Lots of folks are talking about the abusive, homophobic, and blatantly unconstitutional use of pre-crime preventative detention laws in Virginia. Here we have aggregated some prominent voices expressing their outrage on Twitter.
.@MarkHerringVA has made exceptionally strong statements on ways to improve our criminal justice system. Civil commitment, however, is an area where Va law and enforcement is an injustice and a violation of civil rights. Here’s a prime example: https://t.co/7kVW1wDSIg
— Patrick Hope (@HopeforVirginia) August 24, 2019
All the power to you for trying to undo this great injustice https://t.co/SPw4aKEkWr
— Arax (@araxkl_arax) September 20, 2019
Another injustice. Help spread the word. https://t.co/fOeLaVzdZk
— Alan Mills (@alan_uplc) September 7, 2019
Important statement regarding civil commitment by Patrick Hope, a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly. https://t.co/JicAIeyQY0
— NARSOL (@NationalRSOL) September 7, 2019
Years in jail without bail! Virginia’s attorney general is hellbent to lock up a gay man for life – learn more about this case. @MarkHerringVA @RogerLancaster @CatHanssens https://t.co/e7FfxU52IR
— The Dobbs Wire (@TheDobbsWire) September 6, 2019
This is how we continue to criminalize gay people. There is no reason why my friend Galen should be faced with civil commitment for life. https://t.co/GTTXTdfFi1
— Sharita Gruberg (@Shugruberg) September 6, 2019
As a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, I understand the drive to keep our children safe from predators, but this isn’t the way. https://t.co/M8L6NfzglN
— Dr. Chris Kimmenez (@RevDrCMKimmenez) September 7, 2019
Despite having *never* been convicted of a violent offense, a young gay man is now facing the possibility of indefinite detention via civil commitment thanks to Virginia’s Sexually Violent Predator laws and a healthy dose of homophobic prosecution… https://t.co/CfkeUmyoro
— Prison Legal News (@prisonlegalnews) September 12, 2019
Now here’s an elected official with a brain and a backbone. Thank you, @HopeforVirginia for standing up on an issue that others fear to touch, and speaking truth to @MarkHerringVA. https://t.co/VN8lmUnqAL
— Catherine Hanssens (@CatHanssens) September 6, 2019
@MarkHerringVA Placing a human being in your cross-hares and bending the law merely because someone has a ‘grievance’ against them is abhorrent and should be investigated. https://t.co/anOLUvMFsL
— WomenAgainstRegistry (@WomenAgainstReg) August 25, 2019
— WomenAgainstRegistry (@WomenAgainstReg) September 7, 2019
#nocrimenopunishment https://t.co/lHi35GX8si
— Tami Haught (@TamiHaught68) September 6, 2019
— North Carolinians for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (@ncrsol1) September 7, 2019
This is the epitome & logical conclusion of the deeply homophobic archetype we describe in Queer (In)Justice as the “sexually degraded predator” & the height of continuing homophobic abuses in the criminal legal system that should generate as much outrage as on the outside. https://t.co/EULjn5a6Cs
— Andrea Ritchie (@dreanyc123) September 6, 2019
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This is a start but giving one sole person power over another’s life is a little scary. #AbolishTheRegistry https://t.co/YE9RchG9e7
— Barbara (@DragonflyBlue24) September 7, 2019
I wish Republicans would have used this against #Homophobic #MarkHerring, If they had, I would have supported impeaching Mark Herring! https://t.co/IrIgvcOmO1. #LGBTQ
— Ms. Pinky Stanseski (@undergradwoman) September 9, 2019
Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/8iriyQ593v
— WitnesstoMassIncarceration (@WitnessToMI) September 8, 2019
Civil commitment is outrageous- and for those who don’t know about it- I ask you to read and share this Gaylen Baughman- a friend is facing a life sentence after serving almost a decade in prison @witnesstomi @evielitwok https://t.co/GYPyxhfjV4
— evie litwok (@evielitwok) September 8, 2019
.@MarkHerringVA made exceptionally strong statements on ways 2 improve our criminal justice system. Civil commitment, however, is an area where Va law & enforcement is an injustice and a violation of civil rights. Here’s a prime example: https://t.co/BpBk4weoGR @evielitwok
— WitnesstoMassIncarceration (@WitnessToMI) September 8, 2019
This is a start but giving one sole person power over another’s life is a little scary. #AbolishTheRegistry https://t.co/YE9RchG9e7
— Barbara (@DragonflyBlue24) September 7, 2019
Scrap the #SVPA. It normalizes prosecutorial vindictiveness, erodes citizens’ basic rights and protections against punishment without a crime, and corrupts science and the legal system https://t.co/IVtefbXWlE
— Jenifer Wicks (@jwickslaw) September 1, 2019
Virginia is one of 19 states that allows people who have completed their criminal sentences under any of a large number of sex-related offenses to be indefinitely detained until the state determines that they no longer present a risk—typically never. https://t.co/vxYrWG80Xj
— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) August 30, 2019
