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Democrats Blocked Sex Offender Legislation For More Than a Year

stateofdenial Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 8:25 AM
I have no problem with going after "the most violent offenders." One myth is that all sex offenders are the same. The distinction is important. There are people on the registry who urinated in public, that they sent a sex message to a loved one, that they might have had consensual teen sex versus someone who might have had brutally raped a dozen women or children. There is no distinction there. They think everybody on the registry is a monster. There is much misinformation circulated by many media and elected officials. The fact is the recidivism rate for sex offenders is the second lowest for any offense. It is 5.3% over a lifetime for all offenders and for those who are child molesters," it is even lower; it is 3.1%.
getthelibsout Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 8:30 AM
so, which are you? a pisser or rapist?
RW6 Wrote: Nov 28, 2012 9:09 AM
So actual numbers and statistics that prove this bill is a stupid federal overreach just make you get dumber?

Senate Democrats have been sitting on a bill for more than a year that helps law enforcement quickly track down violent sex offenders. In March of 2011, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions introduced the Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act in order to give the Marshals Service the tools it needed to track down sex offenders. Session's legislation had bipartisan support, 21 cosponsors and was tacked onto the bipartisan Child Protection Act. Yesterday, the legislation finally passed.

“I am pleased to see my proposal finally pass, and grateful to Senators Cornyn and Blumenthal for including it in the Child Protection Act....

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