Violent Crime Registry Proposed

A Public Defender reports on a new proposal in the Connecticut legislature which may bear watching for its possible importation into other jurisdictions.

Via the OLR, I see that one such curious bill is Senate Bill 708 - An Act Creating A Violent Offender Registry. Yes, this bill proposes a registry akin to the sex offender registry for violent offendes. The offenses are:

1. murder (including felony murder and arson murder),
2. first-degree manslaughter,
3. 1st-degree manslaughter with a firearm,
4. 1st–degree kidnapping of a minor,
5. 1st–degree assault, or
6. conspiracy or criminal intent to commit any of the above crimes.

First time offenders are required to register for 10 years and second offenders for life. Failure to register is a Class D felony.

I suppose on some level this makes more sense than many current sex offender restrictions.  As I citizen I have never been opposed to such registries but deplore and abhore the ham-handed and ineffective way that they are imposed.

Comments

[lawdoc]

Wait until the Bar starts to post your picture on the internet with a list of every complaint sent to the Bar, substantiated or not. You might have a different feeling for registries.