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No Homes for Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

The New York Times has covered this story a couple of times. Now, the Wall Street Journal has an article of its own that is quite good. From the article:Laws cracking down on sex offenders enjoy broad public support across the U.S. All states require offenders to report to law enforcement, but Georgia's statute is considered to be among the toughest such laws in the U.S. for its living restrictions and sentences. The law has set off messy conflicts between politicians and others who argue sexual criminals should be aggressively tracked and isolated and those who say lawbreakers -- especially juveniles and nonviolent offenders -- deserve a second chance.Among the most vocal critics of the laws are police. Some sheriffs say the crackdown on sex offenders forces them to divert substantial resources from investigating active criminals to monitoring and tracking offenders who aren't threatening...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).