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[Bob51]

http://search.csmonitor.com/2005/0504/p02s02-usju.html?s=itm

Some extracts from article on "Jessica's law":

Signed into law by an outraged Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday, the Jessica Lunsford Act - known as "Jessica's law" - provides for satellite tracking of sex offenders in the state for the first time.

It's a move officials believe will significantly reduce or even eliminate the number of "missing" child molesters in the state. The law also sets a minimum 25-year sentence for anyone convicted of preying on a child under 12.

But Florida is believed to be the first to mandate lifetime satellite monitoring for an entire group of people who commit a certain crime.

A recent Miami Herald investigation claimed that Florida's law-enforcement agencies had lost track of more than 1,800 sex offenders, highlighting the need for better tracking. The state is to spend about $7 million of the $11 million appropriated for Jessica's law on the GPS devices, which will involve offenders wearing an ankle tag and a transmitting device around their waist.

The offender's exact position can be determined 24 hours a day on the Internet, although in states where such technology is already in use, parole officers and relevant authorities are kept informed of their movements by an e-mail once or twice a day.

Pennsylvania, Oregon, and New York are among those considering the statewide introduction of satellite tracking for sex offenders. New York Gov. George Pataki (R) has called for his state to follow Florida's lead by mixing tracking with harsher penalties for offenders.

"It's one thing to have tough laws to track their presence. But there are certain among them that should not be on the street ever again," he said.

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Best news I've seen for a long time. Let's make it a global standard....

[Stevie]

It's great that they've went this far to protect kids.... but I think the age should be higher.... 14 maybe. and I think they should NEVER get back
out once they've molested a child. IF they do let them out, they should have to live in special compounds - like old bases - fenced by barbed wire.
or better yet, on the northern edge of Alaska. AND they should have to
spend their days working at something that relieves the taxpayers of an
expense to compensate for the cost of their upkeep.
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Stevie
Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage
morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should
be arrested, exiled or hanged.

[Snipe]

Yeah, right. Another law. Personnally, I'd like the old timey
do-it-yourself version of a lamp post, a rope, and a bunch
on your friends and neighbors to pull on the rope. They
sure don't do it again after that kind of treatment.
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Tin Can Sailor

[AMOS]

Bring back The Scarlet Letter.....................A big red "P" tattoo on their foreheads. That, and let me catch someone doing it.

[Rdtf]

Just in case any of you want to know who is living in your neighborhood...

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm