Comment I should start of by saying that I am a daughter of an offender, and no not a victim. My father has been on registry since it first started and though his sentence was very small,

    Comment See attached file(s) Attachments1 Gregs Response to AG Barr’s Proposal for Registration  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0451 Tracking Number 1k4-9jbb-up6i Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Gregory Bridges   Download the PDF file .  

    Comment See attached file(s) Attachments1 SUSAN’S RESPONSE TO BILL BARR REGISTRY PROPOSAL  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0452 Tracking Number 1k4-9jbb-nakm Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Susan Bridges   Download the PDF file .   Share

  Comment After reading this proposed rule, I disagree with this rule to an extent. I am not in support of this rule because I believe this rule should differentiated from the different offenders. Someone who simply urinated

  Comment No action should be taken on this proposed change until the experts in the field for treatment of sexual abusers are consulted and their recommendations entered into the record. This paper by the Association for the

  Comment I would like to strongly discourage these new S.O.R.N.A. rules and regulations from being enacted. Registration is nothing more than a feel good law that doesn’t protect anyone or make anyone any safer. But instead makes

    Comment See attached file(s) Attachments1 Sex Offender Registry is counterproductive and ineffective  Download    Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0458 Tracking Number 1k4-9jc3-wl8h Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Anonymous Anonymous   https://ww1.womenagainstregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0458_attachment_1.docx   Download the PDF file .

  Comment I am a registered sex offender, convicted in 2009 for traveling from US to Canada with nude pictures of minors (teens) on my hard drive. I have served over 4.5 years in an FCI (low) and

  Comment I made a mistake, now I am a registered sex offender. And although I’m not a monster I am perceived as one due to this registry. I stepped off the narrow path into the wide one

  Comment The sex offender registration fundamentally is very hurtful and cruel. No other offenses are there that can be so publicly denigrating. It starts with the language of the offense. In Indiana IC 35 42 4 2

    Comment Perhaps early in the genesis of the registry it was truly intended to be a tool for the safety of the public, however now it has morphed into a behemoth of epic proportions with an

  Comment I was entrapped by an undercover sting, a detective posing as a minor. There was no “real” person. They called my phone, sent emails, sent IMs until I agreed to meet, they typed up obscene messages

    Comment [***DOJ DOCKET NOTE: PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THE COMMENTER REDACTED AT THE COMMENTER’S REQUEST***]Please see file attached for my comments. Thank you. Attachments1 Comment on FR Doc FR-2020-15804_R1  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0464 Tracking Number

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    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Bennett_Damien  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0466 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-i2qd Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Damien Bennett   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Christensen_Alan L. MD to David Karp  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0467 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-q6se Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Alan Christensen, M.D.   Download the PDF file .   Share

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Christensen_Alan L. MD to DOJ  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0468 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-iqo1 Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Alan Christensen, M.D.   Download the PDF file .   Share on

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Francis_Larry Michael  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0469 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-jzdd Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Larry Francis   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Hall_Earnest Bradley  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0470 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-cjrm Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Earnest Hall   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Moore_A  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0471 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-g970 Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name A. Moore   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Richards_David  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0472 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-t5bx Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name David Richards   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Salamon_J  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0473 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-p6pn Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name J. Salamon   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Stewart_James  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0474 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-r0dt Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name James Stewart   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA McDaniel_David W.  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0475 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-cbzd Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name David McDaniel   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Ragan_Michael, Jr  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0476 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-7fwf Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Michael Ragan, Jr.   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA The Florida Action Comte. Inc. Colletta_Gail  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0477 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-jyi3 Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Gail Colletta Organization Name The Florida Action Committee   Download the

    Comment See attached Attachments1 SORNA Wray_Peter  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0478 Tracking Number 1k4-9jce-905f Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Peter Wray   Download the PDF file .   Share on FacebookTweet

    Comment This my objection to the SORNA Law and DOJ Proposed Rule changes.Since my misdemeanor plea I have been on STATE SOR for over 19 years. It has dramatically effected, my ability to provide adequate support

  Comment The Sorna Act is outdated and casts a large web on otherwise law abiding citizens who have already paid their dues in one way or another. This act needs to be revised. There have been many

  Comment I am writing as a victim of sexual abuse. I want to thank the politicians that have tried to make society safer against sexual crimes. However, after reading the restrictions of SORNA, I know this would

  Comment People CAN and do change This list allows no one a chance. People have jobs and families and look forward to ending their time spent on the lists, subject to public scrutiny when in fact, not

