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NE - Sex-offender list too inclusive?

Original Article 03/23/2011 By Paul Hammel LINCOLN ? Saying Nebraska's current sex-offender registry law unfairly punishes some minor offenders, a group of state senators wants to remove those offenders' pictures and addresses from a public list. Supporters of the change include Omaha Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh, typically a hard-liner on crime who has said sexual predators should be banished to a remote island because they can't be rehabilitated, yet Lautenbaugh said it's unfair to hang a ?scarlet letter? on minor offenders whom the Nebraska State Patrol had deemed at low risk of reoffending and who haven't committed repeat crimes. ?I don't think we should ruin their lives,? Lautenbaugh said. - So once again, someone admits the sex offender label RUINS lives...continue to full post

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