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Essay: Sex and Justice

By "eAdvocate"

11-19-2010 Michigan: A recent horrifying case involving teen suicide has gotten wide attention. The case got Michigan Radio?s Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry thinking about the state?s sex offender registry. If news is what people are talking about, then the big story in Michigan last week wasn?t the budget deficit, or Governor-elect Rick Snyder?s efforts to put together an administration. No, the big story was a horrifying case where a fourteen-year-old girl killed herself after having sex with an eighteen-year-old boy. And it ought to make us all think about a lot of things, including whether the Michigan Sex Offender registry makes any sense. In this tragic case, both teens at first told police the act was consensual, but later the girl appeared on local TV news, and said she had been raped...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).