Comment The sex offender registry does not work. It does do what it was intended to do and does more harm than good. Recidivisim rates among those required to register statistically among numerous studies is well below
Read MoreComment SORNA needs individual risk assessment and a path to be removed early as a reward for good behavior. Also, time on the registry should be reduced for all tiers. Recidivism rates for sex crimes are about
Read MoreComment I believe that changing the rules and applying them retroactively is not only wrong but unconstitutional. I believe the tier system is broadly applied with no risk assessment what so ever, also being applied retroactively. I
Read MoreComment I was 13 years old when I “offended”. I won’t ever be able to apologize enough, and the other person and I have a very close bond because I wasn’t a predator. I was a kid
Read MoreComment SORNA requirements should serve as a ceiling and not a floor. For the same offense, someone can be subjected to lifetime punishment and ostracism in one state and be free from punishment in 15 years in
Read MoreComment SORNA along with all its rules and regulations was no doubt created with good intent. Horrendous but rare acts involving children are a tremendous motivator. However, SORNA was created based on fear and emotion not facts
Read MoreComment Please use the factual statistical data on this and other related issues dealing with public registries and regulations. As we look at the “facts” and not the ideal of continual punitive actions we should be using
Read MoreComment I do not think that lifetime registry is necessary for anyone. It is not fair to make people who got in trouble in 1984 or 1985 and did time in prison, then got out and completed
Read MoreComment There’s no need to do this! It makes no sense too! It’s basically like double jeopardy I feel too. Come on being on two registries is even more cruel punishment the state registry is a unfair
Read MoreComment I am commenting as the father of a young man who is required to register every 90 days for the rest of his life. He is required to do this even though two evaluations, one by
Read MoreComment The SO Registry is both unconstitutional and a violation of human rights. It had been denounced by several countries. It is barbaric to single out one crime to publish offender information to the world. Originally was
Read MoreComment As a family member of a registrant I can only tell you that these laws and registries are just an extension of a sentence and do not allow these folks to get on with their lives,
Read MoreComment These guidelines are yet another example of a missed attempt to enact smart justice reform. The SORNA registry has only increased the cost and burden to the government while providing a false illusion of security. We
Read MoreComment Please, I beg of you, stop throwing thousands upon thousands of citizens in to one bucket. Though the victim and her mother begged the court not to punish my son for a Romero and Juliet relationship
Read MoreComment I understand there needs to be a registry but there has been multiple times where I’ve been told I’m finally getting off. What happened to the the doe 2 now there saying that the doe 1
Read MoreComment The sex offender registration is nothing more than extended punishment to those convicted. I Know for sure that not all that are convicted are guilty. There are a lot of innocent men and women who face
Read MoreComment The registry is nothing more than a tool to instill fear in he public that has no real value. There is no registry for murderers, no registry for people who’ve been convicted of assaults’, no registry
Read MoreComment Please consider NOT enacting these or any new regulations for sex offender registrants to follow. New restrictions will not significantly increase public safety. Studies have shown that over 95% of all new sex crimes are committed
Read MoreOn August 20, 2020, the 10th Circuit Court in Denver overturned Millard v Rankin, the US District Court ruling that found Colorado’s sex offense registry scheme violated the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. (The 10th Circuit ruling
Read MoreDemonstration at 10th Circuit Appeals Court, 1823 Stout St, Denver, CO 80257, 8am to 2pm Sept 24, 2020 Thursday
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