National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) pushes back against notification process
NARSOL continues to fight against the harsh, barbaric laws that are passed to further punish people on the registry who have served out their sentence and are trying to reintegrate back into society as law-abiding citizens.
Appearing in an article published this week concerning a situation in Illinois where research is not a priority for some policy makers, NARSOL is quoted as saying the following:
“Very solid research validates that community notification of persons required to register on the state sex offender registry actually undermines public safety in that it increases the instability of the registered person in regard to housing, employment, and pro-social community involvement; it increases the risk to the registered person and his or her family from vigilante and harassing activities.” (The Center Square, “Illinois legislator tells prison agency ‘do your job’ on sex offender notification”, Andrew Hensel, October 1, 2023)
NARSOL made the above comments in 2021 when Washington state made changes to its notification process. In a recent post at our FAC site, it appeared that this same Washington state was looking at the current research in making changes to its notification process, but an uninformed public might not be willing to listen to well-documented studies.
to me it seems like the fight is like our political system. On one side you have one party saying the statistics they use are wrong and over blown and that the registry does not work and on the other they are making laws faster than we can protest the one they just made.
since the latter party has more power i dont see much hope for the former anytime soon
no hope>>> Never give up! There is hope. It has been a long road for a lot of us right from the start. We can prove so much punitive was done to hide their wrong doing it’s bad. REAL BAD. But as they say if your handling a snake you treat it like it is poisonous and how do you stop it from biting you is to cut the head off. Yes FAC and others will be in Geneva but what would happen if Ground Zero for the Megans Law was to get a real big hit that can prove it’s punitive and not just informative as it was ruled while they are there. Their foundation for this constitutional sex offender ruling was about as big as the size of a ball point pen. Best part is that even with their “Due Process” ruling or because of Due Process it was then turned into punitive by Law Enforcement. It’s like the Bronx Tale bar scene, Now you can’t take me off the public website or it will show your at fault and New Jersey informed them in 8/01/22 that they are not to be making it public record. So now John Doe Retro is going after New Jersey for it being an extension of punishment…
Allan
It is not really “IF” the registry is punishment, we all know it is, we live it every day. It is getting the courts and/or lawmakers to admit and agree it is punishment that matters. Since it has been proven [citation needed] to be a Profit driven scheme, they will have to be dragged out of their safe spaces for anything to change.
My opinion, if God Himself came down and admonished them for punishing us past our sentences, they would tell God to mind His own business and let humans deal with theirs. Maybe A judge will get a vision in their dreams of the horrors we and our families suffer on a daily basis due to ostracizing us from society and finally do the right thing.