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Daily paper and its nonprofit journalism outfit must correct their erroneous sex-offender story

By "eAdvocate"

12-16-2009 California:Last week in CityBeat, Kelly Davis reported that an investigation by the local nonprofit journalism outfit The Watchdog Institute, published on Nov. 29 in the Union-Tribune, spread misinformation about sex offenders and Jessica?s Law. Neither The Watchdog Institute nor the U-T has corrected the story.The institute?s story led with the alarming assertion that 70 percent of sex offenders in San Diego County are in violation of the residency restrictions in Jessica?s Law. The story then followed, incongruously, by reporting that there?s a lack of legal clarity over whether or not the law is retroactive.Let us put this plainly: As of the date the story appeared in the U-T, no sex offenders were known to be violating Jessica?s Law, and there is no confusion regarding the statute?s retroactivity; it is not retroactive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).