Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 6:08:17 GMT -6
A review of cases against roughly 500 sex offenders, whose names were removed from a public registry in December, began in earnest this week, as the Sex Offender Registry Board seeks to identify which offenders might still be risks to the public and should be returned to the public watch list.
The reclassification process is expected to take as long as two years. In the meantime, the offenders will remain anonymous in their communities, raising concerns among community and victim advocates.
“There is no information for hundreds of sex offenders,” said Jennifer Lane, president of Community Voices, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of crime victims, including child victims of sex crimes.
“They’ve taken this information, and put the public at risk,” said Lane, a mother of three. “[Victims] use this is a tool to track the locations of sex offenders, and now they don’t have that information.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/24/new-hearings-for-sex-offenders-begin-this-week-could-take-years-complete/dfp465dWInMKZDGdVRUPnJ/story.html
The reclassification process is expected to take as long as two years. In the meantime, the offenders will remain anonymous in their communities, raising concerns among community and victim advocates.
“There is no information for hundreds of sex offenders,” said Jennifer Lane, president of Community Voices, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of crime victims, including child victims of sex crimes.
“They’ve taken this information, and put the public at risk,” said Lane, a mother of three. “[Victims] use this is a tool to track the locations of sex offenders, and now they don’t have that information.”
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/02/24/new-hearings-for-sex-offenders-begin-this-week-could-take-years-complete/dfp465dWInMKZDGdVRUPnJ/story.html