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NH - We are losing the war on sex offenders

Original Article Old article, but one others should read. 05/12/2010 By Chris Dornin But not the way you think. The stereotype of the mean stranger watching the schoolyard underlies the last two decades of sex offender laws. Ironically, these feel-good, knee-jerk statutes endanger the very kids they aim to protect. State Sen. David Boutin (R-Hooksett) is sponsoring House Bill 1628 this spring to encourage police departments to use active public notice when sex offenders are released into a neighborhood. He filed the bill to please constituents hoping to drive all the sex offenders from Hooksett. [name withheld], a man on the sex offender registry, had been charged with a new sex crime. When [name withheld] made bail, his neighbors started a website against him with these and similar comments: "You show true restraint by not beating the tar out of this lowlife...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).