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ID - Commission works on fixing sex predator law

View the article here 02/20/2009 BOISE (AP) - Last year 11 violent sexual predators were released from Idaho prisons. But criminal justice officials say this year, no matter how high a sex offender's risk of reoffending is, he's not likely to be given violent sexual predator status. Idaho's laws governing the sexual predator classification system were deemed unconstitutional by the Idaho Supreme Court in a ruling handed down last week. Members of the Idaho Criminal Justice Commission said Friday that it will take a year before a new, legally sound rule can be written. Kathy Baird, the management assistant for Idaho's Sexual Offender Classification Board, says the wait is a public safety concern. And Idaho appellate public defender Molly Huskey says the commission will look at other state systems and the ruling as it tries to prepare legislation to fix the law.continue to full post

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