Common Sense from the Bench
Just when I'm convinced that this state can't do ANYTHING right, a faint flicker of hope appears on the horizon.
Do you know what you have to do get this information now? You gotta haul your ass down to the police station in the town you live in just to get the names of level 3 sex offenders registered in your town. What's that? You say the town next to you is 10 yards from your house. You have to go to THAT town's police department and request this information from them.
Going on vacation in a different part of the state with your children? Guess what? That's right, another trip to the local constabulary to obtain a new list for that town.
Nice to see there are still some caring individuals who value the feelings and safety of violent child rapists over the concerns and welfare of the children. Judge Bonnie MacLeod should be heralded as the champion of children's rights she is.
This is getting old: Massachusetts is one of only (blank) states that still allow/require (blank).
- BOSTON (AP) A judge on Friday lifted an injunction barring the state from posting the photographs and addresses of the state's most dangerous sex offenders on the Internet.
The ruling from Suffolk Superior Court Judge Bonnie MacLeod is the latest development in a fierce battle between state officials who see the Web listings as a way to protect the public and defense attorneys who argue that disseminating the names of sex offenders on the Internet would expose them to harassment and potential violence.
Do you know what you have to do get this information now? You gotta haul your ass down to the police station in the town you live in just to get the names of level 3 sex offenders registered in your town. What's that? You say the town next to you is 10 yards from your house. You have to go to THAT town's police department and request this information from them.
Going on vacation in a different part of the state with your children? Guess what? That's right, another trip to the local constabulary to obtain a new list for that town.
Nice to see there are still some caring individuals who value the feelings and safety of violent child rapists over the concerns and welfare of the children. Judge Bonnie MacLeod should be heralded as the champion of children's rights she is.
This is getting old: Massachusetts is one of only (blank) states that still allow/require (blank).
