UT: Utah considers making phone numbers, email addresses searchable in sex offender registry

Source: msn.com 6/16/23 Changes could be happening to the Utah Sex Offender Registry. Lawmakers and the Utah Attorney General’s Office are planning to add more “searchable” details available to the public, but some victims’ advocates said crucial information will be left off, in certain cases. According to state law, people on the sex offender registry are required to provide information to law enforcement, like their names and aliases, their general description, a DNA sample and their work information.  Currently, not all that information is searchable to the general public, like…

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Australia: Overhaul of suppression order laws could see sex offenders identified

[theage.com.au] The identity of some of the most dangerous sex offenders could be revealed under reforms to the state’s suppression order laws being considered by the Victorian government. An independent review of Victoria’s Open Courts Act has recommended that courts should be restricted from making suppression orders concealing the identity or whereabouts of sex offenders living in the community under supervision. Safety of the individuals would still need to be considered, it said. The Victorian government has given its support “in full or in principle” to 17 of the 18…

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