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Forum: In the News
Thread (Discussion): [Los Angeles Times] Ruling widens sex offender list - M22G
Message 136729
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Posted by admin
on Jun 29, 2004 02:56 PM | Also by admin
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Discuss the article Ruling widens sex offender list, by Maura Dolan, which appeared on Los Angeles Times on June 29, 2004.
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Message 136733 (In Reply to Message 136729)
Awesome
Posted by dp1
on Jun 29, 2004 07:27 PM | Also by dp1
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The state Supreme Court had ruled that requiring registration for such a relatively minor offense was cruel and unusual punishment, but Monday's ruling said that being required to register as a sex offender was not punishment at all, considering it instead a regulatory measure designed to assist law enforcement and to protect the public.
The ole expo facto trick didn't work, eh? There was never any doubt in my mind about this ruling. It makes no sense not to register SO's. Why would anyone in their right mind not want to know this information? Seems to me it would be hard to prove that registration was anything other than a regulatory measure. The punishment argument has no punch as far as I have seen. It basically boils down to SO's not wanting their dirty laundry aired and the rest of society needing to know this information.
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Message 136767 (In Reply to Message 136733)
Posted by momto2girls
on Jul 01, 2004 01:01 AM | Also by momto2girls
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I know that when my daughters first offender was sentenced they told him that he was required to register for 50 years and submit DNA.
Is this a common practice with the 50 years and DNA? or was it just a thing here in Wyoming?
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Message 136770 (In Reply to Message 136767)
M22G
Posted by dp1
on Jul 01, 2004 04:08 AM | Also by dp1
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The length of time seems to vary from state to state. Each state seems to have different versions of Megan's Laws and different labels for sex offenders; i.e. predators, Agravated SO, Level 1, 2, or 3, etc...
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136729, admin, Jun 29, 2004 02:56 PM [Introduction]
136733, dp1, Jun 29, 2004 07:27 PM [Awesome]
136767, momto2girls, Jul 01, 2004 01:01 AM
136770, dp1, Jul 01, 2004 04:08 AM [M22G]
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