel, would arise as a result of such a huge change in marijuana laws. I think that lawyers themselves create many legal problems so they can be hired to solve them and to feather their financial nests. I wonder, though, how much business they get from former offenders looking for post-conviction relief.
Makes perfect sense to me Ray. Well, that’s OK. All those evil UF lawyers might not have a building to practice law in after Irma gets a hold of the state. Serves this hell hole state right. I don’t wish for pain and suffering that Irma is going to bring, but it will certainly put a hold on a lot of things.
here is an email I sent
To: State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey
CC-BBC:Janice Bellucci–Tom Madison as observers
Subject: Engaging a state proposition ballot measure/aka PROP to REVERSE the state legislatures denial of your bill to create an S.O.R tier system in CA.!
Scott-Jacki this is why your bill to create a level #1-#2-#3 tier system on the CA. S.OR. Was killed by the state legislature?
The S.O.R in Ca. Is a giant cash cow to the state-politicians-law enforcement agencies- politicians- the sex offender industrial complex;
Behold this cash cow!
There are over 100.000 people on the S.O.R in CA. It is estimated that the state collects in taxes-fed money close to $40.000 for each individual on this registry[correct me if the $$$ is wrong?]
Lets do some math? $40.000 X 100.000 = $4 000 000 000
Now you do the math? If %40 on this cash cow could have got a petition to get off of it, home much would this cash cow have shrunk -who-how many would of have been crying?
The state legislatures were only protecting their cash cow-cronies who profit from it, under stand a tier system would have started shrinking their cash cow-stopped its expansion- would have blown a big hole in there saying everyone on the S.O.R were all dangerous predatory child molesters!
THIS PRO WOULD FLY!
This prop already has multi million of voters from the get go-donators to it.
100.000 on the S.O.R- with each having an estimated 25 friends-relatives-they would all vote-donate!-the CA. The public has now become aware of the insanity of the CA. S.O.R
A crowd fund site could be put up for funding for the PROP-or use Janice’s/ORG web site to collect funds?
This Prop mode would be Exposing the insanity of the current S.O.R- the vicious, corrupt big money game the legislatures are playing to keep the current non tier S.O.R.system’, Plus you could have the parents of children’s who are on the S.O.R PLEAD for reform of it?
I look forward to bring my many ideas to the table if this Prop is engaged.
Keep up the good fight/Anthony Jones