While its tempting to say mass incarceration is shrinking (albeit slightly), it might be more accurate to say it is morphing.
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There are now more people on sex offender registries in the United States than there are in jail
[twitter.com/davidminpdx/ – 6/8/18]
Sure, all of us that have been drug through this nightmare know it is about the cash cow. A person labeled an SO becomes and ATM machine for countless people and departments. Every step of the process from getting the attorney, to court, to GPS monitoring, to incarceration, probation, polygraphs, treatment programs, computer monitoring, and those profiting from the registry itself. Tens of thousand of dollars, all savings and retirement are depleted and given to these vipers. And the main reason we are targeted is because we are easy, we are compliant, we let them take everything because we have regret for our actions. Name one instance where an SO has been violent and attacked or retaliated. It happens all the time in all other areas of the justice system, but rarely with us, so this is one reason we are targets, we are easy game and easy profit.
What this points out is that the legislature has unconstitutionally violated the separation of powers by creating a scheme of punishment and supervision that is completely out of the control of the judiciary and over 100 years of rules the judiciary has to ensure fair treatment.
The judiciary’s defined role is to ensure a fair an impartial trial, rehabilitate, punish, and protect the public from the offender.
As the code states:
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18 U.S. Code § 3553 – Imposition of a sentence
(a)Factors To Be Considered in Imposing a Sentence.—The court shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The court, in determining the particular sentence to be imposed, shall consider—
(1) the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant;
(2) the need for the sentence imposed—
(A) to reflect the seriousness of the offense, to promote respect for the law, and to provide just punishment for the offense;
(B) to afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct;
(C) to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant; and
(D) to provide the defendant with needed educational or vocational training, medical care, or other correctional treatment in the most effective manner
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Obviously, the treatment of the legislature to those committing whatever they determine is a sex crime unconstitutionally gets to bypass all of these rules created to ensure justice.
It is shocking and unconscionable that there are more people on the nation’s sex offender registries than there are in prison. In fact, this is doubly shocking because our nation already has the highest incarceration rate of any nation — by a large measure. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that as the registrant community grows in number, it is also growing in power. Given that there are at least 900,000 people on sex offender registries, we can project that there are about 5 million people who are affected by the continued punishment doled out by the registries. We need to act together….to sing one song….so that we can be heard by elected officials and policy makers throughout the U.S.
“We need to act together….to sing one song….so that we can be heard by elected officials and policy makers throughout the U.S.”
This statement is great, how about jumping in on my case and help put an end to this once and for all????????? I am in the discovery process and have my RFAs ready to go and no answer on the partial motion to dismiss yet, which is taking an unusually long time, and no matter what claims 1-5 are moving forward as soon as that MTD is decided. I am game for assistance as stand by or as amicus curiae.