SNAP opposes weakening of sex-offender registry

MISSOURI
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

Posted by Barbara Dorris on April 11, 2012

A few Missouri lawmakers want to stop requiring convicted sex offenders to list their work addresses on the state sex offender registry. (Some say this requirement makes it harder for some offenders to get some jobs.

We oppose this proposal.

Depending on what statistics you believe, roughly one in four or five girls and one in seven or eight boys is sexually violated.

So the real problem is that too many innocent kids can’t live the safe childhoods they deserve, not that too many child molesters can’t get the better jobs they prefer.

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