Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter spouts multiple lies about registrants after 10th Circuit's bad decision

The 10th Circuit made a bad ruling in last week's ruling in Millard v. Rankin (10th Cir. 2020), and this idiotic comment from Mike Hunter just makes the ruling's bias against Registered Persons that much more obvious. Oklahoma is also a very bad state for Registered Persons, and with folks like Mike Hunter in office, it is easy to see why. 

https://lawweekcolorado.com/2020/09/10th-circuit-colorados-sex-offender-registry-is-not-punishment/

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter called the decision “a major victory for public safety advocates.” Hunter led the amicus brief joined by the attorneys general from the other 10th Circuit states.

“Sex offenders are violent, and are statistically speaking, some of the most likely to reoffend. Online sex offender registries allow the public to know who among them is a child predator or has been convicted of rape,” Hunter said in a news release. “To hide this information in order to make individuals convicted of these crimes feel more comfortable is utterly irresponsible.”

The full statement from the Press Release is even nuttier:

http://www.oag.ok.gov/attorney-general-hunter-comments-on-10th-circuit-ruling-colorado-sex-offender-registry-must-remain-available-to-public

“Today’s ruling is a major victory for public safety advocates,” Attorney General Hunter said. “Sex offenders are violent, and are statistically speaking, some of the most likely to reoffend. Online sex offender registries allow the public to know who among them is a child predator or has been convicted of rape. To hide this information in order to make individuals convicted of these crimes feel more comfortable is utterly irresponsible. Anyone advocating for this position should talk to victims and survivors of these types of crimes, who will forever remain scarred by these horrific acts, to find out why the registry systems are important.

“My 10th Circuit colleagues and I applaud the court’s decision that will arm citizens with this important public safety tool.”

“The Colorado General Assembly did not intend for CSORA to inflict a “punishment.” The legislature expressly indicated through the statutory text that CSORA was not intended to “be used to inflict retribution or additional punishment on any person,” but was rather intended to address “the public’s need to adequately protect themselves and their children” from those with prior sexual convictions,” the judges wrote.