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well here are a couple of good quotes…
Here, “[t]he inescapable fact is that adjudication of substantive due process claims may call upon the Court in interpreting the Constitution to exercise that same capacity which by tradition courts always have exercised: reasoned judgment…That does not mean we are free to invalidate state policy choices with which we disagree; yet neither does it permit us to shrink from the duties of our office.” Casey, 505 U.S. at 849.
“A law declaring that in general it shall be more difficult for one group of citizens than for all others to seek aid from the government is itself a denial of equal protection of the laws in the most literal sense.” Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620, 633 (1996).
“Parents should ask their baby’s permission before changing dirty nappy, sexuality expert says”
An expert with pink hair, no less.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/permission-nappy-change-consent-sexuality-expert-deanne-carson-a8345581.html
“Level 3 sex offender arrested after buying child ‘love doll’ online”
No, he didn’t buy a child a love doll (as I thought at first) but a child-love doll.
Apparently, the company from which he bought it turned him into the police. So why sell “child love dolls” unless, of course, you’re working with the police?
https://whdh.com/news/level-3-sex-offender-arrested-after-buying-child-love-doll-online/
And so it “grows”: “America needs a national terrorist registry to keep us safe” (http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/05/11/america-needs-national-terrorist-registry-to-keep-us-safe.html).
Once again, it’s all about keeping us safe. And it’s a tired line, as it was proposed a few years ago by a NYS Senator: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/16/new-york-senator-proposes-bill-to-track-terrorists.html This story includes this outrageous line: “It will discourage terrorists worldwide from entering New York, require those already in New York to register and be monitored,” Croci told the New York Daily News.
Are you kidding me?!!? How many terrorists are going to bat an eye or give one bit of crap about a “terrorist registry”? That has got be one of the STUPIDEST statements a legislator has ever said.
Just in case you haven’t seen the TV ad for Eleni Kounalakis For CA Lt. Governor, Senator Kamala Harris is supporting her and saying she will “hold perpetrators of sexual misconduct accountable”. I’m not sure what she intends exactly as I cannot find any details, but we should expect she will be another politician that will want to make our lives even harder.
Had anyone ever read in the biblical story on what happen with Jacob’s daughter Dinah, and David’s daughter Tamar of the common denomination of being raped, and when both father’s were trying to resolve the situation wisely someone else in the family with a vigilante mentality and disagreement decided to take matters in their own hands and then attack that person who committed the crime? Jacob’s sons did this with killing almost everyone in the town called Shechem for what happened to their sister Dinah, and also David’s son Absalom had his brother Amnon killed for raping his sister Tamar.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/12/video-cop-beat-up-teen-daughter-in-school-office-as-employees-looked-on.html
Oh, that’s right, Florida doesn’t have a child abuse registry, do they??? In fact, no State has one, do they?????
(I only wish it had been one of the POS officers who arrested me two decades ago who was vilified on video for all the world to see!!)
Was just visited by two officers for the compliance check. Female who led the conversation said she was with the probation dept. (haven’t been on probation in years) and wanted me to open security door, I refused. She mentioned that this was an annual check to verify my address. I informed her that none of that is a part of 290. The male officer directed her that I was refusing to sign and they went on their merry way. Short, sweet, to the point. Quite nice if I have to be bothered by these people.
“LRPD officers check in on registered sex offenders”
“But not every offender has committed the same level of crime; they’re ranked based on how severe a crime they committed.
“Level one, two, three, four. Four being the highest, and one being the lowest,” Barnes explained, as he and his teammate drove to the homes of level three and four offenders.
“That’s the highest level. Highest probability that there’s potential for someone to re-offend, someone we want to keep tabs on,” Barnes added.”
So, where are they getting these “levels” from? Certainly not from the recent law which says that it’s going to take years to assign them in such a way that it benefits any Registrants by taking them off the Registry.
http://katv.com/news/local/lrpd-officers-check-in-on-registered-sex-offenders
Watch Ron Book melt-down AGAIN!!!
His interlocutor, incredibly, is part of the CBS news affiliate in Miami and does a GREAT job of taking-down the sleazy Book (sleazy Book, I like that). “You intermingle the two terms [“predators” and “offenders”], don’t you Ron?” He deserves a Pulitzer. You mean that there is actual journalism going on in local t.v. news? Wow!
