Board wants to remove low-risk sex offenders from registry

[Jesus Malverde]

The state board that oversees California's sex offender registration laws wants to thin out and overhaul the registry because they say it has grown too big and does not help law enforcement or the public differentiate between offenders who pose significant risks and those not likely to reoffend.

The California Sex Offender Management Board is recommending to the Legislature that only high-risk offenders, such as kidnappers and sexually violent predators, should be required to register for life. Others could be removed from the registry 10 to 20 years after the offense.

The list of almost 100,000 sex offenders is unwieldy, they said, because California requires all sex offenders, regardless of the type of offense, to register for life.

The result, according to a board report last month, is that the list includes many offenders "who do not necessarily pose a risk to the community," including almost 900 whose last sex crime was more than 55 years ago.

Read More: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Board-wants-to-remove-low-risk-sex-offenders-from-5503219.php

[Warpy]

1. Yes, the guys who were caught in their early 20s drunk and pissing on the street

should definitely have their names taken off. The list should be for sexually dangerous people.

[NutmegYankee]

2. This is a good idea.

I read cases like of the father who had to move his family from their home because he was charged with statutory rape for his relationship with his WIFE and I am appalled. A family forced to move because they were too close to a school for their own children based on a crime that more often than not is just parents disapproving of a relationship.

[dawg]

3. Well, I know it isn't a popular opinion, but I think we need to come up with ...

a new term for statutory rape. A 20 year-old guy who has consensual sex with a 17 year-old girl should not be tagged with the label "rapist" for the rest of his life.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Good!

All lists should be modified.
Kids who are close in age but one is classified as an adult should be removed. The cases should be looked into to make sure a dangerous person isn't set loose. If the person is involved in another sex crime, then a more in depth study should be done.

The level 3 and level 2 offenders should get much longer sentences. Level 3 offenders will reoffend.
Level 2 have to be looked very carefully.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Public sex offender registries in general are a bad idea.

There is no evidence that they reduce sex offender recidivism, and in fact some studies show that they may increase it. This is because being on the list makes it much harder for a convicted sex offender to get a job, find a place to live, establish relationships with others, etc., placing them in a permanent pariah status, thereby increasing the likelihood of depression, etc. A very large proportion of child molesters are depressed at the time of their offenses.