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Bad Advice

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

A while back, Kirk posted on the new, and utterly ridiculous, state law that requires registration of certain drug offenders. This is retroactive and requires those offenders to register three times a year at the sheriff's office, at $20.00 a pop.This post is a warning -- before a client registers, make sure that they NEED to register. In at least one case, a US Probation officer wrongly advised a client that he had to register, that failure to do so was a felony, and 'failure to cooperate would constitute a violation of your supervision conditions.'That client only had a prior felony for simple possession of meth -- he did not fall within the defined group of offenders who had to register. We got it sorted out in that case, with the quick help of the AG's office, but there may be others who were wrongly advised and no one has corrected it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on October 04, 2007 (boomark / email).