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WA - Sex offender registration laws have become a back door to extending prison terms

View the article here06/11/2008Rapist won't be sent back to live under bridgeAfter completing a 90-day state sentence, he faces new charges of failing to register as a sex offender.SNOHOMISH -- The high-risk sex offender who was ordered to sleep under a bridge in Snohomish before he fled the state likely will have a place for stay for some time: behind bars.David J. Torrence is in Shelton at a state prison serving out a 90-day sentence for violating parole conditions, officials said Tuesday.When he completes his sentence next month, he'll be headed back to Snohomish County.State Department of Corrections officials say Torrence will go directly to the county jail to answer a new charge of failing to register as a sex offender.If a judge lowers the $100,000 bail or if Torrence, 44, is able to post bond, there's one place he won't be going...continue to full post

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