For those that faithfully read Steve Huff's Darkside, you are aware that his site has been experiencing some tech difficulties. I know those of us out there who click onto his site only to find it down are dreadfully disappointed- but we will no longer have to wait for his excellent posts until the server errors get fixed. Steve's started a blogger blog just for those very times, which will contain cross posts made when he can not post to the original Darkside. Without any undue suspense- here's the Darkside Annex address : http://darksidesteve.blogspot.com/, I strongly recommend that you bookmark it now. And everyone make a little wish that his Planet Huff site is soon up and running full time again.
Reading the news today, I was taken back to see that the Florida Sex Offender registry was being criticized. Having had the chance to look at it previously, I had always found it rather informative, and well organized. The issue that many are having with it now wouldn't be noticed by the occasional browser on the site. Which makes it even worse. A review of the FSR has found some rather unsettling statistics: The News-Press analyzed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement database of 36,306 sex offenders and found: • 9,205 of them are incarcerated • 7,037 have run away or can't be found • 824 have been deported; and • 516 are dead. Of the 15,573 sex offenders listed as released and not on parole or probation, only 11,355 of those actually live in Florida. Sex offender registries can only be usefully, and only fully do what they where designed to do when they are updated, maintained and monitored continuously. When you are relying on the SO registries to monitors how safe your...
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