5-18-2011 New York:
The Republican-controlled state Senate wants people to know if their neighbors are ex-convicts with violent criminal records.
The Senate passed 57-4 a bill sponsored by Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-47, Rome, on Tuesday that would require convicted violent offenders to register where they live following their release. Through the Internet and other means, the ex-convicts would have to publicly report their addresses for life, even after serving their sentences and any parole.
Offenders would be categorized on a three-tier scale according to the severity of their offenses — modeled on the current Megan’s Law sex offender registry.
"The recidivism rate of violent offenders necessitates the need for a new law that will help keep our communities safe," said Griffo. "Our goal is to avert future tragedies for New York families who will never recover from losing a loved one because this registry isn’t in place. New Yorkers have the right to know when violent offenders are living in their midst and this initiative will help law enforcement identify criminals who continually commit violent acts."
Other states have established a violent felony offender registry, including Montana, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada and Oklahoma, according to Griffo.
The measure is named Brittany’s Law after a 12-year-old western New York girl who was murdered along with her mother in November 2009. Brittany Passalacqua and her mother, Helen Buchel, were slain with a razor knife in their Geneva apartment by a violent convicted felon who had been released from prison early and put on parole just months earlier. He was released from prison after serving 2 ½ years of a three-year sentence for assaulting his infant daughter in 2003.
The bill would affect only those convicted after its passage. The Assembly version of the bill remains in committee.
The measure also is designed to be a tool for police.
"This bill would allow police to keep better track of violent offenders and show criminals that we are serious about cracking down on violent invaders who compromise our safety," said Democratic Assemblyman Mike Spano of Westchester County, sponsor of the bill in the Democrat-controlled Assembly. ..Source.. by RomeSentinel.com
May 18, 2011
Registry sought for ex-cons with violent records
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At first there may be some RSO's that might think that "if I have to be on this registry after serving my sentence others should be too; it's only FAIR" In actuality,This is only the begining
of extreme government controll.When will our legislators
learn thatour registry concept is FLAWED.
So many in the psychology,law enforcement,and legal proffesions have testified to this.Sooner or later our country has to listen.
Yes, it is a flawed system and no one should be on a registry, however if there was a registry for every type of crime, then maybe they'd get a taste of what SO's go through!
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