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2005 Senate Bill 617 (“School Safety” package )

Public Act 121 of 2005

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1) BEAT THE REGISTRY [by Anonymous Citizen on September 25, 2008]
GREAT!! HOPE IT REALLY WORKS
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2) Sex Offenders [by Anonymous Citizen on December 6, 2007]
Personally, I am in favor of tools such as the sex offender registry for those of us who are law abiding to be aware of potential risks.....BUT putting someone's face, name, and entire family's reputation on the line for one offense seems a little too harsh....maybe appropriate for a 3rd time offender, but not for one incident.

I struggle with the fairness of putting sex offenders on a public registry like that, but not violent criminals. I would be more concerned about having a murderer living next door than someone who got a little too pushy with his/her spouse/significant other/date etc. and was convicted of sexual assault.

The punishment just doesn't seem to fit the crime.
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3) serious doubts [by Anonymous Citizen on August 8, 2006]
both sides DO have serious doubts, and rightly so. there have been VERY few cases of true "rehabilitation" from our prison systems, especially in the sexual predator area.


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