tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post7392339614259042389..comments2023-08-10T06:34:27.883-05:00Comments on ReFORM Alabama's Sex Offender Laws!: Bill Alerts for March 27, 2015 -- ACTION NEEDED!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-64764146997582181902015-05-31T05:04:16.720-05:002015-05-31T05:04:16.720-05:00I'm late to the comments on this post and in o...I'm late to the comments on this post and in order to tell you what's going on in Alabama I need to know what county you're in Bob.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341994472991702274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-54072073108250676332015-04-06T20:25:55.686-05:002015-04-06T20:25:55.686-05:00I don't have any better answers, Bob. I've...I don't have any better answers, Bob. I've been at this since 2004 and even now, the Anti-Registry Movement is a small movement that is understaffed and underfunded. <br /><br />I was lucky I even had anyone going to Montgomery with me a couple of years ago to stop the anti-clustering bill. I have even fewer Bama contacts than I did in 2013. I'm lucky if anyone responds to these action alerts, but you'd be amazed how few people it takes to stop a bad bill. <br /><br />What you must understand is bills in Alabama get passed because NO ONE challenges the laws. If we challenge these laws, we are more likely to stop these laws. But stopping legislation is a yearly cycle. Every election means a few new faces in need of educating. Just like the big boys up on Capitol Hill in DC, legislators rely on special interest groups to analyze bills. Well, that is where we come in.<br /><br />If you want to get involved, then trying to stop bills at the legislative level is a good place to start. Perhaps if you are looking for action, maybe you'd like to join me in Tallahassee FL on April 22 at the Florida State House (corner of Monroe & Alapachee) at 3:30pm to protest the registry. Public demonstrations also help raise awareness. oncefallendotcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05733412801937751739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-89829349541279124482015-04-06T19:43:55.710-05:002015-04-06T19:43:55.710-05:00By all means guide me. I will do whatever is neces...By all means guide me. I will do whatever is necessary. if i had money i would throw all that i had at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-76914356363238764732015-04-06T19:42:30.306-05:002015-04-06T19:42:30.306-05:00I would love to. if i knew a way, or whom i could ...I would love to. if i knew a way, or whom i could gather to cause a movement i would. I was not saying that you were the slack, i was speaking of how government only adds to the problem rather than giving sex offenders the ability to "rehabilitate". I will come back to you with a more defined purpose. I know of a few others who also feel these laws are a travesty to "justice". <br /><br />"Real reform" would be a total rewrite of all sex offender laws and allow such to rejoin society without such harsh sanctions on them. whom do i need to annoy a trillion times a day to get voices and needs heard? i will do whatever is necessaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-69182859219298521952015-04-02T21:45:28.640-05:002015-04-02T21:45:28.640-05:00If you knew who I was, you'd know I'm far ...If you knew who I was, you'd know I'm far from namby-pamby. I don't know what your idea is of "real reform" but real reform takes people willing to actually work to reform, and in the five years of hosting this blog, I haven't seen too many Alabamians step up. <br /><br />I'm not too concerned with HB 316, although I think registering Internet Providers could lead to problems like denial of internet service to registrants.<br /><br /> I am more concerned with SB 272, as it increases the ways by which an individual lands on the registry. Alabama SB 272 will revise sexual misconduct law to require lack of consent or obtaining consent through the use of fraud or artifice if it passes. By the way, SB 272 will also open the door for anyone under 16 to land on the public registry. This bill must be opposed.<br /><br />So if you come back to this blog, I'd love to hear your big plans on reform without the benefit of having a large group of people willing to fight. I run this blog as a service but I don't have the resources to much on my own to stop these shitty bills from passing. Maybe you'd like to pick up the slack, Bob?oncefallendotcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05733412801937751739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149889892159478068.post-45227963500317949032015-04-02T20:02:20.000-05:002015-04-02T20:02:20.000-05:00This actually doesnt do much at all. the code was ...This actually doesnt do much at all. the code was already in affect last year and the year before. If it was relief from registration after "x" years then yes. Especially if there was no need for the prosecuting attorney or the victim.<br />We need real reform not mamby pamby bulshit. Take churches off the list unless it has a licensed daycare. only places that pertain directly to children should be in the law. No where else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com