‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme covers all England and Wales

ex-offender.co.uk is a site that supports and aims to inform the public about the rehabilitation of offenders.  However,  some have wondered what type of offenders and ex-offenders this site is trying to support!

The news that the Metropolitan Police Force is now implementing ‘Sarah’s Law’ which the BBC have stated:

The Metropolitan Police is the last force to join the scheme piloted and gradually rolled out since 2008.

Figures for 24 forces obtained by the BBC – covering 2008 to January 2011 – show that of 878 inquiries, 84 identified registered sex offenders. [source: BBC Online 4th April]

Firstly, the news that 878 inquiries had identified 84 registered sex offenders, just under 10% is very worrying and immediately highlights the need for Sarah’s Law.

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 had failed so many victims from sex offenders and paedophiles, most notably the killings of Sarah Payne, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.  All three were victims of murderers who had been previously been convicted or questioned on sex related crimes.  At the time of their horrendous assault and murder, the Sex Offenders Register did not exist.  There was no distinction between a crime motivated by money or property without violence and a paedophile or sex attacker.  This meant a paedophile or sex offender could in practice not have to disclose a conviction dependent on the sentence given by a court [note: not all paedophiles and sex offenders have been given custodial sentences, reducing the time of disclosure dramatically].  Then contrast that with a common thief, given a custodial sentence, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is simply not logical.  Worse, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 became a dangerous piece of legislation that did not protect the young and vulnerable.

ex-offender.co.uk is solely about the rehabilitation of offenders that have committed crimes that have not included in any form, sex, sexual violence, the use of sexual publication, and crimes considered aberrant by most members of society, including the ‘criminal class’.

The Sex Offenders Register and now Sarah’s Law have hopefully made children and others safer. However, the Breaking the Cycle review and Green Paper should hopefully amend the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act in such a way that the needless murders of the three young girls Sarah Payne, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman will never happen again in terms of legislation that falsely claimed to protect.

Those convicted or perceived to be a real threat in terms of sexual crimes should not be part of a ‘Rehabilitation of Offenders Act’.  If the rehabilitation of sexual offenders is still not understood.

This open’s the door to many questions in terms of how we rehabilitate and protect at the same time. Personally, anyone who does that amount of damage to an individual in terms of sexual and violent crimes against the person, should never be fully trusted.  A person who commits a theft, burglary, or robbery and is sentenced to more than two and a half years is given a non-spent conviction for life , ‘without appeal’.

Why is an individual who has committed a sexual crime allowed to appeal their inclusion onto the Sex Offenders Register?

To me this makes no sense at all, and one could assume that our society values property and money, more than our children’s lives and safety!

You can support ‘Sarah’s Law’ by clicking here: Sarah’s Law

You can visit the News of the World campaign site here: For Sarah

BBC’s Online article: ‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme covers all England and Wales