A lot of people have been talking about how Senate Bill 655 adjusts how old one must be to get married in Missouri, increasing that age to 16.
Clay County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Shannon Ryser said that is only one portion of the bill. He added that a portion also is dedicated to the sex offender registration list.
“There is a much larger portion of the bill that significantly revises and basically overhauls the requirements of sex offender registration,” Ryser said. “Right now in Missouri, everybody that is convicted of a felony sex offense, and everybody that is convicted of a misdemeanor sex offense involving a minor has to register as a sex offender for life.”
Beginning Aug. 28, those rules will change.
The new system classifies sex offenses into three tiers, the first tier covering crimes like sexual misconduct, while the more heinous sex crimes will fall under tier three. Full Article
Man, even their messed up system and new tiered registry sounds a lot better than California’s. I’m willing to bet the way CA has it’s currently set up, 95% of the people on it will remain on it either because of charges placing them into T2 and T3 without the ability to petition down, as well as requiring you to petition to get off regardless of how you’re categorized. I’d be surprised if they send out notices to over 100k people to let them know of their options. And I doubt local PD will be handing out pamphlets either. And even those in the know are not likely to be able to afford a lawyer to wade through the process. I suppose the harder the make it, the easier it’ll be to challenge. No due process seems ripe for it.
ACSOL should push for similar provisions for California’s Tiered Registry: [from the article] “Tier one is 15 years (on the registry). They have the ability to petition to get that reduced to 10 years. Tier two is 25 years …… Tier three is the lifetime registration requirement, and I believe those people have the ability to petition to get that reduced to 25 years.”
So, in California, make it possible to petition for earlier removal from the tiered registry WITH AUTOMATIC REMOVAL upon reaching the full number of years for one’s assigned tier. That would greatly reduce the burden on the courts, the D.A.s, LE, and Registrants!! And if you want to get off the list early, you can apply, hire an attorney, make your case for relief before the court, etc. But for regular folks with limited resources, you will automatically be removed when you reach the full number of years for your assigned tier (assuming no new offense, etc.) To me, that sounds a lot more fair…. AND …. it will automatically and immediately reduce the number of registrants on the list.
how it that possibly better?? Cal has 10 years than petition,, Mo has 15 years (than) you can petition for 10 years– Cal has 20 years than petition,, Mo has 25 years and CANT get reduced,, Cal has life–Mo also has life but can petition for 25 years (although will be very challenging)
and i think california should put that mark-that stamp just like Mo, as that state start as of aug 28, and california needs to wait until 2021, come on california get with it, you are on the correct track with good vibes, janet/chase–keep up the GREAT WORK.
@NPS – The 6 Hofsheier type offenses, 288a(b)(1), (b)(2), etc are all Tier 1 per 667.5 for ages 14-17. Are you saying specifically 261.5(d) [14 – 15 yo] are Tier 2?
And yes, CA does appear better unless very few granted a petition..
“The welfare of our children must always be a top priority,” Parson said.
LOL. I am hysterically laughing at this. How can people be so God damn dumb about what they’re doing, yet be the ones in power? THIS is why the current system of government we have is a failure and has no future. We have clueless people pushing out laws that they have Zero Knowledge about, having done NO Research themselves.
These lost souls (I won’t call them idiots) want to place “Child welfare” as a top priority, but they don’t consider the amount of abuse a child goes through physically, mentally, verbally in many households by PARENTS themselves. How many kids are born into Horrible conditions and households and violent physically abusive parents? It is EVERYWHERE and it CRIPPLES people for life. How about the abuse by doctors prescribing meds that affect the welfare of these children as soon as they are born? How about the profit driven systems in place such as the FDA which CHOOSES to ignore chemicals and other garbage ingested by CHILDREN who are then physically affected FOR LIFE. Where is the care about children’s welfare there?
These clueless morons claiming they give a damn about children. Pathetic. Where were they when an African American Teenage girl last week was stabbed to death by a mentally unstable maniac with a LONG CRIMINAL RECORD OF REAL VIOLENT OFFENSES?
These MORONS are telling the American people that they don’t CARE what career criminals and VIOLENT maniacs do to citizens, as long as these unstable people don’t have an inappropriate sexual thought or touch someone inappropriately.
Clearly these politicians are the real ones that are sick in the head. People should be OUTRAGED about this.
Wow. Missouri smart enough to be straightforward with a tiered registry.
1) No CA SOMB “treatment” required.*
2) Automatic relief at 15 and 25 yr periods, with no “petition” bs (unless you want to get off earlier).
3) No dumb “risk” assessment tool like the STATIC-99/R.
Just shows how the special interests really control CA.
* I am not against straightforward counseling for RSO’s. However, I am disgusted at how CA perverted counseling with junk science ala lie detectors, confidentiality waivers, dirty gov’t contracts, CASOMB standards/containment model… then rolled it all into “treatment.”
My husband was charged in 1991 for sexual assault. He is a tier 3. He was 19 y/o having a sexual relationship with a 14 y/o female. It was consensual, but by law, she wasn’t old enough to consent. We believe the charge he recieved was too harsh, he does know it was a mistake. It has been 21 years and he has never made this mistake again. Does anyone know how to start with getting this overturned?