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Sex-offender registries' effectiveness not clear

By "eAdvocate"

11-15-2010 Ohio: DAYTON - On July 29, 1994, in a suburb of Trenton, N.J., a twice-convicted pedophile named Jesse Timmendequas lured a neighbor, 7-year-old Megan Nicole Kanka, into his home on the pretext of letting her see his new puppy. He raped her, killed her and dumped her body in a nearby park. Public outrage about the murder led New Jersey to enact the first Megan's Law, requiring registration of sex offenders and public notification of their residences. Related federal, state and municipal laws and resolutions were quick to follow, restricting where registered sex offenders can live and establishing registration rules and classifications of offenders based on their threat of re-offending. In southwestern Ohio's Warren County, a proposal considered by the Lebanon City Council would ban sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet not only of schools and day-care centers, but also of parks, playgrounds and libraries...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).