  Comment The current practice of putting all offenders on the sex offender list is a life long punishment in itself . It should not be used for low tier offenders. It currently groups all levels of offenders

    Comment See attached file(s) Pease redact all personal identifying information. Attachments1 SORNA Comments 10062020 1 1  Download    Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0484 Tracking Number 1k4-9jd5-xumu Comment Details Received Date  Oct 5, 2020   https://ww1.womenagainstregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0484_attachment_1.docx Download the PDF

  Comment What you’re doing here is unwarranted and is going to cost thousands of people and families their jobs and homes (and possibly lives). There’s no call for this. In fact, there’s no call for the registry

  Comment As an American Citizen I am opposed to yet more restrictions placed on select members of our society and by extension, their families. There is simply too much evidence contradicting the myth that RSO’s will go

    Comment See attached file(s) Attachments1 Oregon Voices Response Docket No OAG 157-1-2  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0488 Tracking Number 1k4-9jde-8oem Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Robert Brown Organization Name Oregon Voices   Download the PDF

  Comment Why not implementing changes that will surely make a difference. None of you at the DOJ level are professionals in Sex Offenders Treatment you will benefit from listening to actual professionals in the field. Many of

  Comment THE RULES ARE PUNISHMENT ! PLEASE DO NOT KEEP RETROACTIVLY APPLYING PUNISHMENT AFTER A SENTENCE ! LEAVE THIS TO THE COURTS, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE TO THIS COUNTRY , BILL BARR NEEDS TO RESIGN

  Comment imagine these laws apply to even the victim as collateral damage in some cases, for example, a romeo and juliet couple one time offender with his current wife of 10 years. The victim then marries the

  Comment The nationwide sex offender registry is a huge waste of time and money with little to no benefits to Americans. As someone who went to prison for ten years when I was 17 years old for

  Comment Another layer of laws and reporting is not the answer. The current set of laws, regulations and reporting, not to mention county by county ordinances that are completely out of control impact not only the offenders,

  Comment A total review and reconsideration of SORNA in its entirety is required. The three tiered level is completely flawed and must be reworked. -The vast majority of those who are sexually abused (especially minors) are abused

  Comment A man, timid and teary eyed, stands to speak. He is no older than 45. He has been a registered sex offender for 20 years. He hangs his head with shame as he tells the crowd

  Comment Here are some basic facts about registrants: No other group of offenders, including murderers, arsonists, those who commit violent assaults, etc., is subjected to the draconian restrictions of being placed on a public list. No other

  Comment I am a licensed psychologist in the state of Maryland. I have concerns about the effectiveness of the sex offender registry. The thought process behind why the registry was created makes sense, to promote awareness in

  Comment I stand with NARSOL to put an end to the registry. It is nothing more than a public hit list and puts innocent family members in harm’s way that live with a registrant. I demand it

    Comment The registry was built on falsifications of facts. Read for yourself -Frightening and High. https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1429&context=concommThe registry must be dismantled. It leads to homelessness, ridicule, harassment, bullying, vigilantism, and continued punishment for life. No one should

    Comment Why is it that I hear and see written that the sex offender registry “protects the pubic”. How does it do that? No one seems to give a rational or reasonable account as to how

    Comment Because of these laws, death on a massive scale, has taken place. Waves of fires in California, waves of mud, waves of hurricanes, waves of US military crashes (cruisers crashing into boats, sunken submarines, and

    Comment My son who lives with me is a RSO. His crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was living with a bunch of drug addicts and the youngest of

    Comment Why is it that everyone just assumes and never understands the real facts. Sex offenders are almost the lowest of any criminal who reoffends. If you want to take action do it with drug offenders.

    Comment As a mother I feel like this is a waste of our time and money. Registeries are feel good laws that dont help. Most sex offenses are not ones done by people already convicted but

  Comment My husband is a sex offender in Colorado, it was a internet based offense to which he was basically in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was on an app talking to someone who,

  Comment I am not surprised by all the comments that oppose this important life saving legislation.YES WE DO NEED A NATIONAL DATABASE. If everyone could check out new people they meet at a national level rather than

  Comment This is not even right , These laws do nothing but hold down people who have served their time for their crime in most cases of people of this registry they never even had a court

  Comment THESE RIGISTRIES ARE PROVEN TO DO MORE HARM THEN GOOD ! STOP ADDING MORE RULES OR PUNISHMENT WHAT EVER YOU CALL IT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCES . Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0028 Tracking Number ke1-vejf-ngkt

