Sex Offender Registries

[jimmy olsen]

Think of it as a felony sex offense.  If you commit a felony while sex is going on you get hit with a sex offense charge.

There wasn't any sex going on there though.

[Razgovory]

Think of it as a felony sex offense.  If you commit a felony while sex is going on you get hit with a sex offense charge.

There wasn't any sex going on there though.

Somewhere, probably.

[Razgovory]

Did we really need another reason to conclude that the sex offender registry is BS and (IMO) unconstitutional?

Why is it unconstitional.

[Ed Anger]

I approve of these registries. They are hilarious, and I like knowing where the Tier III's are.

[DontSayBanana]

I approve of these registries. They are hilarious, and I like knowing where the Tier III's are.

Fair point. Does anybody give a shit about Tier Is? If you sneeze and it lands on a womans' tits, it could land you a Tier I. Also, sex offender notifications do give the conviction.

[Ed Anger]

I approve of these registries. They are hilarious, and I like knowing where the Tier III's are.

Fair point. Does anybody give a shit about Tier Is? If you sneeze and it lands on a womans' tits, it could land you a Tier I. Also, sex offender notifications do give the conviction.

Hell, the dude I've buying my Chicken McNuggets from is likely a Tier I.

[Caliga]

Did we really need another reason to conclude that the sex offender registry is BS and (IMO) unconstitutional?

Why is it unconstitional.

IMO it fits the definition of "cruel and unusual punishment" to continually punish someone for the rest of their life (via difficulty getting a job, harassment by neighbors/law enforcement/public ridicule) once they've served their sentence.

[Barrister]

Did we really need another reason to conclude that the sex offender registry is BS and (IMO) unconstitutional?

And when you get appointed to the USSC you're opinion will matter.

[Caliga]

And when you get appointed to the USSC you're opinion will matter.

[Barrister]

And when you get appointed to the USSC you're opinion will matter.

[Malthus]

And when you get appointed to the USSC you're opinion will matter.

When *you* are on the Supreme Court, you can have a clerk take dictation and chew him or her out when stuff like that gets in your judgments.  ;D

[Caliga]

I have trouble envisioning a scenario in which a Canadian barrister might find himself on the USSC. :-\

[Barrister]

And when you get appointed to the USSC you're opinion will matter.

When *you* are on the Supreme Court, you can have a clerk take dictation and chew him or her out when stuff like that gets in your judgments.  ;D

Since under the traditional regional allotment of SCC seats there are NO northern judges, plus combined with the facts of my unilingualism and good but not gold medalist LS grades make it very unlikely I'd ever make it to the SCC...

[Caliga]

I'm curious what your opinion on this issue actually is, Beeb... I imagine you are in favor of the registries, but I'd like to know the reasoning.

[Strix]

I approve of these registries. They are hilarious, and I like knowing where the Tier III's are.

Fair point. Does anybody give a shit about Tier Is? If you sneeze and it lands on a womans' tits, it could land you a Tier I. Also, sex offender notifications do give the conviction.

To be fair to those who created the system there is scientific research that justifies giving a shit about Tier I offenders. Most offenders don't wake up one morning thinking, "Ok, today is the day I become a serial rapist". There are various crimes and types of behavior that many sex offenders have in common that continually escalate until it becomes something serious. Using a very basic and simple example, the person caught peeping through a neighbors window can eventually become the person who enters through that very same window and rapes someone. Does every offender take that next step? Of course not. If he does though than people are complaining that law enforcement knew he was a peeper/stalker/creep and didn't do anything about it.

Well, the registry is da man doing something about it.