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Tracking for Sex Offenders

By Walin & Klarich

Under Jessica?s Law, otherwise known as Proposition 83, sex offenders in California are to be tracked for life by satellite. The law was passed a year ago and requires sex offenders to be fastened with Global Positioning System devices (GPS). The GPS devices enable officials to track these sex offenders every move, even after they have completed parole. However, recent reports by top law enforcement officials indicate that for a variety of reasons this tracking program is not viable and not likely to be implemented any time soon, maybe ever. Some of the problems include: the lack of ramifications for those who refuse to cooperate with the monitoring, the vagueness of the law as to which agency is responsible for monitoring the sex offenders, the hundreds of millions of dollars it will cost to monitor these individuals, and the arduous task of tracking sex offenders who no longer are required to report to parole or probation officers (once off of parole or probation).continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 12, 2007 (boomark / email).