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WI - Republicans blast proposed changes to sex offender monitoring

View the article here 02/28/2009 By MARK PITSCH Weeks before the 2006 election in which he sought a second term, Gov. Jim Doyle touted his willingness to punish sex offenders, including signing a law requiring real-time electronic monitoring of some of the worst sex offenders for life. - Yeah, once again, election time, bust out the sex offender issues, so I can look like I am tough and doing something for a change.  Notice none of them offer solutions, except punishment, nor do they mention prevetion.  It's all about exploiting someone for their own political gain!  Even if they did have real-time monitoring, which costs tons of money, it would not prevent someone from harming a child, if they wanted to. "This expanded GPS will help law enforcement know exactly where these people are every minute of every day," Doyle said in statement at the time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).