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Sex offenders: Some may be taken off registration list

By "eAdvocate"

1-2-2011 Texas: Some of the vast work involved in tracking sex offenders in Texas might be alleviated through an option to remove some on the list. Chapter 62, Subchapter I of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure allows development of mechanisms for the early termination of registry requirements for certain offenders. The whole, though, is still a work in progress, said Allison Taylor, executive director of Texas? Council on Sex Offender Treatment. ?The problem is that we have been tied to federal law, and federal law requires the offense to determine the length of registration,? Taylor said. ?What we?ve been working toward is basing length of registration on risk levels.? Just reading the existing database, there are situations, especially when younger people are involved, in which one cannot easily tell if a ?Romeo and Juliet? situation is at the heart of the requirement to register, or something darker, Taylor said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 02, 2011 (boomark / email).