Missouri has about 19,300 people listed on its sex offender registry. That figure is expected to decline soon because of a law taking effect this month.
St. Charles Republican State Rep. Kurt Bahr, who sponsored the provisions included in a Senate bill, tells Missourinet the changes will show three levels of sex offenders, instead of one, depending on the severity of the crime committed.
“My goal wasn’t to recreate the wheel. It was simply to make sure that we are fully compliant with the federal law that is fully established and to make sure we have a clean and clear process that everybody knew and understood,” Bahr says. “We don’t necessarily need to be punishing people for an entire life because they happen to be peeing in public and got charged with indecent exposure. With everything, there has to be balance. I thought that adopting the federal law was the best balance we could do today.” Full Article
Atleast he uses the word “punish.” The idea that the government is still fear mongering communities Into thinking that the registry is an administrative act that protects their kids is shameful. It’s punitive. Very simple. And some law makers, though not enough of them, are opening their eyes.
“The Act itself does not require that procedures adopted to contain any safe guards associated with criminal process…..By contemplating distinctly civil procedures the legislature indicate[d] clearly that it intended a civil, not punitive sanction.”
So much for that idea
FUBAR
How hot is it there Mr. Scalia?
No mention of why a registered citizen can’t simply be released after they have served their time with good behavior.
I would recommend emailing this man and thanking him for sponsoring a common sense (for lack of a better description)
bill. We need more officials to know their efforts in this area are appreciated.
“10 years”, “20 years”, “lifetime”. All Arbitrary numbers! Completely made up out of Thin Air. How has nobody questioned where are they pulling these bullshit numbers out of?
Here’s my favorite part:
“Under the new law, a level one offender who does not maintain their check-in requirements with law enforcement, the move could bump the person to a level two offender.”
I’m pretty sure that Bullshit would we pretty damn illegal^
Just because someone doesn’t register at the time you illegally (according to constitution) force them to, doesn’t mean they have become MORE dangerous. Sorry, *ssholes but it doesn’t work that way.
I’m sure these people feel that they’re being So gracious, so generous and so smart with this reform, but the rest of us, more educated people, can see right through this illegal scheme.
Considering a lifetime was tried and seen as ineffective, the tiered is considered by most to be more economically sound, and that’s really what politicians base decisions on. The bump up if you fail to register is basically saying that if you can’t abide by the rules as written, then we will smack you. The tiers are nothing more than politician’s version of probation.
Just curious…did their Bill include Tier 3 for CP charges like California has?
The new law can be found here:
https://www.senate.mo.gov/18info/pdf-bill/tat/SB655.pdf
I browsed through it but did not read all 27 pages as my offense isn’t from that state.
I was looking through Missouri’s bill and—while it has some flaws—was surprised to read that the registration periods, though arbitrarily set at 10 and 20 years, are automatic UNLESS you want to petition off of the Megan’s Law website OR want off at less than 10 years. Also, there is NO requirement to “successful completion” of a CASOMB-certified “treatment” program.
Other than the corrupt special interests that have our (mostly) dirty politicians in their fists, why are these things (automatic off and no “treatment” crap) not carried into California’s bill?
Btw, like most of you I think counseling is great. But not the perverted CASOMB “treatment” sold and peddled by special interests like CASOMB, SARATSO, and other (unknown?) dark forces.
Why do murderers not have a registry to be on when they are released, or felony thieves, or armed robbers, or those embezzling money from businesses. Who has to register besides sex offenders. Make all felons register for life, or at least tie the crime to this 3 tier system. Government doesn’t have a lick of common sense. I saw on the news that a man had 20 pictures of naked kids and got 200 years in prison without parole, but a convicted murderer served 8 years out of 15 yr sentence. Murderers can buy the house next door to you and you, nor anyone else will ever know. This is totally unbelievable. Same with drunk drivers that kill people with vehicles. They are drinking and driving and living next door after killing an entire family traveling in their minivan. Think about it.
California has a lot of registries. Arson, drug, gang, and there was a child abuse registry, but that may have been shut down due to lack of due process. What these other non-lifetime registries prove is that the state does not think a registry has to be public to be effective. Evidently, they are effective enough to keep an eye on the registrants even if limited to the authorities’ access.
As I read it Tier I and II will be automatically taken off at 15 and 25 years. If you want to get off up to 5 years sooner, then you have to petition