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IA - Missing: Courage, debate on sex-offender legislation

View the article here It seems this reporter thinks sex offender and pedophile mean the same thing.  I've inserted "sex offenders" where it should be! 04/23/2009 The Iowa Legislature appears to be headed in the right direction on legislation that could make children safer from pedophiles (sex offenders). There are just two problems: Legislators may continue to be too weak-kneed to do the right thing, and the public has been virtually excluded from the discussion. Lawmakers have a golden opportunity this session to repeal a state law that at the very least does nothing to protect children from pedophiles (sex offenders) and arguably makes the public less safe. But instead of having an open debate with a proposal on the table, key legislators have worked on a bill behind closed doors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).