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Risk status of female sex offender reduced

By "eAdvocate"

12-18-2009 New York:AUBURN -- A former teacher's aid convicted of having sexual encounters with three teenage students six years ago had her sex offender status reduced in Cayuga County Court Thursday from the highest level to a level-one, meaning she is now considered to pose a low risk of re-offending.Former Judge Peter Corning ruled in 2003 that Mary Schoonmaker, 32, was a level-three sex offender, meaning the he considered her to pose a high risk of re-offending.On Thursday, Cayuga County Judge Thomas Leone said he believed their was substantial evidence to show that Schoonmaker no longer posed a high risk of re-offending before he reduced her classification to level-one."This was an isolated event in Mary's life," said defense attorney George Hildebrant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).