GA: Sex offender registry problems cost the state federal funds

Shortcomings in Georgia’s sex offender registration program are going to cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money, according to a letter the U.S. Department of Justice sent to the governor. Full Article

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Level 1 offenders have a 4 percent to 13 percent chance of committing another sex crime, while those at Level 2 have a 34 percent chance of committing another sex offense. Level 3 offenders — “sexually dangerous predators” — have a 65 percent chance of committing more sex crimes.
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Even under the worst possible situation, GA confirms “frightening and high” and “upwards of 80%” to be false.
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“Every year, jurisdictions have had to apply for 10 percent (in lost grant money) to be returned to them, and it has been returned,” said Stephanie Carrigg, the SMART office senior policy adviser. “This year we notified everybody that we would be enacting what the statute has always said.”

That means no reallocation. In other words, Georgia and 31 other states will see their allotments from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, or Byrne JAG funds, given to the 18 states, four U.S. territories and more than 130 tribes that currently comply with the federal law.

“Every jurisdiction (state) gets Byrne JAG money as long as they have a plan of moving toward implementation,” Carrigg said.
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Is this correct? I thought the non-SORNA states were already losing the funding. From the way this is written, they’ve been getting the $$$, despite being non-compliant. If states have indeed been getting the $$$, this may now be a bit of ratcheting up on non-SORNA states to come under Uncle Sam’s boot heel. But it may all be moot, at least in the short-term, since last I read, all Byrne funding has been suspended due to legal intricacies regarding Reichsfuhrer Sessions’ sanctuary city/state suits.

Georgia places all registered citizens on their public website save juveniles. This was my biggest mistake moving to Georgia from NJ. In NJ as a level 1 I was not on the public website, had a great job and had no vigilantes seeking me out. Once in Ga and on their public website, I was lucky to get a job; I put that I had a felony from 2000 0n the application but they ignored that as it was over 7 years ago. They did not know I was publicly listed until a fellow employee pointed it out to management. I was brought into the human resource office and questioned, they couldn’t get me for not telling them so they had no choice but to keep me or face a lawsuit. As it turns out for most people, I was a model employee for many years and got several advances and recognition’s, until I left for other reasons.

Being on the public registry makes a world of difference and I do regret moving to Ga for that reason.

Pardon me for not having the information at hand, but I can say that implementation of the sex offender registry law and enforcement of it costs Georgia many times the money received from the Feds even when the entire amount is paid to the state. Every county sheriff’s department, the GBI and others have had to hire additional personnel to administer this “regulatory” regime. Hard prison beds that should be reserved for the truly violent and incorrigible are occupied persons who committed the non-violent, victimless crime of failure to register. Imagine that – a person who did nothing can be prosecuted and incarcerated for up to 30 years for NOT doing something that benefits nobody.

As far as I am concerned, the Feds can keep their damned money – all of it – and shove it where the sun don’t shine. There must be an end to this atrocity. Once a person has served his sentence, leave him alone!

Btw, I have a case in Georgia Supreme Court right now challenging the constitutionality of OCGA 42-2-14 regarding classification and the state’s atrocity of forcing persons classified as sexually dangerous predators to have attached to their body a tracking device using GPS and GSM cell tower communication.

If and when I win this case there will be much consternation in the government of Georgia.