Source: nydailyrecord.com 6/23/23
New York state’s highest court has ordered a new hearing to determine the risk level classification for a registered sex offender.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) court deprived defendant Michael Worley of due process rights by changing his risk level assessment without giving him an opportunity to contest the determination.
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At the SORA hearing, the prosecutor acknowledged that Worley was incorrectly penalized for refusing to attend sex offender treatment. In fact, he was never able to attend because his disciplinary history required that he stay in restrictive housing.
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“The proceeding failed to comport with due process because defendant was provided no notice or meaningful opportunity to be heard,” Rivera wrote.
“The court erred by proceeding in this manner. Under these circumstances, the SORA court denied defendant the due process to which he is entitled. The proper remedy for this violation is a new judicial determination of defendant’s SORA classification, made after timely notice of the Board and District Attorney’s recommendations and reasons in support, and upon consideration of the parties’ arguments and the evidence submitted at the scheduled hearing,” she wrote.
How dishonest was it for the Rehnquist Court to compartmentalize ” dangerous-ness ” away from the intent behind the registration regime. Ordering a risk assessment is precisely that. Yes it is a civil process (The assessment itself) but the reasoning is wholly based on the peoples desire to indicate those who are a threat. The overbroad application that occurred factually indicates something else was afoot.
Here’s how stupid the State of California is. Take a look at the State of New York’s risk assessment instrument:
https://www.lawyersmm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SORA-Risk-Assessment-Instrument-RIA.pdf
Then take a look at the State of California’s “risk assessment,” the Static-99R, which actually gives non-contact registrants higher scores, as well as gives gay people an extra point, too:
https://artifacts.casetext.com/artifacts/2020291-062-0130_48
If the New York appellate court has brought question to how sex offenders are “assessed” on New York’s more extensive risk assessment, then how the hell is California getting away with a much more watered-down, and illogical version of a risk assessment, the Static-99R, that gives non-violent and/or gay offenders one or two extra points?
The dishonest, Orwell-level corruption in the State of California is out-of-control. No wonder one-third of America’s homeless population live in the State of California, about 40 percent of Californians are considering leaving the state, and the State of California somehow turned a massive surplus into a $32-billion dollar deficit.
On top of this all, Californians are taxed at among the highest tax rates in the country. And for what exactly? Paying a price for the “good weather” in earthquake country? All it will take is a massive earthquake to tear the state’s infrastructure apart.
Anyway, I’m convinced the State of California is run by a bunch of massively incompetent, corrupt, conflict-of-interested buffoons. Ever watch those First Amendment Audits? If not, YouTube “First Amendment Audit” into YouTube and prepared to be shocked. We’re literally ruled by a bunch of Tyrants, from the lowest level, all the way to the supervisory level, and it’s going to get worse.
(Long Island Audit is my favorite auditor btw; he just did an audit in San Diego a few days ago, which is on his YouTube page, and the way our so-called “government” won’t even respect the very basic First Amendment right is incredibly troubling because once the First Amendment goes, everything with regard to the Constitution will go downhill very fast.)
The NY risk assessment is hogwash also it’s essentially putting you on trial again and bases everything off the original offense & not how you are after the fact. My offense didn’t even happen in NY, I just moved there for work for a couple years. They said I was even more dangerous now since I have lived outside of the country. So yeah, worthless.
The Static-99/R is absolutely a scam. No “test” or “quiz” can “predict” human behavior. New York’s test is no different. Back to the basics. Didn’t California only require registration for something like 7 or 11 offenses, only violent ones, when it originally implemented the registry after WWII? How the hell are there now over 50 crimes that require registration? The model penal code needs to be implemented. Only 4 crimes requiring registration, all contact crimes, 15 years for them, and no public registry.
Then again, just abolish the registry all together. Where is the evidence that shows they work? If anything all I’ve seen is that registries cause people to commit crimes because they have nothing to lose. The only thing registries are good at is getting extremist right-wing politicians elected. On the same token these pseudo science McDonald’s Style risk assessments are good at getting centrist and fake left-wing politicians elected because they are “empirical” and “evidence based.” LMAO give me a break. No way in hell a few simple questions is enough to predict something as complicated as human behavior
Only assessment I follow is how long a registrant has been in the community and if they are offense free. I don’t know how much more proof those in ivory towers of snobbery need to disprove their assumptions on those who sexually offended.