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Crime and Politics: In Olympia, Washington, lawmakers are now targeting drunk drivers and sex offenders with new bill proposals. With 2008 being an election year, officials are now trying to get tough on crime. According to Curt Woodard, an AP writer in the Seattle Post?Intelligencer, officials seem to be focusing on areas such as privacy and free speech. The proposals include: - Allowing police to search cars without any suspicion in hopes of catching a drunk driver. Essentially, more DUI checkpoints. - Force those convicted of multiple misdemeanors to submit a DNA sample into a government database - Create the crime of viewing child pornography (even if it is an accident). People are urged to report any accidental viewing of child porn if they would like to be granted immunity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).