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Connecticut, Iowa Newspapers Calling For Sex Offender Law Reform

By Corey Rayburnyung

One Connecticut newspaper is calling for the state's sex offender registry law to be fixed. A Public Defender has more. From The Hartford Courant:Connecticut's sex offender registry law needs to be updated. The state Department of Public Safety announced recently that 74 convicted sex offenders will be coming off the registry before the end of this year because their 10-year online registry period will expire. This is one of several examples of problems with the current system that must be solved.First, many true sex offenders are avoiding the registry altogether by "charge bargaining" in our courts. Current law requires sex offender registration only for convictions under certain specific statutes, such as first-degree sexual assault. Skilled defense attorneys know this and will agree to have their clients plead guilty and even accept a prison sentence in exchange for a prosecutor's agreement to have them plead to charges that do not require registration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).