A U.S. district court judge is giving Michigan lawmakers 90 days to change the state’s sex offender registry law, almost three years after it was first ruled unconstitutional by federal appeals court.
U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland issued an order that the law must be changed on Thursday.
The ruling stems from an August 2016 decision by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati which found that Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act was unconstitutional. Full Article
Site is back up and running. I pulled up my name and it didn’t show my name for the first 4 times but then it popped up again.
Does anybody have any positive updates with the new Bill’s, besides will allen? Also @Will Allen, if Michigan’s legislature hasn’t put forth any changes yet, wouldn’t it be a waste of @Ann’s time to periodically say, “well still no progress but at least ya’ll have been updated?” I like you am looking forward to the new laws being introduced, but slamming @Ann will do nobody any good. We have enough hate going against RO’s all over the world let’s not keep that going. We should all be eager to hear back from @Ann since she has at least taken steps to make her State Representative listen.
@s quiet as a house mouse on Christmas eve ….. Was just looking on the states website, looks as if they are fast to interduce more B.s amendments to the unconstitutional registry…But nothing introduced too fix their unconstitutional registry …. Very typical of corrupt politicians .
Does anyone have the list of studies used in Snyder to fight the “frightening and high” argument?
@ .. R388.…. I myself would but cant afford one, I know if I had the money, I would have already had a lawyer working on it . Waiting on these Jack A$$e$ you will most likely be 28 years in like me . When my original sentence was in 1993 and they applied this life of punishment after my sentence . As well as thousands of others in my position, That’s how they get away with this B.s … They mostly apply these laws too people who cant afford too fight them or we wouldn’t be on this unconstitutional list . If I had the cash , I wouldn’t be on here today, like 80 percent of us the state and courts target the poor and unprivileged that’s how they get away with these registries .
P.s ….. Its I known fact even the Detroit Free Press news papers stated , In Michigan it all depends if you have money or not is whether you stay on their unconstitutional hit list or get off it . Many people who have fought threw court and no longer on the list , its a shame how they get away with this .The state of Michigan court system takes advantage of the poor, we do not get the same rights as the privleged and well off .
This is getting stupid how they can do what ever they want. I don’t know if I can deal with this anymore. I am going to try to talk to a lawyer and see what they say
@ R388 …. I know a lot of folks on here suggest being patient , Well I know 28 years is patient enough. Especially when I was sentence to 1 to 3 years on straight up B.s not one spec of evidence, I am sure that’s the fact with most of us . These laws in Michigan are like spider webs they suck in the unexpected and once your in the web your F%%ked .They donnt need sh!t to convict , most cases there isn’t even a time or day. These politicians write these unconstitutional laws and the poor get sucked in by the thousands . They had 100 times more proof on Brett Kavanaugh n Donald Trump then they ever had against me . They got money is the only difference here . Its a game they play with the unprivileged. Hang the poor.. free the dirty rich . Good Luck my friend I hope your lawyer slaps them silly . They need a few large law suits slapped on their A$$ then maybe they will stop destroying peoples lives with pure B.s .
Seems the ACLU filed a brief on the 24th
https://www.scribd.com/document/427577348/Does-v-Whitmer-Motion-for-Injunctive-Relief
Looks Nice ……Good Job 🙂 I agree its about time… I hope this sets precedent for other states too follow . These Politicians are useless .
Awesome job aclu. Im glad they are not bending over to the state. You guys are doing an awesome job. 10 years ago i felt alone and now i know there are so many people who hate the registry as much as i do. Can anyone answer when they added adjudicated juviniles to the registry with the adults? i am pre 2011 and pre 2006 so im hoping that this will be the nail in the coffin about me having to register.
So what does this filing by the aclu mean exactly?
@R388…. I hope so buddy 🙂 Looks as if we may have a little hope with this one . Lets just keep our fingers crossed that hopefully a lot of us get our lives back. I am sure a lot of us will never stop fighting the good fight until these registries go down nation wide . I have been living this nightmare for 28 years its a very painful road, how I got here in the first place is beyond anything I have ever would have imagined. Bad laws have took a lot of good people to this corrupt system. Like I said before I myself was sentenced years before the registry ever even existed, The expost facto laws pulled me back into this spider web of a registry years after I was sentenced with nothing more then a rouge politicians evil ways to justify it . 25 years on this registry with out a judge ever placing me on here . I am sure I am not alone. Its unfair to ever let these politicians apply punitive punishment to anyone let alone someone years after there sentence. I will keep praying this judge destroys this registry not just toss the ones they are forced too. I hope he shuts it down for good . F%#k these corrupt politicians and their unconstitutional barbaric registry . It does nothing but destroy lives of many people who have already served there time. Not to mention the damage it does to their entire families. These registries do no good to protect the public or detour anyone from committing a crime. Pure B.s is all it is .
Have not been on here much lately. I thought there was suppose too be a brief or something late October? Maybe I am on the wrong forum? Dose anyone know what is happening?
