Illinois - State rep proposes murderer registry

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2011/01/il-state-rep-proposes-murderer-registry.html

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Once again, a politicians trying to make a name for himself. Murderers have the LOWEST recidivism rate of any other criminal, and sex offenders have the second lowest recidivism rates. So it seems to me, they are going about this totally bass-ackwards. But, the more registries we have, and the sooner, then the sooner they all come crumbling down.

01/25/2011

By Ted Gregory

Database would track killers convicted before truth-in-sentencing law

Motivated by outrage over the 1998 murder of a Batavia woman, a state representative on Tuesday proposed creating a public database of convicted murderers.
- Why not save a ton of money and just create one registry for ALL CRIMINALS?

Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Elmhurst, filed a bill known as "Andrea's Law," which calls for the Illinois State Police to create a murderer registry database on the Internet of individuals convicted of first-degree murder before truth-in-sentencing requirements were imposed.
- The police are already over burdened with just one registry, and when you introduce more?  But hey, the more the merrier, right?

The bill is named for Andrea Will, 18, who was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, Justin Boulay, while they were students at Eastern Illinois University.
- So, another white girl, another law named in her "honor?"  So why do we not have a gang offender registry for those killed by gangs (drive by shootings)?  A DUI offender registry for those killed by drunk drivers?  Or any other crime, like drug dealers/users, domestic violence, bank robbery, you name it.  Think about it!

Boulay was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Under sentencing laws at the time, he had one day removed from his punishment for every day he served without disciplinary problems. Boulay, now 33, was released in November and moved to Hawaii to live with a woman he married while incarcerated.

The proposed murderer registry "is a natural extension to the state's current sex offender and child murderer registry," Reboletti said in a prepared statement.
- So you are throwing big words in there to heighten the fear factor.  What about those I mentioned above by gang members, DUI's, abusive parents, teachers, etc.

The law would apply to convicted murderers who committed the crime before June 19, 1998. It would require them to be registered for 10 years after their parole, a Reboletti spokeswoman said.
- So once again, another  ex post facto law, violating the state (See section 16) and US Constitutions!