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Forum: In the News
Thread (Discussion): [KELOLAND.COM] New law would create national sex offender database
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Message 141648 (In Reply to Message 141608)
national registry?
Posted by poetsdreamscape
on Nov 30, 2004 02:21 AM | Also by poetsdreamscape
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The registries for the most part dont keep anyone safe. Having a nation wide registry is about as useless as the local ones.Now I know that comment is going to get me knee deep in something but if im gonna drown it might as well be in shallow .............
Let me explain why I dont think it will make a difference.This is an example of what I have learned in volunteering with RSO.
Jane Doe is an RSO. Registers with the locality they are suppose to and in compliance. Still we don't have numbers on a monthly basis of how many are viewing the registry and who is actually viewing which is important overall to make certain there are no minipulation of numbers.
Jane moves into a new neighborhood and gets a postoffice box in neighboring town so no mail comes to her home. She gets a hello from a neighbor next door welcomming her into the neighborhood and says well Hi im Jane Snow. Even if the neighbor looked up the last name they wouldnt find her on the registery because she is known as Jane snow not Jane Doe.
Most RSO that I have been in contact with have another surname that they use when making new freinds or are asked there last name. Some do it for privacy and some for safety reasons.Once you are out of the legal system there are no laws that say you cant use a different name as long as you register with your legal name.
Next we have the photos taken that are updated yearly. Some are and some arent depending on how lazy the officer on duty is that day. There are some that are only updated on occasion.One of the guys in therapy changes his appearence every year before he has to register. He dyed his hair blonde this year grew a mustache and gained excessive weight. Added a pair of glass.Who is to say he cant do that? In a month or so he will look completely different.
What about the guy who dressed as a women when he went to get his photos taken and claimed he was in preop and was a women now?Court cant force you to choose what you want to be or look like.
Then we have the issue of 2 homes. There is never a follow up or visit and if so very scarce.Some have had 2 homes that they live in but the law requires only one being the main residence. Each state carries varying times that you must register if you stay there for long periods but who is to know.People come and go all the time . You can be registered in onw town but not the next.
There are so many ways that the system is manipulated that it doesnt work. A national registry does nothing to protect anyone. In fact I believe that the push to do this is because the states cant afford to handle the registry and want to put it back on the federal level. If I remember right the states were forced to do a registry in order to get federal funding for certain projects. If they didnt do a registry they got nothing. That is why it took so long for all the states to come in compliance.In the end thats what they got anyway from the federal goverment was nothing but short changed.
The other issue that states will be dealing with soon is how to keep offenders from communicationg with one another to devise plans to thwart the system. All laws are public and can be minipulated.There are those that work hard at finding the loop holes in this law as there are any other laws.So in the end what does a national registry prove?
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Message 141608
Posted by dp1
on Nov 28, 2004 05:34 PM | Also by dp1
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141534, admin, Nov 24, 2004 06:55 PM [Introduction]
141544, Navigatr1, Nov 25, 2004 04:19 AM [Should Take It Further]
141558, 1dadof5, Nov 26, 2004 08:10 AM
141568, orolan, Nov 26, 2004 07:05 PM
141587, 1dadof5, Nov 28, 2004 08:21 AM
141591, dp1, Nov 28, 2004 12:07 PM
141594, orolan, Nov 28, 2004 02:22 PM
141608, dp1, Nov 28, 2004 05:34 PM
141648, poetsdreamscape, Nov 30, 2004 02:21 AM [national registry?]
141725, orolan, Dec 02, 2004 06:19 PM [Poet]
141689, orolan, Dec 02, 2004 02:32 AM
141807, Navigatr1, Dec 04, 2004 04:04 PM [Make Them Public]
142256, gfndresident, Dec 11, 2004 07:45 PM [IT wouldn't Have Helpe...]
142319, orolan, Dec 13, 2004 01:54 AM
143448, roccy, Jan 08, 2005 06:25 AM [ummmm]
143521, orolan, Jan 09, 2005 03:11 PM [roccy]
143555, dp1, Jan 09, 2005 08:01 PM
143567, orolan, Jan 10, 2005 02:28 AM
143573, dp1, Jan 10, 2005 04:08 AM
143688, orolan, Jan 12, 2005 12:53 AM
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