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” Peace be with you all. This is my first time commenting, though I have been reading the comments for some time. Thank you to each and everyone for the display of interest and deep concern. I also thank the ACLU and others who have been working hard on our behalf. I have been on the registry for 23 years (pre-2006 & 2011). I, too, look forward to legal relief from this ongoing nightmare. I patiently wait to see the outcome of Judge Cleland’s order to the State. I am hopeful. 🙂 I am at peace with this process, however so long it may appear to be . PEACE TO YOU ALL.
The judge’s ruling on 02/14/2020 is wonderful. Though, I believe his order should have taken effect IMMEDIATELY, solely for the reason that the judge has given the MI State legislature MORE than enough time, over the last 3.5 years, to DO ITS JOB, I am still grateful for his courage. I do have a question, hoping that someone out there has a knowledgeable answer…..If the MI State legislature gets its act together, and passes a new SORA law within the 60 days ordered by the judge, will the judge have to approve of the new law before it can be enacted. You know, passing constitutional muster? Or will this FIGHT just start over? I am really hoping the legislature does not get the job done, and we will finally get real RELIEF!!! Peace be with all of you :).
Happy Friday the 13th ! Has anyone heard anything from Judge Cleland’s court yet? Peace be with you.
Not sure how we find out but from my understanding the order was going to be filed today??
Waiting…. Waiting….. Waiting…..
LANSING — The Legislature faces a tough two-month deadline to rewrite Michigan’s unconstitutional Sex Offender Registration Act, with a March 13 deadline to come up with a plan.
From March 4: (And it’s now nearly 9 p.m. on Mar. 13th – where’s the court order/ruling??)
https://www.manisteenews.com/local-news/article/State-must-recast-sex-offender-law-or-give-it-up-15103558.php
Peace be with all of you. The proposed SORA law changes, are just that….proposed. From what I have read, I do not believe Judge Cleland will approve of it. It flies in the “face” of his judgment. This “abomination” has a long way to go before it sees the light of day. Be calm. This process is on going. I, too, long for the judge’s order to stand. We will see what happens. Don’t let some legislator get under your skin. I believe we will win in the end! PEACE.
Last night I was watching “Off The Record,” and during the participants discussion, one of the news correspondence said something very interesting, though they were not talking about the class action suit…… the correspondent said, “the legislature is only meeting once a week, (because of the covid-19 virus), on Tuesdays, and they have until July 1st to get the Michigan budget completed, by law.” Now I may be optimistic about this, but that doesn’t give the legislature a whole lot of time to focus on writing a new, constitutionally acceptable SORA law. Any thoughts on this? Peace be with you all.
“The distance between a dwelling place or a place of work and a student safety zone must be measured from the property line of a residence or a place of work and the property line of school property.”
hows it measured byt street? sidewal? as the crow flys and these are educated people?
@Josh
My opinion is that if your offense was prior to 10/1/95 AND you were not incarcerated or on paper, then you should not have to.
@josh. By all standards you should be off the registry and so many more of here. Sure they gave me a 10 yr probation and yes I want to expect to be off in 2 more years. Certainly anyone would be pi**ed. If government doesn’t play honestly and truthfully than something is wrong as that show’s a lack of respect. While I didn’t have to spend time in lock up as I used what Christian ethics I had.
See mankind will dupe one if you let them and a bit of biblical understanding goes a long way in court issues as they know they are doing more of intimidation than any on the person. Oh yes I use to fight with my PO a bit and fuss a bit when he would come to the house asking me questions and I would always say are you recording this. One even came to my house and we chatted a bit and when he started talking about conspiricy I ask him to leave.
Janice and her team are doing good as helping in this fight we all are going thru. While I live in VA we are all living with this scared feeling they might pull a number on those on the registry. Hey these stipulations and discrimination are bad enough.
And than saying well we are going to extend your label to lifetime as the legistrator has voted for it, is a bit out of character and they will say many things but stand your ground josh. If they say 10 years of probation or whatever or one has to wait 10 yrs after conviction is over thats 20 yrs before you get a yes or not to even apply for a pardon and that is a double jeapordy standards to live by in common language.
The sex registry in many ways is a screwed up system even this teir thing or are we all classified violent from the get go. I’m sure one can all use some strong language to get classified on that one.
Even catching these guys with internet encounters is a bit flaky for any law officer. One would hate it to come down to a gunfight at the O.K. corral in a court of law.
Josh nothing is pre registared of course I do remember a girl since she got into so uch trouble with the law they put her on lifetime as she says. She has a temper when she drinks and takes pills course that is unrelated to the sex registry.
@Blake…………Thank you Blake, for the update on our situation before Judge Cleland. I, for one, am not surprised at the cavalier attititude (and “legal” position) the State is taking. I pray Judge Cleland will have HAD ENOUGH of the State’s lame, unconstitutional legal crap!!! We will see. Thanks again for keeping us updated. Peace be with you all. 🙂