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.
Targeting men. Supressing the vote. With de-ex-facto punishments, resulting in banishment. Setting the foundations for the Police State.
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.
So it is not about protecting the public but about the money hummm seems like a great addition to a court challenge
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
California…….. The land of fruits and nuts!!!!!!
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