In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence… https://t.co/8K1yVuHJ8g
— Roger Tansey 🆘 (@rogertansey) August 28, 2019
In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/TtY5tEcxmy#civilcommitment #civilrights
— The Nellie Bly Project (@TheNellieBlyPrj) August 28, 2019
— Walker Clark LLC (@WalkerClarkLLC) August 28, 2019
In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentencehttps://t.co/kieXfjRCGt
— Michael Hall (@AugustEve2012) August 28, 2019
— The Registry Report (@RegistryReport) August 27, 2019
Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/xBKWtp1CON
— terry vee (@redot2005) August 26, 2019
Shame on Virginia and shame on @MarkHerringVA for this homophobic and unjust abuse of the legal system. https://t.co/FKYDCHly67
— ManicPixieDreamLawyer (@LostTeler) August 25, 2019
Cultural Studies Professor Roger Lancaster has co-authored an Op-Ed in the Washington Post on a criminal justice case in nearby Arlington, Virginia with great import for the state and nation-wide understanding of civil liberties.https://t.co/6DSYSOWTKh
— GMU Cultural Studies (@cultstudgmu) August 24, 2019
Look folks, if everything I have said, and everything @G_Padraic has said about the dangers of civil commitment laws didn’t terrify you, read this carefully https://t.co/3yqzjRIrup
— Joshua B. Hoe (@JoshuaBHoe) August 24, 2019
In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence – The Washington Post https://t.co/ziVqsbHu9a
— Glenn E. Martin (@glennEmartin) August 24, 2019
— Lori Jaye (@LoriJaye1) August 23, 2019
This bears repeating. A corrupt DEMOCRATE in Virginia is subverting justice for revenge. https://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX
— JoetheVoter 🌊🇺🇸 (@joethevoter) August 23, 2019
@DougHenwood Punishment Without Crime: Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/rNCbuHSfFf
— Roger Lancaster (@RogerLancaster) August 23, 2019
@ConnerHabib: PUNISHMENT WITHOUT CRIME: Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/rNCbuHSfFf
— Roger Lancaster (@RogerLancaster) August 23, 2019
Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/MwPlDJW92T
— Thomas Reese, S.J. (@ThomasReeseSJ) August 23, 2019
@AGMarkHerring This is NOT justice. This is a pure, simple vengful railroading of a US Citizen who never committed a single violent act. SHAMEFULS you refuse to allow defendant to defend himself against the might of the state. UN AMERICAN SHAMEhttps://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX
— JoetheVoter 🌊🇺🇸 (@joethevoter) August 23, 2019
This is NOT justice. Proof not all Democrats deserve public office.https://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX https://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX
— JoetheVoter 🌊🇺🇸 (@joethevoter) August 23, 2019
THIS IS NOT JUSTICE ! https://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX
Spread the word. Potential jurors need to read what this corrupt Democratic prosecutor @AGMarkHerring is trying to pull.
FLOOD TWITTER. VIRAL. RETWEET
— JoetheVoter 🌊🇺🇸 (@joethevoter) August 23, 2019
Proof not all Democrats deserve their office. VA AG @AGMarkHerring proves this by subverting justice for vengance by skirting the law. Read how he plans to railroad a young gay man into life in prison for no violent offense over a probation violation. https://t.co/s5vxQ4VqzX
— JoetheVoter 🌊🇺🇸 (@joethevoter) August 23, 2019
After 3&1/2 years in Arlington Cnty jail, a young gay man’s trial will begin Monday where it will be determined whether he will be civilly committed 2 an indefinite term of detention despite having never committed any violent offense. #NoCrimeNoPunishment https://t.co/s9eeh3ELmQ
— National CURE (@CURENational) August 23, 2019
— Rory Fleming (@RoryFleming8A) August 23, 2019
A case in Arlington, VA, exposes the harsh, unscientific, and ineffective way we address sex offenders.
This is the next horizon for so-called progressive prosecutors: bringing science, reason to our nation’s sex offender policies. https://t.co/Ist72w55s2
— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) August 23, 2019
Opinion | Virginia and other states should scrap the SVPA: It corrupts science and the legal system https://t.co/baWaM6lX6O
— Ben Miller (@millerben33) August 23, 2019
In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentencehttps://t.co/fhEAnriiS4
— Camille Cutler (@kearnsmania) August 23, 2019
Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/IvT1p3eTNe
— Scott Bernstein (@ScottSBernstein) August 23, 2019
Opinion | In Arlington, a judge must decide if a nonviolent sex offender should stay incarcerated after serving his sentence https://t.co/rNCbuHSfFf
— Roger Lancaster (@RogerLancaster) August 23, 2019
Please consider including the issue of pre-crime preventative detention applied through a putatively “civil” context to persons with an historical sex-related conviction. #abolishprecrime #CriminalJusticeReform https://t.co/2UDkKv2t6E #AlgorithmicJustice
— Just Future Project (@JustFutureOrg) September 16, 2019
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