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NH - Tougher sex offender law gets AG's backing

View the article here 04/21/2009 By JOHN DISTASO CONCORD ? A top official from the Attorney General's Office yesterday recommended the House pass proposed changes in state law that would make it easier for the state and county prosecutors and the courts to ensure continued confinement of dangerous sexual offenders after their prison sentences expire. The Senate passed Senate Bill 142 unanimously earlier this month. At a hearing by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee yesterday, Associate Attorney General Ann Rice detailed additions to the commitment process that would allow emergency petitions to be filed and acted on by the courts to prevent the release of offenders determined to need additional time in confinement. The key portion of the bill is a response to the recent release of two child rapists who slipped through cracks in the justice system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).