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Notable veto by Texas Gov of sex offender registration reforms

By Douglas A. Berman

This local article from Texas, headlined "Gov. Rick Perry vetoes bill lifting sex offenders 21, younger from registry," spotlights an interesting development in the Lone Star State.  Here is how the piece starts: Aaron Jernigan had just started college at age 18 and was planning a career as a music teacher when he met a girl at a party and his whole world changed.  Now 25, Jernigan finished a four-year prison sentence instead of a four-year degree. He is trying to get on with his life, but a year out of prison he still cannot find work and has had to move twice because he will forever carry with him the black mark of a registered sex offender. "I was pretty much just a regular old kid in high school," he said.  "And they kinda threw away the key on me...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).