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Bizarre New Proposal in Massachusetts

By Corey Rayburnyung

Dan Filler, at the new blog Faculty Lounge, points to a really odd proposal for restricting sex offenders in Massachusetts:Massachusetts state legislator Demetrius Atsalis has proposed that high risk sex offenders be prohibited from voting at polling places located in libraries and schools.  As he explained, "if someone has to use a bathroom, there's an excuse to go down the hallway, and potentially, something can happen."  What's the solution for these individuals?  Vote absentee or don't vote at all. I understand where this proposal is coming from.  Sex offenders who attack children certainly do exist (although in smaller numbers than media accounts would suggest) and we have adopted a system where we attempt to intensively regulate the physical movement of these folks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).