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WI - Editorial: Sex offender ordinan - Study all angles of sex offender ordinance

View the article here 01/25/2009 Few topics can fray our nerves like how we treat ? or ought to treat ? sex offenders. That was evident during an emotional meeting at Manitowoc City Hall Wednesday night. Many in attendance called for a city ordinance restricting where those convicted of serious sex crimes would be allowed to live upon release from prison. In Wisconsin, 72 municipalities have enacted such restrictions. We're not ready to say that Manitowoc should join them, because we think the proposal needs a great deal more study and public debate. We must, however, get beyond the purely emotional in this discussion, just as we must avoid a solely analytical approach. One man at the hearing labeled sex offenders as "animals" who are "not wired right...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 25, 2009 (boomark / email).