Federal judge rules state sex offender registry is unconstitutional

Remember the days when we actually protected the children? It sure seems like a while ago.

I wonder if this judge would have made the same decision if a member of his immediate family was violated by one of these predators. Do we the people have to always say their rights cannot be infringed upon since they served their sentence? I am not going to argue the constitutionality of the registry, but I will argue the constitutionality of my right to the same protection under the law. I believe in the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...all of which have been denied to many law abiding citizens by people this judge declares it is unconstitutional to require registration.

Granted, there are many state registries that must be changed to not include prostitution, pornography, and other non-violent crimes. They should not be unconstitutional for habitual offenders, rapists, child molesters, and crimes of murder involving rape or pedophilia. Especially when they have served their sentence, and must be released, but are still deemed a danger to society.

Since it is public knowledge to disclose the crimes for which they were convicted, it should also be public knowledge for the government to provide a method to protect its citizens against a segment of the population that that has a habitual record or for crimes involving children.

It is not unconstitutional to publish the names and addresses of people arrested for crimes of which they have not been convicted, why is it unconstitutional to publish a registry of those who have been and who in the minds of many, continue to be a danger to society?

I want, without fear, to exercise my right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If this judge wants to declare registry unconstitutional, who protects the victims and families when these people are released? At the very least, a registry needs to protect us against retaliation, repeat offenders, and predation of these people if they are allowed to filter back into society without accountability to track behavior, and have the opportunity to repeat and often escalate from sexual predation to murder.

If I can be told what is not constitutional to protect myself and family, tell me what is constitutional. I do not want to live in fear of being forced to exercise my constitutional right to protect myself and family from future predation, by people who know once released, I have no right to their accountably for future movements or activities...until they show up on my doorstep.

Unfortunate to Say the Least but I think that the Constitutionality of It has always been Debatable.