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NH - Lawmakers Consider Changes To Sex Offender Registry

View the article here Video is available at the site above. 01/27/2009 Bills Would Change Requirements, Allow Some Offenses To Expire CONCORD - Proposed changes to the state's sex offender laws have led to strong debate at the State House, as some fear the changes could weaken the sex offender registry. One of the bills would ease registration requirements for some nonviolent offenders, such as _____, who spent more than seven years in prison for possession of child pornography. Her mother, Jackie Bennett, said she would worry about such a change because it would mean her son wasn't tracked as closely. "He's homeless in the streets with no treatment, and most likely, he would reoffend," she said. Another bill would reduce the time that some nonviolent offenses would remain in the registry from 10 years to three...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).