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Guilt by Marriage?

By Corey Rayburnyung

SexOffenderResearch points to this odd story where a sex offender's wife has had her application for a liquor license notated with a reference to her husband's criminal history. From a local news account:An application a Fort Smith woman has made to the state liquor licensing board for a private club permit will have a notation added to it that her husband is a convicted sex offender, authorities said Thursday. Jennifer Spence has applied for a private club and retail beer-on-premises permit for a business identified as JAT in the 900 block of North A Street, J.C. Rider, a local agent with the state Alcoholic Beverage Control, confirmed Thursday.Spence's husband is Johnny Wayne Spence, 43, of Fort Smith, a Level 4 sex offender, which state law describes as a sexually violent predator...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).