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Inaccuracies Plague Sex Offender Registries

By Steven Rodriguez

pSex offender registries are often inaccurate and incomplete, federal investigators found during a recent audit. Due to incompatibility between some state registries and the FBI#8217;s national registry, 22% of state-identified sex offenders go unreported to the national data base. U.S. Justice Department investigators warned that inaccurate and missing data are preventing police and the public from accurately identifying dangerous pedophiles and other a target="_blank" href="http://www.lacriminaldefenseattorney.com/SexCases.html"sex crimes offenders /ain their communities./p p#8220;As a result, members of the public will not have the information they need to assess the threat posed by sex offenders in their communities,#8221; cautioned a statement issued by the Justice Department#8217;s Office of Inspector General...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).