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TX - Bill targeting online predators calls for sex offenders to report e-mail addresses, cellphone numbers to state

View the article here 02/20/2009 By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN ? Registering as a sex offender has made it hard enough for _____ to have anything resembling a normal life. The Dallas County man, who received deferred adjudication more than a decade ago for having sex with a 14-year-old when he was 18, has his address and photo on file for the world to see ? not a selling point, he says, for potential employers, landlords or girlfriends. Now, Texas lawmakers want _____ and other registered sex offenders to also report their e-mail addresses, cellphone numbers and online screen names to the state, and to give social networking sites permission to boot them offline. Unlike the information sex offenders currently must report, this data would not be available to the public...continue to full post

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