In letters to the Attorney General's Office dating well over a year ago, the Superior Court of G... A matter of concurrency: Ju

In letters to the Attorney General's Office dating well over a year ago, the Superior Court of Guam attempted to iron out the problems it had with Guam's Sex Offender Registry. But their serious questions and concerns fell on deaf ears.

In a February 2004 correspondence, the Superior Court attempted to gain clarification on how to properly classify a list of 85 sex offenders, including those convicted of repeated sex crimes. The letter stated, "Your support and immediate attention to this matter is greatly appreciated". A year and eight months later, the court alleges they received absolutely no reply from the Attorney General's Office.

What's more court director of policy, planning and communications Dan Tydingco says because the Sex Offender Registry statute was vague to the Superior Court, their next letter requesting information - dated August 9, 2004 - earnestly asked for answers to a number of their questions like exactly who is responsible for notifying sex offenders of their obligations to register? They also inquired as to what the official procedure should be for those who don't comply.

More than a year later, there's still no reply from the AG's Office. Not until Wednesday when contained in a letter, the AG's Office accused the Court of not doing its job - strategically the same day they alerted the media. So as far as the Superior Court is concerned, they have been doing exactly what the law states, which is to update the web site with the information they are provided.

Judiciary of Guam staff attorney Bruce Bradley states the Court has been following the law that states the information they've been provided is the information they post, however he says they cannot prosecute convicted sex offenders who do not comply. That's the AG's job.

Said Bradley, "You'll see on the web site there are 202 people, 47 of those 202 are people that were on probation under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary, while they were on probation, 100 percent of their information is there. Their picture, their information, their data. Those are the people who were supposed to report that data to us and then we put it on there. The rest of the 202, that information is given to someone else who then gives it to us."

Bradley reiterates Guam's online Sex Offender Registry can only be as good as the information provided to them. So when asked whose job is it to ensure all the information required is collected, according to the Judiciary it's the job of the convicted sex offender themselves. And if information is missing, it's the Attorney General's job to prosecute sex offenders who fail to comply.

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