  Comment This is a steaming pile of waste, corruption, and abuse heaped onto an already marginalized and endlessly punished group in violation of scientific evidence. That evidence was gathered and posted by your own department proving malicious

  Comment I am appalled in so many personal, constitutional, and societal ways as to the juggernaut our legislators have created, (SORNA). It is nothing more than another form of many forms throughout the history of our nation

    Comment Much of this type of legislation is forgetting the impact it can have on people FALSELY ACCUSED AND CONVICTED of sex offenses. In the pursuit of justice let’s not forget what the system is capable

    Comment The registry is as wrong as hanging someone in the middle of time square , These so called rules, as we see as laws over our lives have too end this has gone way to

  Comment Sexual registries are unconstitutional. There are no enumerated powers for the federal government or state governments to require any American to register for anything unless they are under state custody of a sentence. Under the 13th

    Comment See attached file(s) Due to my comment being lengthy, I have attached a document. It describes by SORNA should be abolished and a sensible plan enacted, in order to give those released from prison a

  Comment These Registries and the Rules need to end , This is not Ok in anyway it effects so many families and young adults for a life time of shaming, humiliation, struggles they can never be equal,

  Comment It seems to me that this lengthy document imposes additional regulation, obligation, and limitation for those who have to register. It appears to be an organization tool of sorts; a way to equalize and centralize registration

  Comment This is contrary to what some states (I am most familiar with Washington) that have not adopted SORNA because they have a better system, using actuarial risk assessments to determine notification levels. Furthermore, these systems allow

  Comment 1st off I have never met anyone who has been on the registry who was not changed. Also not one person on these lists are a threat to society. Before the inmate leaves prison to be

  Comment The sex offender registry came about as a product of several horrific, high-profile child abductions and murders. After two and a half decades, there has NEVER been a shred of evidence that the sex offender registry

  Comment I oppose this proposed regulation. The addition of more regulations to an already overly burdensome, punitive, and ineffectual sex offender registry system will not protect children, but instead ensure that more people are placed on the

  Comment The sex offender registry is a complete failure. The intention behind it may have had some good intentions but the registry is ineffective in meeting and providing improved public safety. Instead it provides a false sense

  Comment This entire document — in fact, the entire sex offender registration system — is predicated on the false assumption that an individual who has previously committed a sex-based offense at some point in their history is

  Comment This proposal is an unfortunate set of circumstances. It has Epstein written all over it! To begin with this is ALL political and will get passed, for sure. Yes its wrong, yes IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL but

  Comment How is of this “Justice” The justice departments own studies shows that ” sexoffenders” the lowest rates of recitism of any other type of “criminal”. I was convicted in Alabama. for RAPE 2nd.. ( sounds bad

    Comment Why expand a failed system? Very few states comply with these regulations, and the utility of the entire SORNA program has been proven to be unnecessary, draconian, and unconstitutional. Recidivism rates for these crimes are

  Comment State laws have adequately protected the public for many years. This rule change would somehow subject people, whose state convictions no longer require them to register, whom judges have found adequately rehabilitated to permit them not

    Comment As someone who works in risk-mitigation with people who have committed sexual offenses, what about this Act incorporates research about the risk for sexual recidivism? I work primarily in the forensic evaluation of people charged

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    Comment Ex post facto as well as due process are greatly ignored for sex offender registry. There are a number of disproportional impacted people with mental health as well as youth on the registry. I personally

  Comment There has been substantial data provided that registration and the rules involved do more harm than good. The majority of sex offenders affected are not pedophiles or rapists. Though this is what the public believes. The

    Comment The Regustry is an absolute bureaucratic system. It tangles and snags any chance of redemption. registration handicaps rehabilitation and damages families, children are bullied when parents are listed. Publicly. There’s little value to the public

  Comment I am greatly concerned about the change regarding how a registrant is to update work and/or school information. While it may work for someone whose employer or school is nearby, it fails to take into account

    Comment See attached file(s) Additionally, a shortened plain text version excluding background historical comments follows (for a complete background see the attached pdf’s): Think of the Sex Offender Registry as another divisive. This is a call

  Comment When i was working on the murder of Tiffany Jenks they stoped my travel to Manila by making fake claims upon my name and now magically no one in the US Government has time to find

    Comment See attached file(s) Attachments1 Comment  Download    Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0015 Tracking Number 1k4-9ifo-5adl Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Andrew Osmun Organization Name Restorative Action Alliance   Download the PDF file . https://ww1.womenagainstregistry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0015_attachment_1.docx Share on

