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WI - Offender unhappy about mapping website

Original Article Isn't it ironic and hypocritical that she is okay with sex offenders being mapped online and on a registry, but her, with multiple DUI convictions, thinks it's unfair? Why eradicate peoples rights and privacy under the guise of "protecting children," for just some, why not all criminals? 02/20/2011 By TED SULLIVAN JANESVILLE - [name withheld] wasn?t happy when she saw her name and picture on a Janesville police website listing felony drunken-driving offenders. ?I just thought it was kind of bizarre and crazy,? she said. ?We?re not sex offenders.? [name withheld] is one of 55 Janesville residents on an online map revealing information about people with at least five drunken-driving convictions. [name withheld], 44, said the Janesville police mapping program, Project Sober Streets, is a violation of her privacy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 21, 2011 (boomark / email).