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UT - Sex Offender Regulations Discussed on Capitol Hill

View the article here See Also 01/28/2009 By Faroe Robinson (KCPW News) Several bills regarding sex offenders were discussed on Capitol Hill today. The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill modifying a law passed last year, which required sex offenders to disclose their online IDs and passwords to the Department of Corrections. Bill sponsor Representative Jim Bird (Email) said under this new amendment, offenders would not have to disclose their passwords, and their user names would not be made public. But he emphasized the importance of knowing offenders' online identities. "When your daughter comes up missing and the computer is on and the last known identifier on the computer says Charlie Brown 123, would you not want to know who that person is? Because he would know where, or have the potential to know where your child is, so if police or law enforcement can take that information and find out where that daughter is, perhaps we can save some lives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).