I have a new post over at The Crazy Rants Of Samantha Burns. Part of that whole guest blogging I have been talking about a few times over the last few weeks. Today I bring her readers a completely made up true crime ripped from the headlines and then twisted into complete bull. It's about a giraffe if you must know. You can go here to read it, if you have any desire at all to see my sense of humor at work. Otherwise skip that post and head straight to her main page- she offers all sorts of funny.
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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