Source: missourinet.com 12/29/23
Missouri has a sex offender registry.
Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Lane Roberts, of Joplin, who wants to expand the registry to include convicted murderers.
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Didn’t even listen to the audio, and don’t need to to see how idiotic the idea is. If registries are so effective at crime prevention, then why not register drug offenders? Their recidivism is 5 times higher than all other criminal classes. Seems pretty stupid to only register (and continually punish) the two criminal classes with the lowest recidivism rates.
The state of Mis-er-y is truly a sick state with their elected officials and laws they want on the books.
The general public, overall, has no problem with murderers (as long as they have already done their time), so such a registry will likely not affect the employment, housing, or social standing of those listed on it…nor, incidentally, do anything at all to prevent future crimes of that nature. However, maintaining the proposed registry will, of course, consume resources that could have otherwise been utilized to address the various issues that cause such destructive and harmful behavior in the first place. Registries, of any sort, are not a solution…they are, at best, costly theatrics used to passify the public into thinking that “something” is being done about serious problems, when, in fact, nothing is being done whatsoever.
You would have thunk that John Walsh would have came up with this idea decades ago, after all, his child was murdered. Instead, John went straight for the sex stuff to build his empire
In 2020, I deregistered myself from the greatest registry of all — the US Census. It came to me marked as “resident,” so I filled in a random name and date of birth.
I say let them pass it and put it into law then see if they’ll make it retroactive. I believe if that was to happen, then people would start howling.
The one possible good thing that could come of registries for non-sex crimes would be the legal challenges, e.g. substantive due process, that could come after them and which might then benefit us. That might be the best way to dismantle our registries, i.e. by dismantling others’. I think that could be a real possibility – although I don’t know about a “murderer’s registry.”
It is perfectly understandable why people are more uncomfortable about sex offenders than murderers. Everyone is a sexual being, and many are fearful of that in themselves. Most people don’t have murderous urges, so that is not as feared. So sex offenders are an obvious target for vilification, which helps push the sexual mirror further away. Society is in the midst of a neo-Victorian revival where anything sexual (except perhaps the missionary position for the purpose of procreation) is somehow considered a threat or evil. Collective social denial is a powerful persuader.
So, would they also add offenses like DUI that ended in a person’s death, someone who watches movies where people are murdered, offenses where someone watches a beheading, etc”?
It will never happen. Most of the murderers will be city guys and if you think PFRs face vigilantes, wait till you see when the families and friends of slain men and women can find their loved ones’ killers’ addresses and vehicle makes and models on the net in cities where fewer than half of murders are ever solved. City police will likely be lobbying against this.
Playing the role of Devil’s advocate I suggest that in light of the undoing of Roe, perhaps the next wave of registration might just be Abortion Registry, with details about the registrant abortionist and her/him/them murderous deeds. Of course it’s not punishment and it is not to be used to harass. Any person who does any harm, like arson or murder attack etc. Hint hints. Might be scolded and held after school. And the registry will collect info such as menstrual cycles and obgyn visits and definitely travel to skirt registration. Not entirely tongue in cheek.