"Megan's Law", in the USA provides details about sex offenders who have served their sentences and are living in the community. It gives details, on request, of the locality of released offenders, their addresses and the nature of their offence.
Would you enquire after such information, for your own locality, or elsewhere? If you did, what would you do if you found that a released offender, who may (or may not) have been living a blameless life, close by, for many years, or may only have been released recently, was living near to you?
Would you take any actions?
If so, what would you do?
How would you feel?
If your actions, directly or indirectly, resulted in, his or her's removal elsewhere, how would you feel about the fact that they must live somewhere, just so long as it isn't close to you?
What about their new neighbours?
Given the feelings often expressed here, do you think that such a law should be brought in?
Please THINK. I am not interested in gut reactions.
2007-02-21
13:39:49
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