  Comment I can’t describe how unfairly and destructively these laws have affected our family. How can laws possibly treat each offender as a group without any consideration of the true circumstances? My son, at a young age

  Comment We created a registry that has made families of registrant’s victims of colleterial consequences. Children are bullied, harassed, and targeted for attacks; these are the children of offenders as well as children on registries. Children as

  Comment This is a Joke …. Bill Barr you should be ashamed of your self , People are human you are giving our children and young adults a life sentence with a stoke of your pen in

  Comment I have been working with sexual offenders for over 40 years, and I have seen the impact on sex offender registration with hundreds, if not thousands, of clients. Juveniles who have committed sexual offenses and have

  Comment I was victim to an internet sting operation. I was pursued for nearly a year by the FBI to be lured into a trap. Yes, I was online looking at pornography and in a chat room.

  Comment I have a son who is intellectually and developmentally disabled. He is on the registry because he was taken advantage of, abused and told to expose himself to a minor. He has a misdemeanor. I am

  Comment Here are some basic facts about registrants: No other group of offenders, including murderers, arsonists, those who commit violent assaults, etc., is subjected to the draconian restrictions of being placed on a public list. No other

  Comment For the last 20 years or so, the Legislature has taken the same approach that it did unsuccessfully in the 1980’s with the Drug War, i.e. “get tough on Sex Offenders” while the research and even

  Comment The registry does not work, it does destroy lives, and has created a second class of citizens. It allows vigilantes to stalk and target you. We live in fear, we’re not allowed a weapon to defend

  Comment As a U.S. citizen being forced to register for a misdemeanor offense, I find the entire registration and notification act laughable. Posting someone’s face, notifying the world that this person “ might be a danger to

  Comment These Rules are no more then a way to control our young men of this country, Enough be Enough ? Not expectable to keep applying more and more rules year after year , people deserve a

  Comment I have grave concerns with SORNA and the proposed rule changes. First, this proposal implies you are giving the Attorney General unlimited powers to alter the rules as he/she seems fit. No single government agent should

  Comment The proposed changes will increase the number of people on the registry by mostly adding many people back on to the registry who in some cases haven’t been on a registry for decades and haven’t committed

  Comment This registry is unjust and very punitive to those who must ,report, not allowed in many zones in the community, They can not find shelter because they are shunned upon , They can not find work

    Comment See attached file(s) regarding in-person registration violates Ex Post Facto Attachments1 arguement  Download   Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0050 Tracking Number kea-r4ap-065z Comment Details Submitter Info Submitter Name Douglas Warenback   Download the PDF file . Share

  Comment I feel/believe my son-in-law has paid his debt and should be removed. It’s been 8 years for him, time served, probation complete, therapy complete, no other offenses. But the minimum is 10 years regardless of what

  Comment Continuation of a previous post. Lost the PG & would not allow me to return? Sor is being called everything but what it is? Simply put it is punishment, nothing else, it can never be anything

  Comment To the reviewer, this yet another submission of mine. I am compelled to submit because I keep finding more issues I need to get on the record. Page 49335: (center column, last paragraph), the DOJ calls

  Comment To the reviewer, I have one more comment to add regarding the topic: Pursuant to Nevada’s wrongful conviction statute, I believe they “accidentally” confirmed sex offender registration is punitive as follows: NRS 41.950  Award of damages and other

    Comment To the reviewer: I am resubmitting, because I believe my previous submission (ke2-4fqx-wird) is not going to be posted because I am providing personal identifying information. The following is to avoid adding attachments, but the

    Comment To the reviewer: I am resubmitting, because I believe my previous submission (ke2-4fqx-wird) is not going to be posted because I am providing personal identifying information. The following is to avoid adding attachments, but the

    Comment Note to reviewer: This replaces my two previous submissions, to removal “personal identifying information”, id numbers are: ke0-aynl-nrg0 and 1k4-9ig2-9b4z, Please remove those submissions, thank you. Note: for the last submission, redaction was not secure,

  Comment The rules that are being applied are very punitive, retroactive punishment is not ok in this country , to retroactive a life of shunning and debilitating rules are not American. Our country is built on compaction

  Comment Who distills this for the supervising release officer? Where is a list of the new requirements in a condensed for for the public? Why are these laws continually enlarged to burden people? Who originates these new

    Comment AG Barr, I am writing to voice my opinion AGAINST the proposed regulations. To go further, I think SORNA and IML should be completely repealed as it is an ineffective use of resources and taxpayer

