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The sex offender registry was supposed to protect children from sexual predators. There are many problems within the registry but this thread is going to focus on children who are placed on the registry. You read that right, children on the registry. And I don't just mean children as in under 18, I also mean actual children, as young as ten.
States Slowly Scale Back Juvenile Sex Offender Registries | HuffPost
Not all of them have gotten on the registry for rape or molestation, some (particularly the younger ones) were on there for sexually experimenting or pulling down another's pants as a prank. Others have been put there for sexting, public indecency, or because romeo and juliet laws time out below a certain age.
50-State Comparison Relief from Sex Offender Registration Obligations |
Some states (ex: Colorado) don't disclose juveniles on the sex offender registry to the public but that completely changes after they turn 18 plus it doesn't protect them from residency restrictions or being barred from going out with peers. Others have a specific age at which juveniles are automatically taken off of the registry such as Oklahoma (21) and Arizona (25); this can also be problematic because they extend into college after the offending minor has reached adult age.
Over several supreme court rulings, we can see that the SCOTUS does not favor letting consequences follow juveniles for the rest of their lives. The use of the death penalty and life without parole on juveniles has been rendered unconstitutional because of this. Yet thanks to Smith v. Doe, the SOR is exempt from the eighth amendment because it is not a punishment.
But there is still hope, some states such as New Mexico, Vermont, Connecticut, and West Virginia do not register juveniles as sex offenders. And a few months ago, house amendment 124 was supposed to keep children save FROM the sex offender registry. Unfortunately, it failed with mostly democrats voting for it and all but two republicans voting against it. However, it still means that people are starting to become aware that juveniles are being held bondage by the same institution which was meant to protect them.
ps://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/house-amendment/124
States Slowly Scale Back Juvenile Sex Offender Registries | HuffPost
Not all of them have gotten on the registry for rape or molestation, some (particularly the younger ones) were on there for sexually experimenting or pulling down another's pants as a prank. Others have been put there for sexting, public indecency, or because romeo and juliet laws time out below a certain age.
50-State Comparison Relief from Sex Offender Registration Obligations |
Some states (ex: Colorado) don't disclose juveniles on the sex offender registry to the public but that completely changes after they turn 18 plus it doesn't protect them from residency restrictions or being barred from going out with peers. Others have a specific age at which juveniles are automatically taken off of the registry such as Oklahoma (21) and Arizona (25); this can also be problematic because they extend into college after the offending minor has reached adult age.
Over several supreme court rulings, we can see that the SCOTUS does not favor letting consequences follow juveniles for the rest of their lives. The use of the death penalty and life without parole on juveniles has been rendered unconstitutional because of this. Yet thanks to Smith v. Doe, the SOR is exempt from the eighth amendment because it is not a punishment.
But there is still hope, some states such as New Mexico, Vermont, Connecticut, and West Virginia do not register juveniles as sex offenders. And a few months ago, house amendment 124 was supposed to keep children save FROM the sex offender registry. Unfortunately, it failed with mostly democrats voting for it and all but two republicans voting against it. However, it still means that people are starting to become aware that juveniles are being held bondage by the same institution which was meant to protect them.
ps://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/house-amendment/124