Thread by @JoshuaBHoe

Michigan's legislature just passed a registry bill which over 100 experts and directly impacted people testified against (1 pro).

There is NO evidence this bill will make Michigan safer, the Michigan AG opposed it, and there is a LOT of evidence it will make us less safe #mileg

Why did Michigan's legislature respond to a court decision finding that Michigan's SORA was unconstitutional by actually making SORA worse??

You would have to ask them, but what they did was not evidence-based reform #mileg

Even worse, all the people who voted for this idiotic bill inevitably say it is to "keep Michiganders safe"

Whenever I ask any of them to share any evidence registries keep Michigan (or any state safe)...

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But they sure will say it over and over again

But even if you believe in registries, it would be interesting for me to learn why changing, for instance, the language from registration in "Three Business Days" to "Three Days" was necessary or evidence-based......why this was anything other than legislative cruelty?

For those that don't understand, many police stations only allow people on the registry to do their routine, quarterly, bi-annual, or annual updates on certain days in every week...by making the legal window smaller, you have made it harder for people to COMPLY

Let me also mention that Michigan's current SORA has been DEAD since April.....as in a federal court order stopped registrants from having to report....have you heard of ANY increase in sex crimes?

I haven't, almost 8 months now....

I am not sure I have ever seen a more obvious example of pure political security theater.....I challenge everyone who voted for this bill to point to ONE peer-reviewed study that suggests this is a good idea....just one