NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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November 29, 2005 By KOMO Staff & News Services OLYMPIA – A triple murder and child abduction in Idaho likely will prompt Washington legislators to push for changes in how convicted sex offenders are treated here. Joseph E. Duncan III, convicted of child rape in Washington in 1980, is in an Idaho jail,...
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10/30/2005 One of South Dakota’s Senators plans to introduce a bill to help crack down on sex offenders. Some legislators believe stricter laws can help save lives. In 2003, Dru Sjodin, a University of North Dakota Student, disappeared outside a Grand Forks mall. A convicted sex offender is accused of murdering her. In...
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THE NEWS TRIBUNE October 2, 2005 The pressure is on for state lawmakers to do something – anything – to answer renewed fears about sex offenders living in our midst. The push stems from the story of Shasta Groene – the Idaho girl kidnapped allegedly by a sex offender who murdered her family....
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