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Opportunity costs and the sex-offender registry

In Dallas, manpower shortages caused police to routinely turn away people trying to update their sex-offender registration status, reports Diane Jennings at the Dallas News ("Dallas police 'erred badly' in turning away sex offenders who sought to register," Oct. 24):Sex offenders who must update their registration with the Dallas police have been routinely turned away after waiting outside the department door for hours. "I've got to abide by the law or they put me back in prison," said one offender who asked not to be identified.Department spokesman C.L. Williams said the department "erred badly" by limiting the number of registrants to about three dozen a day in recent weeks, a short-term response to a manpower shortage during the State Fair of Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).