weenluvinwoman
Sophia's Mommy
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Dear Mrs. Gray:
Thank you for writing me about the very serious issue of improving our sex
offender laws and registries. I am very sorry for the delay in my
response. I read every letter that constituents write to me.
On Friday July 29th the Senate passed by unanimous consent: S.792, a bill
to create a national sex offender registry. This legislation has unique
opportunities for concerned citizens. Statistics show that many people do
not register or often register under an incorrect address. According to
the author of this bill and the Department of Justice, the national sex
offender registry will allow you to search individual names; such as
neighbors, baby sitters, and anyone else that may have access to your
children. This is valuable because if you were to do a proximity search,
as you would now, you would not learn if your neighbor was a sex offender
that neglected to register. However, if you search his name, you can find
out that he was convicted in say, Illinois and registered there but you
will know that he actually moved and lives near you. This is valuable
both for you and your children, but also for the law enforcement that you
can notify.
There are additional bills being considered. The U.S. House of
Representatives recently passed a bill out of the Judiciary Committee to
make improvements to the national sex offender registration program. The
bill HR. 3132, offers many important improvements. For example, it
mandates minimum sentences for first time sex offenders, whereas our
current law allows zero days in prison for convicted sex offenders. It
also has an automatic lifetime sentence for serious second time offenders,
so that those who rape two times will never be let out on our streets to
victimize a young person again. It also mandates that a person must
register prior to being released from prison and that the person must
maintain his registry two times per year in person. This way, it will be
easy to identify those that are noncompliant and track their Social
Security number to learn where they work and press charges. This
legislation was reported to the House Ways and Means Committee and was
passed by the House of Representatives.
The Senate has a few different versions of a similar bill that were
unanimously agreed upon in the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am a
member. I hope that as we thoroughly review this matter, we will develop
a system that is more accountable and where those who hope to recommit a
sex crime can either be deterred or put away so as not to harm innocent
women, children, and in some cases even men. Thank you for writing.
Sincerely, A
Tom Coburn
United States Senator
Dear Mrs. Gray:
Thank you for writing me about the very serious issue of improving our sex
offender laws and registries. I am very sorry for the delay in my
response. I read every letter that constituents write to me.
On Friday July 29th the Senate passed by unanimous consent: S.792, a bill
to create a national sex offender registry. This legislation has unique
opportunities for concerned citizens. Statistics show that many people do
not register or often register under an incorrect address. According to
the author of this bill and the Department of Justice, the national sex
offender registry will allow you to search individual names; such as
neighbors, baby sitters, and anyone else that may have access to your
children. This is valuable because if you were to do a proximity search,
as you would now, you would not learn if your neighbor was a sex offender
that neglected to register. However, if you search his name, you can find
out that he was convicted in say, Illinois and registered there but you
will know that he actually moved and lives near you. This is valuable
both for you and your children, but also for the law enforcement that you
can notify.
There are additional bills being considered. The U.S. House of
Representatives recently passed a bill out of the Judiciary Committee to
make improvements to the national sex offender registration program. The
bill HR. 3132, offers many important improvements. For example, it
mandates minimum sentences for first time sex offenders, whereas our
current law allows zero days in prison for convicted sex offenders. It
also has an automatic lifetime sentence for serious second time offenders,
so that those who rape two times will never be let out on our streets to
victimize a young person again. It also mandates that a person must
register prior to being released from prison and that the person must
maintain his registry two times per year in person. This way, it will be
easy to identify those that are noncompliant and track their Social
Security number to learn where they work and press charges. This
legislation was reported to the House Ways and Means Committee and was
passed by the House of Representatives.
The Senate has a few different versions of a similar bill that were
unanimously agreed upon in the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am a
member. I hope that as we thoroughly review this matter, we will develop
a system that is more accountable and where those who hope to recommit a
sex crime can either be deterred or put away so as not to harm innocent
women, children, and in some cases even men. Thank you for writing.
Sincerely, A
Tom Coburn
United States Senator
