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VT - Bill would expand Vt. sex registry

View the article here 04/15/2009 By Peter Hirschfeld - VERMONT PRESS BUREAU MONTPELIER ? Proposed legislation would quintuple the number of people on Vermont's Internet sex-offender registry and add the home addresses of residents convicted of certain crimes. The provisions, included in a package that also decriminalizes the practice of so-called "sexting" among consenting teenagers, have drawn fire from the Vermont ACLU, which has constitutional concerns about a registry expansion that it says will do little to improve the safety of Vermont children. However, Sen. Richard Sears, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said his committee has heard from a spectrum of Vermonters seeking broader access to the state's criminal database...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).