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Loopholes Plague State Sex Offender Registry

By "eAdvocate"

2-11-2011 New Mexico: This is the first in a three-part series examining the state's sex offender registry When Richard Hill, 67, was sentenced last July on charges that he sexually molested a young girl, his victim told state District Court Judge Stephen Pfeffer she had been used ?like a tool.? ?The word ?love? no longer has any meaning to me,? she told the court. ?He took all that away from me.? The victim recounted the sex acts she was forced to undergo for the man who, even prior to sentencing, denied he had done anything wrong. The victim said she forgave Hill, but it was a mental evaluation saying he was unlikely to re-offend that gave him the break few convicted sex offenders get in New Mexico. Hill was convicted of molesting and raping the girl for a period of five years, beginning when she was 8 years old...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 11, 2011 (boomark / email).