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Sex offender reformation ... for a politician

By Douglas A. Berman

This new AP story, headlined "Crusading ex-Pa. lawmaker takes in sex offenders," has many interesting elements.  Here is an excerpt:A former tough-on-crime Pennsylvania lawmaker has adopted a new and unpopular cause, taking into his home three sex offenders who couldn't find a place to live ? a stand that has angered neighbors, drawn pickets and touched off a zoning dispute. As cities across the nation pass ever-tighter laws to keep out people convicted of sex crimes, Tom Armstrong said he is drawing on his religious belief in forgiveness and sheltering the three men until he can open a halfway house for sex offenders. "I think that our system is trying to treat everybody under a particular brand and it doesn't work," he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).