NH- New system for classifying sex offenders being negotiated

OK, question for readers: When was the last time you used a 5-10-20-30 year old phone book to look up the phone number of a restaurant in your town? Never? Right, because the information is way too old and is likely way out of date. Remember your last high school reunion, did any of those folks look like they did when you last remember them in high school?

Well, that is exactly what the Adam Walsh Act does when it purports to classify sex offenders using the crime that was committed 5-10-20-30 years ago, that person doesn't exist today, s/he is gone, that is not the person living in your community today. New Hampshire IS NOT using a new system, they are using an OLD system.

5-22-2008 New Hampshire:

CONCORD, N.H.—New Hampshire lawmakers are negotiating a compromise over a bill to establish a new system for classifying sex offenders and requirements for them to register after getting out of prison.

more stories like thisThe bill creates a three-tier system for classifying sexual offenders and offenders against children. It recognizes that differences between sex crimes can vary from more minor offenses like indecent exposure to much more serious offenses like child molestation and forcible rape.

For the most serious offenses, lifetime registration on the public list will be required while for lesser offenses the period can be shorter and the ability to petition off the list will be available in certain circumstances.

The Senate removed a House provision that would have required the state to collect DNA from all felons -- instead requiring the samples to be taken from sex offenders and violent offenders. The Senate also refused to support publicly listing where sex offenders work. The Senate said that punished employers. ..more.. by Boston.com