Speaker to Revisit Bill to Publicize Sex Offenders
If passed, the law would allow the public to access information about Level 1 sex offenders.
In the wake of last week's horrific news of a Wakefield man arrested on charges that he raped infants and toddlers, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he will take another look at legislation to publicize names of low-level sex offenders, according to a Boston Herald report. The proposed law, filed by Gov. Deval Patrick last year but stalled in the Legislature, would add Massachusetts to the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and allow the public to see which Level 1 offenders, deemed the least likely to reoffend by the Sex Offender Registry Board, live or work in their neighborhoods. Currently, the police are required to publicize the names of Level 3 offenders, who are consider the most likely to reoffend. The issue is …
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Valerie Parkhurst
12:46 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Any lowlife convicted of a sexually based crime needs to have his info for the world to see. Teir Levels are misleading and dont take into account "escalating behavors". The latest studies indicate Level Two's reoffend rates top Level threes, so no help there. Tier Levels is a government racket that is directly proportionate to "Oversite" the lower the Tier? The Less Oversite, add to the mix ,… more ›