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Another sad story in the sex offender panic universe

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story, headlined "Plan for sex offender center scuttled by death threat," spotlights the challenges of even providing treatment for low-level sex offenders:A woman who planned to open a treatment center for sex offenders said she's decided not to open shop after receiving a death threat.  Holly Chandler has been under fire since residents around 1401 Highland discovered she was remodeling a former mechanics shop at that address into a counseling center for sex offenders.... "I got an anonymous threat on my cell phone from a man who said if I stepped in that building, the building would burn with me in it," Chandler said. "I don't need to get hit in the head with a brick to realize the danger." The building has been a target for vandals...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).