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IL - State rep proposes murderer registry

Original Article Once again, a politicians trying to make a name for himself. Murderers have the LOWEST recidivism rate of any other criminal, and sex offenders have the second lowest recidivism rates. So it seems to me, they are going about this totally bass-ackwards. But, the more registries we have, and the sooner, then the sooner they all come crumbling down. 01/25/2011 By Ted Gregory Database would track killers convicted before truth-in-sentencing law Motivated by outrage over the 1998 murder of a Batavia woman, a state representative on Tuesday proposed creating a public database of convicted murderers. - Why not save a ton of money and just create one registry for ALL CRIMINALS? Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Elmhurst, filed a bill known as "Andrea's Law," which calls for the Illinois State Police to create a murderer registry database on the Internet of individuals convicted of first-degree murder before truth-in-sentencing requirements were imposed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).