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NV - Sex offender bill killed

View the article here 02/17/2009 By CATHY BUSSEWITZ , Associated Press Writer CARSON CITY - An Assembly panel voted Tuesday to kill a bill that would have changed lifetime supervision requirements imposed on convicted sex offenders, after critics said the changes would violate constitutional due process protections. Under AB36, convicted sex offenders who violated the terms of their lifetime supervision would face a state Parole Board hearing, rather than a court hearing. Representatives of the Division of Parole and Probation said the bill was needed because the process of getting a court hearing often takes too long, and there are too few consequences on the books for violating lifetime supervision. - So what?  It's everyone's right to a fair trial and due process of law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).