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IL - Bill would let some young sex offenders be removed from registry

Original Article See Also #1 See Also #2 02/24/2011 By HANNAH HESS SPRINGFIELD - So-called "Romeo and Juliet" legislation pending in the Illinois House would ease the penalties for young sexual offenders caught up in illicit romance. The measure, sponsored by state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Sycamore, would allow sex offenders who were not more than four years older than their victim and whose victims were at least 14 years of age to petition to remove themselves from the state's sex offender registry. "'Romeo and Juliet' deals with young people who perhaps made an error, certainly violated a law, and as a result changed their lives forever," Pritchard said today in a criminal law committee. If people found guilty of sex offenses were removed from the sex offender registry, they would also be freed from the requirement prohibiting them from living or loitering near schools, school bus stops, and parks...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).