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Notable coverage of efforts in Michigan to reform state's sex offender registry

By Douglas A. Berman

As my copious blog posts today reveal, there seems to be a lot of especially good reading for sentencing fans in the newspapers today.  And here are two notable pieces from Michigan discussing sex offender registries  to add to the list: Coalition: Focus Mich. sex offender registry on risk At least two state lawmakers personally affected by ?pervasive? sex offender registry The first piece reports this notable fact: "With over 45,100 names and faces on the registry of convicted sex offenders ?- and even some whose records are conviction-free ?- Michigan holds the eyebrow-raising distinction of having the highest ratio of its citizens on a state sex offender registry." The second piece add this interesting twist: According to Shelli Weisberg, legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, there are now lawmakers (plural) with more than a passing interest in the registry...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).