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MN - Cornish bill would add names to sex offender registry

Original Article 01/27/2011 By Mark Fischenich From [name withheld] in St. Paul to [name withheld] in Owatonna, there are currently about 210 sex offenders listed on an online registry of Minnesota residents freed from prison but deemed most likely to re-offend. That list would grow to more than 1,300 under legislation sponsored by Rep. Tony Cornish, a Good Thunder Republican and the Lake Crystal police chief. ?The more we know about these people the better,? Cornish told members of the House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee Thursday. Currently, only Level III sex offenders ? those judged by Department of Corrections officials as the highest risk to commit another sex crime ? are on the registry with addresses, mug shots, criminal backgrounds and other information for any Minnesotan to see...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).