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ME - Sex offender registry bill seeks change

View the article here 04/18/2009 By Eric Russell - BDN Staff Baldacci stresses importance of safety over modifications AUGUSTA - Debate resumed Friday among legislators on whether Maine should modify the state?s sex offender registry laws, but lawmakers received a clear message that the governor might not support some of those changes. ?The governor will oppose any changes that remove offenders from the registry without addressing risk,? said Maine Public Safety Commissioner Anne Jordan, who testified on behalf of Gov. John Baldacci (Contact). Rep. Richard Sykes (Email), R-Harrison, told the Legislature?s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee that his bill aims to remove any language from state law that characterized the sex offender registry as punitive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 18, 2009 (boomark / email).