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"Sex registry stigma too much for young"

By Corey Rayburnyung

While the Tennessee legislature debates whether to include juveniles on the state's sex offender registry, one newspaper is ran an editorial discussing the flaws of such a proposal. From The Tennessean:Tennessee's top law-enforcement officials want juveniles convicted of sex crimes to be named on the state's public sex-offender registries, a notion that is likely to have broad popular support.But the repercussions of such a plan, which must be approved by the legislature and the governor, may far outweigh the benefits. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will ask lawmakers to introduce the bill as part of a move toward state compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, named for the famous case of a young boy slain in 1981.A portion of Tennessee's federal law enforcement funding will depend on whether the state decides to add offenders under age 18 to the sex offender database...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).