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Wayne Logan on Jaycee Dugard and Sex Offender Laws

By Corey Rayburnyung

Wayne Logan has a nice little post at a Washington Post blog, Short Stack, that I didn't even know existed. From the post:Suspect Phillip Garrido was on California's registry, which like other state registries is known to be rife with inaccuracies and missing data. Garrido, however, was not among the scofflaws. He dutifully kept authorities apprised of his whereabouts, and his identifying information (including home address) was prominently posted on the Internet due to California's concern about the significant offenses in his history.Perversely, Garrido was thus a "success."But his sustained depravity highlights a reality long known to police: Individuals determined to commit repeated sexual crimes will find a way to do so. Garrido not only was compliant when his crimes came to light in 2009 but also was on California's registry when he abducted Dugard in 1991...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).