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Globalizing Sex Offender Registration

By Corey Rayburnyung

Time has an interesting article detailing growing support for an international sex offender registry. A bill, H.R. 1623, was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) earlier this year to do just that. The bill, which you can read about here, would alert foreign officials whenever a U.S. sex offender intends to travel and encourages other countries to return the favor. From the article:While the world's attention was focused on Phillip Garrido, who is accused of abducting 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her hostage for 18 years as a sex slave, three other alleged sexual predators were quietly brought back to the U.S. to face prosecution for abusing countless children in Cambodia. The horrifying ordeal of Garrido's victim is now well documented; however, the stories of an estimated 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).