This will never pass constitutional muster, no sweat.
I'm all for protecting children from pedophiles, but I prefer to execute them instead. Then you don't have to worry about registering the scum at all...
But they have to be convicted first, this is America not Cuba.
In anything approaching a same world, that rule would be quickly dumped as blatantly Unconstitutional. However, I am afraid that this will be one more major erosion of rights "for the children."
Since anyone can initiate registration, it seems like you could spoof the system simply by registering every citizen in the state. Wonder if the geniuses that don't mind "sentence first, verdict afterwards" Alice-in-Wonderland style justice thought of that wrinkle.
Sounds like a back door in stopping someone from getting a CCW ... figures RINO Petro's office would put out something like this.
This is absolute insanity.
The will really help in divorce cases.
You either agree to "settle" or we will file for a protectvie order based on "information and belief".
Of course with wayback.com the acusation scars for life so you are 100% screwed.
Witches! We must register the witches next! I've got one living right next door... I just KNOW she's a witch...
This is a feminazi wet dream.
Just point the finger and "shazzaamm" instant criminal!!
Don't pass Go, don't collect $200, and btw, on your way to the registry, hand in your guns!!
But, it "For The Children"!
IIRC, our Founding Fathers started a war over less.
Your Honor, I accuse Jim Petro.
I'm surprised the 'guilty until proven innocent' crowd hasn't descended on this and labeled it a good idea.
America, as we knew it, is dead. I don't know if we're ever gonna get it back...The experiment is over.
The implications of this are staggering, especially if it is declared a "success" and is emulated in other states. In many states and cities, registered sex offenders aren't allowed to enter public parks, live within a certain distance of parks and schools, or hold jobs like teaching.
Think about that. If you live near a school and don't like your neighbor, just accuse hom of a sex crime, get his name on the sex offender list, and force him to move under threat of imprisonment. Proof? Trials? Pshaw! It's for the CHILDREN!
How about the high school kid who decides he doesn't like a teacher? Make an unfounded accusation with no evidence, and even if there is nothing to substantiate it the kid can STILL put the teacher on a sex offender list and not only get him fired from his job, but get him banned from teaching permanently. For those of you who don't like teachers, many of these laws ALSO apply to police, firefighters, day care workers, and a whole array of other civil jobs.
Scary.
What if some little ditz decides she doesn't like you because you looked at her while entering a room? or she's jealous of your wife? What if your own kid has a problem with not being allowed to have the car? Out comes the "sex offender" label. It's not fair to either party--the accused OR the accuser.