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Maine Legislature Considers Modified Sex Offender Registry

By Smith Law Offices,

From the Bangor Daily News:. . . Maine?s online sex offender registry was controversial even before April 2006, when a young Canadian man stalked and killed two men whose names and addresses he found there. It didn?t matter what crimes they committed; they were monsters in Stephen Marshall?s eyes. But since the deaths of William Elliott, 24, of Corinth and Joseph Gray, 57, of Milo, Maine?s legislators have felt increasing pressure to improve the registry. "In truth, those [killings] put the pressure where it needs to be ? on us," said Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, co-chairman of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. Diamond and his colleagues in Augusta spent part of last week outlining plans for legislation that would create a tiered system for online registrants, similar to what other states have done...continue to full post

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