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WA - Man who struck teens while driving drunk 'I realize an apology is not enough'

View the article here Yes, this is not sex offender related, but my question is, why do we not have other registries for those who harm children? Like a DUI registry, gang member registry, drug dealer registry, abusive parents registry, etc? SNOHOMISH COUNTY -- The man who pleaded guilty to hitting two teens while driving drunk was sentenced to seven years on Monday. The crowded courtroom was standing room only as Coleen Cooper looked her daughter's killer, Micah Pelton, in the eyes. "My daughter was smashed to death. This was a violent event, the violent death of my daughter," she said. Cooper's daughter, 16-year-old Janelle Cooper, was walking down a Lynnwood sidewalk last May when Pelton's truck pinned Janelle against a concrete wall...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).