Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sex Offender Issues

Criminal Law

: Sex Offender Issues

TX - New laws would make life harder for registered sex offenders

View the article here Just more people using sex offenders as their scapegoat to look like they are actually doing something. 02/19/2009 AUSTIN -- State and federal legislators have introduced new legislation that would require registered sex offenders to also register their cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses and social networking site identities. According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (Contact), the new legislation has been spearheaded by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (Contact) (R-TX) and U.S. Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX). Cornyn introduced the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009. Smith, a former Texas legislator, sponsored companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a release from Abbott...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).