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New Sex Offender Law Prompts Mistaken Identity Concerns

By "eAdvocate"

Here we see one kind of error that can result from registry information (same name similar likeness), but this is rare. The worst error results from someone taking registry information, then posting it elsewhere on the Internet (Secondary Dissemination (SD)). What happens with SD is, that it is never updated, even though the actual registry is. All it takes is one person bent on revenge or vigilantism, using that SD information and the registrant no longer lives there; someone not on the registry becomes the target and is harmed. Just pointing out what usually occurs, and not implying that the actual registrant should be targeted. 12-15-2009 Nebraska:Law Would Publicly List Every Convicted OffenderA new law set to take effect on Jan. 1 will require every sex offender is Nebraska to be listed on a public Web site, a change that will more than double the number of listed offenders, according to the Nebraska State Patrol...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).