Posted on 05/12/2005 9:21:46 AM PDT by LouAvul
Megan's Law is designed to keep tabs on sexual predators. They're required to register with police in their communities.
But, reports Tracy Smith in part two The Early Show series "Broken Promise," sex offenders often find it relatively easy to evade authorities, which frequently has tragic consequences.
In some states, such as Nevada, officials say there just aren't enough resources to keep track of all the sex offenders, Smith points out.
She looked into one case in that state in which a convicted child molester moved into a neighborhood full of kids. And police, Smith observes, were the last to know.
Las Vegas isn't all 'Sin City,' Smith notes. A few blocks from the big hotels, and glitz and glitter of "the strip," Las Vegas looks about like any other town, with quiet, middle-class suburbs where children play, oblivious to harm.
"When we first went into the (mobile home court)," says Don Dinardi, "we saw kids running around on their bicycles, scooters, everything, and we said, 'This is a really great place.'"
The court was thought to be a safe place where dozens of children, including Dinardi's 9-year-old daughter, could play undisturbed.
But, Smith says, living in the same neighborhood where kids rode their bikes and played on the playground was a convicted sex offender.
He lured the 9-year-old into a laundry room, where he raped her and gave her $10 not to tell.
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Sorta like Gun Control. Good intentions, easily circumvented by those who don't play by the rules.
Wow, criminals not following the law. Next someone will realize that prisons aren't punishing the criminals anymore.
Execute the child molestors and they will have a very hard time evading anyone.
They ought to have a special section in prisons for child molesters and let the various prison gangs take turns "visiting" those guys. It would work much better than the federal rehabilitation efforts, which by government studies are proven time and time again not to work.
"Execute the child molestors and they will have a very hard time evading anyone
One strike and you're dead.
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