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Deregistration for first-time, low-level sex offenders may become reality in 2011

James Cannon at the Midland Reporter-Telegram has a nice little scoop on proposed protocols to be considered later this month by the state Council on Sex Offender Treatment to facilitate deregistration of low-risk offenders from the list ("Texas in final stages to allow some sex offenders to deregister from list," Feb. 6):Texas is in the final stages of implementing a new program that will allow some sex offenders to deregister from the lifetime list, after an, as of yet, unspecified amount of time and counseling.The Council on Sex Offender Treatment will meet Feb. 26 to discuss the final stages of establishing guidelines and protocol to evaluate low-level sex offenders. Once the training for the counselors are in place, a spokesperson said, within months, evaluation specialists will begin seeing potential candidates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 07, 2011 (boomark / email).