NY: Sex offender rules an inconsistent maze

[timesunion.com – 11/9/19]

ALBANY — A New York law that is intended to protect children from convicted sex offenders has created a maze of contradictory policies and regulations, leading to inconsistent enforcement and confusing online tracking systems.

The disparities have also resulted in sharply different residency requirements for offenders convicted of similar crimes and an increasingly perplexing system that makes it difficult for the public to confirm whether offenders in their area are in compliance, according to a Times Union review of public databases, court records, an internal state memorandum and interviews with people familiar with the system.

New York law forbids high-risk offenders under state or county supervision from “knowingly entering” school grounds and child care facilities, language that courts have interpreted to also mean that those offenders cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school. But multiple county and state officials are also extending the 1,000-foot rule to day care facilities, preschools and other child care centers.

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Well isn’t this shocking news. You mean a registry that has confusing and contradictory rules and regulations? So much so that not only can the registrants not interpret them but neither can those who are supposed to enforce it. Oh dear, what will we do? Oh and practically EVERY state has the same problem, not just New York.

What a bunch of buffoons. They are trying to fix a non existent problem. Meanwhile sex abuse and even sexual assault are happening every day 90% by men & women not those horrible “registered sex offenders.” Ny the laughing stock. Want proof?

NY is stupid. They treat a lack of wording Like it was intended so that you can remain on their list indefinitely.

Couldn’t this mess be used to legally argue “void for vagueness”??