Bad news for perverts! Recently, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that an Oklahoma law requiring a sex offender label to be put on the driver’s licenses of those convicted of the crime is not “cruel and unusual” punishment!
The Oklahoman lauded the verdict by those pesky activists judges in a recent editorial. Via News OK…
A state law requiring that aggravated sex offenders' driver's licenses include a “sex offender” notation may not necessarily prevent future assaults. But judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found the Oklahoma law isn't “cruel and unusual,” so this is at least an instance where court rulings and common sense align.
The law passed in 2007. In 2010, Ray Neal Carney was convicted of sexually abusing a child. Upon his scheduled release in 2018, Carney will have to register as a sex offender and have the label included on his driver's license...
In dismissing that argument, the judges dryly noted Carney “has not shown that he is being treated differently than other aggravated sex offenders.” They also noted the Legislature had a “rational basis” for imposing the license-label requirement that stressed public safety considerations.
Carney's lawsuit argued the license requirement was enacted out of animus toward aggravated sex offenders. The justices disagreed, writing, “The license requirement is not ‘wide-ranging' or novel and does not serve ‘just to eliminate a privilege a group would otherwise receive.' … More specifically, this law limits only a very narrow right: the right to a state identification that does not indicate a person is a sex offender.”
I, for one, do not think the punishment fits the crime. Not only should child molesters have the “sex offender” label on their driver’s license. The label should also be tattooed across their foreheads. You know what? The label should also be in “comic sans” font, because f*ck those guys. Shaming people for crimes they've committed in the past and served time for is the American way!
But why stop there? There are many different types of people who should be shamed and humiliated when cashing a check or buying beer at a Thunder game. Here are a few other potential labels that would make sure all Oklahomans feel bad about themselves.