Thursday, May 24, 2018

https://reason.com/blog/2018/05/23/lifetime-gps-tacking-is-not-punishment-s

In addition to facilitating constant surveillance, then, GPS tracking conspicuously marks anyone who wears it as someone to be shunned, feared, despised, and perhaps worse. That mark of shame compounds the stigma associated with registration as a sex offender, which also entails restrictions on where people can live, work, or "loiter." But according to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the public shaming is incidental to the main purpose of GPS tracking, which is regulatory rather than punitive. "In light of the 'frightening and high' rate of recidivism for sex offenders," the court says, "the relatively minimal intrusion of lifetime GPS tracking...is not excessive in relation to protecting the public."
That "frightening and high" quote comes from a 2002 opinion by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who asserted that "the rate of recidivism of untreated offenders has been estimated to be as high as 80%." Kennedy seems to have gotten that number from Solicitor General Ted Olson, who cited a DOJ manual that in turn relied on an unreferenced 1986 estimate in Psychology Today. That estimate has been debunked repeatedly and repudiated by its original source. It nevertheless lives on in the decisions of courts across America, justifying all manner of restrictions on sex offenders.


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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

US: Sex Offender Laws May Do More Harm Than Good | Human Rights Watch

US: Sex Offender Laws May Do More Harm Than Good | Human Rights Watch



Laws aimed at people convicted of sex offenses may not protect children from sex crimes but do lead to harassment, ostracism and even violence against former offenders, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch urges the reform of state and federal registration and community notification laws, and the elimination of residency restrictions, because they violate basic rights of former offenders.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

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Appeals court reverses twice-convicted sex offender’s lifetime G - WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC

Appeals court reverses twice-convicted sex offender’s lifetime G - WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC



NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) -

A state appeals court has reversed a ruling that would have required a twice-convicted sex offender wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for the rest of his life.
In 1997, Torrey Dale Grady, 39, pleaded no contest to a second-degree sex offense, and in 2006, he pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child. Both incidents took place in New Hanover County.
Although Grady was not initially required to enroll in the state’s satellite-based monitoring program (SBM) after either conviction, in 2013 the court held an SBM “bring-back” hearing and determined his convictions were both “sexually violent offenses” and ordered him to enroll in the program for the remainder of his life.
In his appeal, which was eventually heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Grady argued the lifetime enrollment in the SBM program violated his right to freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, as provided by the Fourth Amendment. The nation’s highest court remanded the case for N.C. courts to determine the reasonableness of Grady’s lifetime enrollment in the program.
In a July 2016 hearing, the trial court again determined life-long monitoring of Grady was reasonable; however, the appeals court disagreed in a 2-1 ruling (below) released on Tuesday.
[T]he State failed to present any evidence (in the hearing) concerning its specific interest in monitoring defendant, or of the general procedures used to monitor unsupervised offenders. Instead, the State submitted copies of the two sex offense judgments and defendant’s criminal record, arguing that defendant himself was “Exhibit Number 1” of SBM’s success in deterring recidivists, because “[s]ince he’s been monitored, guess what: He hasn’t recommitted, he hasn’t been charged with another sex offense.” However, Officer Pace, the State’s sole witness, testified that the ET-1 (ankle bracelet) cannot actually prevent an offense from occurring.
The lone dissenting judge opined that unless the state’s SBM program is deemed unconstitutional at face value, the “burden of proof” the State is required to show when arguing GPS monitoring is reasonable is greater than the level the General Assembly has set.
In March, Grady was convicted of three sex offender violations – verification of registration information violation, failure to change address and failure to register as a sex offender, according to N.C. Department of Corrections records.

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http://www.wect.com/story/28648665/supreme-court-twice-convicted-nhc-sex-offender-can-challenge-lifetime-gps-monitoring

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