___ is among 1,155 sex offenders who have been removed from the registry since February. … Most have been stripped out because of a decision by Maryland’s highest court. That ruling handed a victory to advocates who said the registries were unfairly punitive, but has troubled legislators and upset victims. Full Article
MD: Court ruling upends Maryland’s sex offender registry
- ·November 2, 2014
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In my opinion, allowing victims to decide how long an offender is punished is in contradiction to our history of impatial (supposedly) judges and juries deciding the fate of someone breaking the law. But if these registry advocates believe that’s the way it should be, why don’t they create laws that take off the registry the people who have had no victims, and the people who have made amends with their victims, and the victims wish not to be the excuse for further suffering? Then law enforcement can focus on the people they are supposedly concerned about? Reason is because it has nothing to do with empowering victims. It has all to do with empowering the politician.
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