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/05/13/facing-south-florida-homeless-camps-in-miami-dade/
The Alasaad Case moves forward. Here’s a quote and analysis: “the court was not persuaded by the government’s claim that child pornography is a form of digital contraband that justifies warrantless searches of electronic devices.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/victory-alasaad-our-digital-privacy-border
Bee ~ Nice research. I, too, looked at these codes and pretty much interpret them the way you do. However, there is a reference to SAFE, and isn’t that the organization in San Diego? So, will PC 13887 apply to the rest of California as well? Also, according to PC 13887.4, “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the otherwise unlawful violation of any person’s rights under the law”. So, doesn’t that mean if they enforce it other than when conducting checks on habitual offenders who meet the criteria as defined in PC 667.71, they are breaking the law? Please help me interpret this further. Thanks!
I wonder why no attorneys use judicial notice, interrogatories, or request for admissions in any cases. They are supposed to be trained in the techniques but yet everything I read states that they are underutilized and powerful tools during pretrial litigation. Oh well I will use all.
WOW, I just watched that video and the other one with the ACLU and this guy is insane. He provides no facts, no studies, no evidence and just regurgitates the same old under reporting and scare tactics used when enacting these laws in every case. By the way what he is doing is illegal. His wife if legislating law thru taxes to fund his so called homeless org. That is totally illegal for anyone in office to profit from decisions enacted by that office in any way. I would ask why has no one addressed this issue but it is not even worth asking because we all know why. It is sex offenders so who cares and who wants to defend their rights or accept anything but the distorted views of the world pushed by unhinged individuals like this guy…..
This question is for Chance or Janice.
Has there been a legal challenge to the 1203.4 petition for those convicted of middomeanor CP?
If not, why? EVERY other misdomeanor has the ability to be expunged, yet we can’t. Even though time and time again it has been shown that we are not repeat offenders, have no issues during probation, and strive to move forward.
This is a legal matter that could go far in reducing homelessness, support employment, and save tax dollars. So why isn’t this a “cause”.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/California-law-sex-offenders-Jerry-Brown-12259564.php
So is anything changing yet?
Someone who cares, No, we have a SAFE team up here in Sacramento and it is just the enforcers of the registration laws. SAFE stands for Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement which include multiple agency, ii.e. local sheriffs, FBI, Marshals etc. and they cover anyone subject to 290. I suppose they just stated habitual offenders and the cannot violate rights quote simply for show as always with every law. Have to throw out the worst to make the others seem necessary or justified. Same old regurgitated crap as usual…
@ Bee: You noted that “The S.A.F.E Team is a multi-jurisdictional task force created with grant funding from the California State Office of Emergency Services.” That Office is where we should request statistics/data, funding amounts, etcetera because that is who should be collecting the data since they are the funding source. I will be contacting that Office today to request whatever information they can provide on its S.A.F.E. Team program (i.e., funding amounts per County, reports submitted by the Counties, etc.) (I was unable to find any State audit reports for this program, funding. But Cal OES may have that information.)
Bee, you , may be absolutely right. The language from a law like that is paramount when it comes to challenging such a law. I find those quotes in the last citation incredibly disturbing and unfounded by any reasonably reliable research methodologies since they are not scientifically generated statistics from Gov. sources and the lady has a huge judiciary conflict of interest since her analysis favors and may effect her funding…This should actually be illegal…
Hazelwood and Warren, 1995.
“In 2007, Dr. Warren began the development of a juvenile attainment model program with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Disability Services with funding provided to UVA by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice. In 2012, the program was licensed to the University of Virginia and is currently seeking to attain status as an evidence-based juvenile justice program. The manual-based training, interactive learning tools, and case management software can be previewed at http://www.juvenilecompetency.virginia.edu. Research on the outcomes of the program is posted on the website along with a reference bibliography of legal, research, policy, and clinical articles pertaining to adjudicative competency in juvenile court and the remediation and diversion of youth determined to be incompetent to stand trial.”
Check out the site I am not going to post everything wrong with this Lady and her methodologies….
I am emailing that lady right now with some facts….
