Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform – New Hampshire

Please join CURE-SORT and ACSOL in urging AG Garland and the Biden Administraton to reject the latest federal SORNA registration regulations!

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved proposed SORNA regulations issued more than a year ago.  This is a significant step forward toward finalization of the regulations which are now under consideration by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
 
"Every registrant, family member and supporter must voice their opposition to the proposed SORNA regulations," stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.  "This is the only possible way to stop the regulations from causing great harm to every person on the registry as well as their families."
 
SOPRI join with other groups to recommend that individuals state their opposition to the proposed SORNA regulations by using three different methods.  First, call the U. S. Department of Justice and leave a comment on the agency's comment line at (202) 353-1555.  Second, send an online message to the agency at https://sopri-ma.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d177efcaea403c4c396e.... Click or tap to follow the link.">https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice.  Third, mail a letter to Attorney General Garland at U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001.
 
Each communication should include the following information:
 

• Proposed regulations we oppose are published in Federal Register on Aug. 13, 202, in Proposed Rulemaking, Docket No. OAG 157 (AG Order No. 4759–2020)
• Proposed regulations would significantly harm almost 1 million U.S. families
• Proposed regulations are vague because they create requirements that registrants cannot meet such as registering up to 4 times a year
• Proposed regulations have a chilling effect on travel within U.S. that will harm family members in need as well as limit educational opportunities
• Proposed regulations violate state rights to determine registration procedures
• Proposed regulations have a chilling effect on First Amendment rights of registrants because they require disclosure of remote communications identifiers

There is no deadline by which Attorney General Garland must reach a final decision regarding the proposed SORNA regulations.  Therefore, that decision could be made at any time.  The decision of the Attorney General will be published in the Federal Register and Congress will have 30 days to review that decision before it becomes law.

PLEASE ACT NOW!

READ LINK BELOW

Proposed regulations - Aug. 2020

CONTACT INFORMATION

Hello Advocates,

Please join me and ACSOL in urging AG Garland to reject the latest federal SORNA registration regulations!

Feel free to use my email as a template – but please do whatever you can to communicate your disapproval of the latest federal SORNA registration policies & spread the word. They will be really bad if approved by AG Garland.

1. Here’s what I submitted to the Attorney General via this link: https://www.justice.gov/.../your-message-department-justice:

I am writing to oppose the proposed SORNA regulations published in the Federal Register on Aug. 13, 2020, in Proposed Rulemaking, Docket No. OAG 157 (AG Order No. 4759–2020). The proposed regulations:

*would significantly harm almost 1 million U.S. families

*are vague because they create requirements that registrants may be unable to meet such as registering up to 4 times a year

*have a chilling effect on travel within U.S. that will harm family members in need as well as limit educational and employment opportunities

*violate state rights to determine registration procedures

*have a chilling effect on First Amendment rights of registrants because they require disclosure of remote communications identifiers

Please reject these draft regulations. More detailed objections are outlined in the previously submitted COMMENTS OF THE ALLIANCE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SEX OFFENSE LAWS, INC. AND AFFILIATED SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED RULEMAKING – Docket No. OAG 157, dated October 12, 2020, accessible here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ygvo2v45j3e52rb/Response-to-proposed-regs-Oct-2020-FINAL.pdf?dl=0.

These regulations are unconstitutional, cruel to registrants and their loved ones, and provide no public safety benefit as illustrated by more than 30 years of social science. Please stop this irrational and unnecessary violence.

Sincerely,

Laurie Rose Kepros

Attorney at Law

Denver, Colorado

2. You can also call the U. S. Department of Justice and leave a comment on the agency’s comment line at 1-202-353-1555

3. Finally, you can send a letter to Attorney General Garland at U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001