Originally posted by intrepid
Anyone that knows me knows I'm far from the "right" side of things but isn't Ahnold doing a good job, or am I hallucinating.

Originally posted by shoo
You are right Joe but promoting vigilante justice is may be not as worse as the actual rapists but it's close to it.
Anyway, my justice-part-of-character says it's a bad move but the rest in me says down the drain with them. A pitty it isn't that easy at all.

Originally posted by FredT
That being said where do we put these people? Not in my backyard is the common (Im guilty) cry for this. But the bottom line is that I have to protect my family and this will at least let me know what lurkes near my home.

There was a woman called Jemi, living in beautiful Cal with her 4 daughters and husband. They are a nice family and everything is perfect. Her husband is teacher in a school nearby.
One day he comes home, disturbed, he tells Jemi that a girl of his history class is about to fail the exams and she extorts him. Either she passes or she will accuse him of rape.
They decided to stand the extortion and so it comes and the girls fails history.

2 days after the girls failed police raids Jemis house. Her husband is taken away and the word is spread fast: "He raped a schoolgirl!"

The girl stands tough, even in court and he is condemned to several years of prison. While he serves his time in prison live is hell for Jami.
People avoid her and her daugthers are bullied in school.

...several years after the incident they are still outlawed and as her husband gets free they decide to move away.
So they sold their house and tried to move away but they fail to buy a house. Real estate agents deny any business with them, her husband is an official sex offender - "you can read it up in the internet! Do you believe I will sell a house to such monsters?! Out now."

Finally they managed to move to the north of california, a small nice town and nobody knows about their old life.
Small town, yes, but there's still internet.

Hell starts again.

Her husband is teacher in a school nearby. One day he comes home, disturbed, he tells Jemi that a girl of his history class is about to fail the exams and she extorts him. Either she passes or she will accuse him of rape.
They decided to stand the extortion and so it comes and the girls fails history.

I don't have a problem with your idea of the alternate route but be honest - knowing their name is one thing but do you really think that people would just walk the alternate way?

Originally posted by RedBalloon
That's great for CA, but what about the other states that have them, and aren't so focused on "high risk"? What makes someone "high risk" anyway? Repeat crimes? Severity? Psychological profile? Race?

Generally, a "high-risk" sex offender is an individual convicted of multiple violent crimes, at least one of which was a violent sex crime. The criterion for “high-risk” sex offenders is set forth in Penal Code Section 290(n) (1) (A).

This information can be released to persons at risk or to the entire community.

"Serious" sex offender has a conviction of a specified felony sex offense or misdemeanor child molestation. A complete listing of crimes subject to registration is listed in Penal Code Section 290.4 (a) (1). The information can be released to persons at risk ONLY.

"Other" sex offenders are required to register, but are not subject to disclosure under Megan's Law. These other sex offenders are individuals convicted of pornography, exhibitionism, misdemeanor sexual battery, incest or spousal rape. Additionally, sex offenders adjudicated in juvenile court are not subject to public disclosure. Information regarding “Other” sex offenders MAY NOT be disseminated to the public. Return to top of page