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TX - Sex offenders, the unlikely special interest group

View the article here 03/02/2009 By Emily Ramshaw Registered sex offenders are an unlikely special interest group. But as lawmakers push legislation to require them to report their e-mail addresses and social networking aliases to the state, they're becoming more and more visible -- strange for a group that is branded with such a stigma. Today, several of them -- using their full names -- stood up in front of lawmakers and cameras at the Capitol to tell their stories (This is what all sex offenders should do, when new laws are being reviewed in their states!  Speak Up, Let Your Voice Be Heard!). Most of them are now in their 30s, and were arrested in their 20s for having consensual sex with underage women. All of them served their time and are now trying to be functioning members of society...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).