Judges Should Control Sex Offender Registration, ABA House Says

Rickys mom
Feb 16, 2009 1:42 PM CST

The juveniles are the most likely to be rehabilitated and yet many states if a “sex” crime are criminally charging these juveniles as adults and then they are listed as lifetime offenders and never again given a second chance to be a productive or normal member of society. We must change current laws and the AWA is a train wreck destroying thousands of lives of our future youth and adults. Read Oklahoma’s Rickys story and sign the petition www.rickyslife.com and educate yourselves to facts regarding the sex offender registry. Another site www.cfciowa.org and www.talkingpointsradio.com its time folks we stop the madness cause our government is now creating more registries like DUI, Arson, Drug offenses, Domestic vilence etc. How long before you or your child are on one for life? a_political_prisoner@yahoo.com

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J.D.
Feb 16, 2009 3:44 PM CST

When any sentence begins with, “Judges should control…” it’s clear that the person supporting the change has very little understanding of the Constitution.

Judges adjudicate. That’s it. If the ABA wants the law to change, they need to petition Congress…. because Congress makes laws, as even a 5-grader knows.

Unfortunately, the goal of leftists (who hate individualism, freedom, and the notion of a republic) is to give judges control over everything. That way, the People have less control over their country through democracy. Unelected, life-term people in black robes become the all-powerful. And, of course, they have to answer to the ABA.

It’s all about taking power from the people. And the “overwhelming voice vote” passing these resolutions illustrates how marginalized the ABA has become. Policymaking where there’s no diversity of opinion = soviet union-style politics.

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R
Feb 17, 2009 11:45 AM CST

Personally, I would rather now that my neighbor was a murdering drug dealer rather then have my neighbor on the sex offender register for going skinny dipping when my neighbor was 18. If you what a registry, I think it would be more effective if it was for violent crimes, which would include some sex crimes, rather then all sex crimes, some of which may have nothing to do being a sexual predator. As for JD’s response, I have not read the Resolution but I interpret the article as stating that the judge would impose registration, as a condition of the sentence not that the judge will oversee the registrations.

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