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HI - Sexual registry law needs to be changed

View the article here 02/10/2009 Federal attempts to keep track of convicted sexual offenders have been rejected by most states, including Hawaii, and the arrest of a convicted Hawaii offender in Arizona last week might illustrate the problem. An estimated 100,000 sex offenders are not living at their registered addresses, and states lack the resources to comply with the federal law. Changes are needed to make the system workable. - Another person using the bogus 100,000 sex offender statistic, pulled from thin air.  Show me the true facts which substantiate this claim. After legal challenges, voters gave the Legislature authority in 2004 to create an Internet registry of sexual offenders, who are required to update their addresses and other information every 90 days...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).