The Legal Aid Society applauded a ruling rendered today by the New York State Appellate Division – Third Department, rejecting the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision’s (DOCCS) interpretation of the statutory residency restrictions faced by individuals with prior sex offense convictions.
Specifically, the court held that people whose sex offense sentences had already expired were not subject to the law’s harsh mandatory residency restrictions when they were released to parole following a subsequent non-sex offense conviction. The ruling represents the first such limitation imposed by an appellate tribunal on these restrictions since the law’s enactment.
These restrictions have garnered recent criticism – especially in New York City – for making it virtually impossible for individuals to locate compliant addresses.
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The decision: http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2019/2019_01267.htm
Thank God logic and compassion still exists in some way somewhere.
Sad how a law that is so obviously intended to hurt a group of people and subject them to suffering is looked on as a great victory when overturned. It’s like we should be happy to be allowed to walk the streets.
Thanks for posting! If anyone wants to read the decision, http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2019/2019_01267.htm
That’s great, now if they could work on NYs international reaching registry power.
The pendulum is swinging.
Has anybody in New York had a problem with jobs because on the registry it post work Adress? Has that ever come up I’m looking into moving to New York and just curious if anybody has any experience with it? (NYC)
Thank you for the answer back I really appreciate it couple more ?s
If I have Facebook will they require me give them my Facebook info and I’ve heard they contact Facebook to give registered citizens Facebook info and they get blocked? Not sure if that’s true and do they do residency check? A lot of how are they?
Do you have to setup a appt or can you just go in ? To register