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Thread (Discussion): [King County Journal] Sex-offender law gets court win: Judge rules against ACLU; Issaquah violato...
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Posted by admin
on Sep 11, 2005 01:17 PM | Also by admin
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Discuss the article Sex-offender law gets court win: Judge rules against ACLU; Issaquah violators facing fines of up to $250 a day, by Noel S. Brady, which appeared on King County Journal on September 09, 2005.
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Message 161320 (In Reply to Message 161203)
Posted by artie
on Sep 12, 2005 03:33 PM | Also by artie
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It's really not a win. The restraining order was requested to prohibit the city from enforcing a law. The city has every right to enforce a law. Whether or not the law is legal will begin scrutiny on 9/23.
A question to be asked to the complaining residents:
If the RSO's have been released into the community staying with a family member is not good enough for you, where would you suggest he go? Is it your intent to push him into my neighborhood wher he has no supervision whatsoever?
do you think he is less dangerous to the community even more bitter and alone?
The law is stupid and very dangerous. these laws are going to create more offenses.
But hey, it's popular.
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Message 161350 (In Reply to Message 161203)
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on Sep 12, 2005 08:25 PM | Also by orolan
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Unfortunately the King County Journal website works about as well as a sex offender proximity law. In other words, not at all (at least right now). So I can't read the article. The Seattle Times tells a somewhat different story.
It says a "court commissioner" denied the temporary restraining order. That's not the same as a "Judge". It's purely an admin function.
The city can't forcibly remove the sex offenders without a court order, Tanaka said, but it can fine them.
That's right. And the city can't lock them up for not paying the fines. All it can do is sue them in civil court.
As Artie pointed out, the ACLU lawsuit hasn't even been heard yet, let alone ruled against. Somebody at the King County Journal is taking their court-affirmed privilege of lying their butt off seriously:-))
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161203, admin, Sep 11, 2005 01:17 PM [Introduction]
161320, artie, Sep 12, 2005 03:33 PM
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