Do offender registries make us safer? The Kansas Legislature is tackling that question in the current session with two bills that would reform Kansas’ increasingly complex offender registration requirements. Full Editorial
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Sounds like Kansas decided to add all felons to its registry to get a bigger piece of the SORNA pie.
KS has taken it to a whole new level where it has been in court previously. It pub’d one opinion saying it was a problem and then reversing itself with another. Good synopsis here on the entire deal:
https://josephhollander.com/kansas-supreme-court-invites-clearest-proof-offender-registration-punishes-non-sex-offenders/
Good Lord, everyone regardless of offense must register every three months and pay a twenty dollar fee each time? I don’t see how they could push and exploit people this far without some serious rebellion happening soon.
KORA requires transients to update their registration every 30 days at a cost of $20 each time. How is charging $240 per year not punishment? Also, all KORA registrant must have a specially-marked Drivers License or ID. And all KORA Registrants must submit 21-day Advance Travel Notificatons.