Maryland officials in recent weeks quietly removed the mug shot of convicted child molester ____ ____. from the state’s sex-offender registry.
They also deleted the Internet link to the former middle school teacher’s guilty plea to charges he abused a 13-year-old student decades ago. ____’s physical description, the address of the cottage he lives in near Annapolis, the make and model of the car he drives: Everything the state had tracked for years to keep him from anonymity was erased.
____ was removed not because he was exonerated of his crime. His information was taken down because of a recent ruling by the state’s Court of Appeals declaring sex-offender registration unconstitutional punishment for those who committed crimes before the registry began in 1995. Full Article
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Hallelujah!! I only hope it causes a “domino effect” throughout the 50 states!
Beautiful, man, just beautiful!
Praise Jesus. It’s time people begin to understand what these registries really do to families , and just how ominous and draconian the laws have become. Good sense needs to override emotionally provoked legislation.