We see a recent state Supreme Court ruling on the public release of registered sex offenders as victory and a defeat. We are adamant proponents for access to public records and champion the critical role of that information to make sure our government and public agencies are being fair and just.
When the state Supreme Court ruled that Donna Zink was entitled to access to information about thousands of low-level sex offenders, it overturned rulings of lower courts preventing the release of that data. Full Editorial
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WA: Supreme Court – Records of low-level sex offenders are public
Thank you CA RSOL for again posting on this vital issue, and best wishes on your today effort up in Sacramento! For an update on Washington:
This is a huge breach in Washington State’s good record for a quarter-century now of registration based on risk, versus the AWA/SORNA decade of failure of registration by conviction. Not posting (and thus not notifying) of level One citizens is all about risk; they are LOW risk! The other facet of Washington State’s proven risk concept is this level One only registers for 10 years.
The Governor is pushing AWA/SORNA even in this solid Democrat State. The State Police are also quite willing to release the information, even though they are NOT allowed by law to post level One info on their official website !!
At the present time, this thing may well turn on what their SOPB does. They tried last year to stop this and weren’t listened to. While the situation is now worse, the SOPB meeting this April 25 at 1:00 PM will try again. So far we have 2-5 Registered Citizens that will attend this public meeting . Can you make this meeting too ? The meeting will also be teleconferenced : 855-203-0771, pin: 3375525. But I don’t know at what time during the three-hour meeting this will be introduced.
One last thing: the editorial this current post refers to suggests only juvenile registrants be protected. That is a cop out; ALL level Ones need to be protected !!
To Wonderin:
Good point, and I so agree with you ! All I was saying is that the quack doing the editorial was saying to leave the level One juvies out of it . The bigger issue I’m indirectly referring to is about the push to get kids off the registries and the hell with adults; they stay where they are. But this dilutes the biggest issue of all: That the ENTIRE registry needs to be gone !
All her requests are now public record, and because she says she works at home, so will be all her Business records and home address. A long with all her family members records. The us supreme court says you can publish any true fact without it being slander.
There are few comments on the article. I take that as a sign that no one really cares much about it. More and more of this will continue to happen because people won’t speak out against it.
Will A. I think a public registry for all government officials including registrants registers but more specifically we should register all these people’s family’s addresses and convictions this would send a chilling message. Just because there family wasn’t convicted of a sex offense doesn’t mean they don’t want to hide it. Could you imagine a neighbor living in your area for 20 years you said hi to everyday was a upstanding citizen and then they find out he has a theft record,domestics and so on.
Here is my question. They are fighting and want to see juveniles off of the registry. Why? If the registry is not punishment in any way, then there should be no cause to take juveniles or anyone else off the registry. Them fighting to keep juveniles off the registry shows that they know being on one can easily ruin your life for as long as you live. Which to me, I see that as punishment, being made a target, not being able to live in certain places, or work certain jobs.
I say we build our own registry online, and list the name, addresses and work and anything else we can dig up, on every judge, law enforcement, and pro-registry activist and politician. Im sure some of them have made their own enemies, and they would complain immediately about having their info online painting a target on their back. But its not punishment, right?
EXACTLY!
That’s a great argument if another case concerning the registry ever goes back before SCOTUS
if a juvenile commits a crime and has to register (so be it) let the families really see how screwed up and hypocritical the laws are, maybe the familes will get involved and really get educated that not all are monsters, people hear that word sex offender and automatically think rape of a child, even that word lewd or lascivious act with a child sounds horrible! but in fact and reality a 16 year old can have a relation with a 18 year old, and in the same situation a 16 year old can have relations with a 26 year old (both being consensual) and of course there are the ones that really need help and have a disorder, but i think here in cal there should be a blll that makes registrants get classified as that tier 1-2 or 3, after all the government makes and forces registrants do this and do that which makes it sooooo difficult to move on, the law will say a person is a level 3 (according to them) and must register for life but in reality that person could be a level 2 or level 1 and has a possible chance of getting relieved from registration, give them a chance to look forward and prove once again that there is a zero chance of committing another crime, some have not committed any other crime in the last 15-20-25 years.
The terrorist Donna Zink has posted some replies at the article.
Looking at a picture of the place she lives, it is clear that statistics was not one of her better subjects.
I certainly agree with the creation of a Drunk Driver Registry. Only then – when millions of people’s lives are affected – would the courts be forced to recognize that all Registries are punishment. **Bear in mind that drunk drivers have a very high rate of recidivism and that they kill and maim indiscriminately.
I’ve mentioned the fact that Judges, Attorneys and Law Enforcement officers are all drinkers. Many are down-right drunks. I’ll also bet that most of them have driven while under the influence.
I don’t know the statistics, but I’m willing to bet, that “Drunks” have killed and have destroyed more lives of “Children” than all SO’s in the entire world combined.
The lawmakers nor society wants to bite the hand that feeds their own dysfunctional lives.
I can hear it now: “I can control my drinking” and “you have no control as a SO”.
The lie that sex offender have a 75% redcidative rate, is wrong and should be looked at closely, when determining, the length of time, of each offense the real truth is by the DOJ that all sex offerder will offened again is a lie and was intended to frighten the community.. It has no effect on safety of the community but causes sex offenders, to be homeless, not able to work or to obtain jobs..