Here we go…This is what I just sent her….Of course with the complete enormous list of stats including all the vigilante citations…..Doubt if she will respond but it makes me feel better hitting these people back. My opinion we all need to hit back and maybe they will think twice before publishing crap like she did. I think what we need to do is bring these issues u in some kind of committee or boards or whatever or whoever has authority or influence over these academia.
Hello miss Warren,
This is in regards to your citations and use of your work as sources concerning sexual offending. I really hope that you are starting to choose current methodologies that use scientific analysis that refute the absurd claims about sexual offending and especially the under-reporting aspects. There is no scientific Governmental generated statics supporting your false claims and material from Academics such as yourself distorting, misleading, and is created unfounded and unsubstantiated fears that effect pubic policy. Your suppositions merely take focus away from the real issues that may help in the prevention of sexual assaults such as education, rehabilitation for both the victims and the offenders, as well as preventing people who’s family members may be committing offenses since it can reasonably be inferred that those individuals will not report only to have one of their family members (which is where over 90% of sexual assaults against children occur) because they do not want to have those members on public display through the Megan’s Law Websites. So if there is actual under-reporting (which can never be scientifically confirmed so it is pure hearsay as third party self reporting) it is due to the laws your professional academic colleagues are creating by your false assumptions and statistical manipulations in order to secure funding for one of your programs. This is unethical, and may even be illegal, but that is another aspect that others may or may not wish to review. How does that make you feel that reports from people like you are influencing laws that are counterproductive and very well may even increase the sexual offenses and creates the environment to encourage under-reporting?Let me give you some real scientific studies and reports by Governmental agencies statutorily task with tracking sexual assault as well as recidivism by ex offenders. I am also including some of the vigilante attacks that have lead to great bodily harm or even death because of these laws that you may very well have helped create.
Thank you for your time….
Anytime I see an email source like that I send them this stuff…..I do not care who it is or what they might try and do. Hell she may even have the Safe team pay me a visit but you know what, just more fodder for my case. It makes me sick these leaches feed off of fears and manipulate the systems to enrich themselves and push agendas that they profit from. It should definitely be illegal if is is not, which I think it might be…..
Look at this. It is from the first citation I accessed. Look at what the state that most arrest warrants are for registration violations. Yeah, lets see some statistics on apprehension or prevention in sexual crimes. Man my trial is supposed to last an estimated 2-3 days according to the AG and I am going to slam them in PowerPoint presentations with all this crap. Treat it just like a college class and debate…….
From January through October 2015, the SAFE Task Force conducted 147 investigations. Eighty-three of these investigations involved an arrest which resulted in 70 felonies and 13 misdemeanors. The majority of the non-arrest investigations were conducted as support to local agencies or compliance audits conducted throughout the county. Most investigations ended with an arrest warrant being filed with the District Attorney for PC290; out of sex registration compliance.
Kansas has set the price for someone who is on the registry: $25,000 per year. That’s what a court paid a man who was mistakenly put on the registry due to faulty conviction.
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/kansas-governor-signs-law-to-compensate-wrongfully-convicted/#comment-18915
Make no mistake: Kansas has named the price for the cost of being on the registry. This is HUGE.
For years, registered citizens have justifiably complained about the costs of being on the registry, in particular lack of employment opportunities as well as the onerous residential restrictions. The official position of society, though, was that it was no more onerous than a “Price Club Application.”
But now the State has now given a hard monetary cost in such registration: $25,000. This is now an OFFICIAL court position, and is now OPEN for citation by ANY REGISTERED CITIZEN in any legal complaints they may pursue.
Please take advantage of this and promote this new damning fact!
absolutely no statistics or supporting anything on any of those sites, and a matter of fact no references to any convictions and only arrest have been for reg violations or a few internet crimes which have nothing to do with registration and could in no way be connected to the registry……
I totally agree with what Dave said. If it is indeed S.A.F.E. who is conducting these illegal visits, we should fight this. However, there seems to be another unit in OC that is called SONAR. Not to be confused with SORNA. Can anyone help finding out what their policy (or lack thereof) is. It has to be similar I am guessing
For all of the automobile traveling RCs here…
Forget scanning license plates; cops will soon ID you via your roof rack
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/forget-scanning-license-plates-cops-will-soon-id-you-via-your-roof-rack/