Sex offenders are all over the news these days, and Congress is primed to act -- or, rather, react. All states have sex offender registries, although they differ significantly in the information they contain. But in most cases, there's little in the registries to distinguish predatory pedophiles from those who were engaged in a teenage love affair. Critics of the registries -- many of which contain home and work addresses -- say they may actually do little to protect the public.
May 17, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
William Elliott was 19 years old when he had sex with his girlfriend, who was two weeks shy of her 16th birthday. They were married after Elliott served four months for his offense at Maine’s Penobscot County Jail.
Joseph Gray was in his early 40s when he sexually assaulted and raped a 7-year-old over the course of three years. He was sentenced to four to six years in Massachusetts state prison.
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