  Comment The Issue of The OAG’s Interpretation of SORNA proposal OAG 157. 1. Expressly OAG by a summary statement improperly assumes continuous authority to change the law because the Act (Legislative Branch) “gave” the OAG (Executive Branch)

  Comment Murders of Registered Person Directly Attributed to the Public Registry/ SORNA: There have been nearly 200 Registrants, loved ones of Registrants, or people mistaken for Registrants murdered by vigilantes who used the registry as motivation for

  Comment it is absolutely unecessary to further punish sex offenders by substituting federal law for state statutes. The current statutes are already explicit enough to regulate and punish sex offenders without any additional regulation from the federal

  Comment I’m a pedophile and I would like to be able to vontarley request to be placed on the registered sex offender registry and I would like to be able to do that, you should have a

  Comment Have you considered the innocent people that are on the registry ? You don’t get it right every time. I know this for a fact. Over abusing your power has gotten way out of hand. Death

  Comment These rule changes, as they pertain to the jurisdictions in which a registrant must report school attendance fails to take into account the vagaries of online learning and, as such, creates a catch-22. In today’s learning

  Comment Abolish the registry. It does not work, end of story. I am a former victim of forcible rape at 15 years of age, and I am completely against the public registry. I welcome longer prison sentences,

  Comment My state released me from “any further duty to register” in 1989. Having to re-register will ruin my life after all these years! I have led an exemplary life since then. Please don’t do this! Comment

  Comment It is a miscarriage of justice that juveniles are forced to be on registries by certain States (Michigan) OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES for LIFE. Michigans standards for lifetime registry go over and above federal guidelines. Scientific

  Comment I am ashamed to say that I am an American citizen as I watch my government persecute a class of citizens know as Sex Offenders! Your laws are draconian and unconstitutional. The Doe v. Smith ruling

  Comment The Government’s boot is on my neck and i can’t breath. This is straight up Nazi type crap that the United States Government is engaging in. Some of my relatives escaped the Nazis and some did

  Comment The proposed changes are no better than the state law. The law is very retrictive and I have suffered on good housing because I can not live in seerton area’s that I can afford to pay

  Comment DOJ DOCKET NOTE: PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THE COMMENTER REDACTED AT THE COMMENTER’S REQUEST. The SOR has impacted me personally at home and in work. My sentence was in 1993 and slowly over the years more

  Comment The fact is that the government doesn’t realize that people CAN change and this list is creating moral lepers. Making it hard for people to get jobs and housing, in fact it creates more crime because

  Comment Studies have shown SORN has not been proven to be an effective deterrent. In fact, it is doing more harm than good. Families are negatively impacted by not being able to live near their work or

  Comment I have been a registered sex offender since 2004. I was 23 years old when I committed my crime. At that time I struggled with the choice of going to court and facing a greater sentence

  Comment My name is Jose Torres, I have been placed on the sex offender registry in the state of Michigan without any due process of the law. I was never formally charged nor sentenced in any way

  Comment I am the parent of a registrant in Michigan. As you are already aware, studies that have shown that the SOR is not achieving its intent, and in fact is causing more harm than good. Registries

  Comment I am against this for so many reasons. When I married my husband 20 years ago, I had in mind that the list was only a minimal part of our lives and would eventually be gone.

  Comment I have been on the registry for 5 years. In that time I have had my rules changed multiple times. Because it’s what’s in the best interest of the community to punish me with new and

  Comment I believe the sex offender registry act is a waste of money the recidivism rate for sex offenders is very low and there’s also put sex offenders in danger of being harmed by people that hate

  Comment The sex offender registry is supposed to protect children, yet children are more often harmed by ot than helped. Because people on the sex offender registry have children too. A registrant cannot take their children to

  Comment If you put this much effort into DWI/DUI drivers, drug dealers AND users, gang members, husband/wife beatetrs ect. you could make the streets a much safer place for everyone. Comment ID DOJ-OAG-2020-0003-0083 Tracking Number kel-kovk-n649 Comment

  Comment The Registry fails to protect those it is intended to protect, not because it is implemented improperly, but because it would fail to protect the public even if the policy was followed to a T by

  Comment It is time to correct the misery and ongoing punishment of offendors caused by public shaming using the SORNA facility. The act not only punishesb theperpertrator but causes undue mental and finaciial hardships on families and

    Comment My name is Jonathan Meyer, and I am a 40-year old man living in West Michigan. In 2012, I was convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct, for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage employee of

  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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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,

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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

  Comment 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