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State rep proposes murderer registry

By "eAdvocate"

Again we see a lawmaker proposing a registry of a crime type that has the lowest recidivism rate of all crime types, and knowing the damage which the sex offender registry causes those registrants, now wants to inflict the same damage on those past offenders convicted of murders. Lawmakers have found a way, inflicted with perverted words, to after-the-fact cause further damage to past offenders who now are living according to law in communities. 1-26-2011 Illinois: Database would track killers convicted before truth-in-sentencing law Motivated by outrage over the 1998 murder of a Batavia woman, a state representative on Tuesday proposed creating a public database of convicted murderers. Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Elmhurst, filed a bill known as "Andrea's Law," which calls for the Illinois State Police to create a murderer registry database on the Internet of individuals convicted of first-degree murder before truth-in-sentencing requirements were imposed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).