Notice how happy the State AG is to have caught a few sex offenders who did nothing more than access a social networking wesbite, a technical violation of parole, not a crime. Notice also, the absence of any comment that the State AG caught any other person on parole, for any kind of parole violation. Why does he ignore them and focus on sex offenders, well its simple, using the sex offender stigma (SOS) the AG looks good to the public. Additional crimes committed by these sex offenders, ZERO!
The Dep't of Justice tells us, that for every sex crime committed by a released sex offender, there are six sex crimes committed by non sex offenders released from prison. So, by the AG focusing on these five sex offenders, he has missed the risks posed by non sex offenders possibly committing THIRTY new sex offenses!
7-17-2008 Texas:
Investigators arrested five registered sex offenders earlier this month for illegally using the popular social networking site MySpace.com.
“Each of the registered sex offenders arrested during this operation were (sic) originally convicted of crimes involving young children,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in a news release. “Despite clear legal prohibitions, all five of these sex predators accessed MySpace.com. Parents and children alike must remain vigilant about the dangers posed by online sex predators.”
On July 1 investigators arrested Daniel Louis Trowbridge, 47, in Seguin, for using the Internet in violation of his release terms. He was convicted in Travis County in 1980 for indecency with a child. His victim was an 11-year-old girl.
“These arrests reflect MySpace.com’s ongoing willingness to work cooperatively with law enforcement. However, until MySpace.com and other social networking sites implement true age verification software, dangerous sex offenders will continue using these Web sites to prey upon young children,” Abbott said.
In May, the Attorney General's office subpoenaed sex offenders’ user profiles from MySpace.com. As a result, the network provided Abbott with data from Sentinel Safe, which MySpace hired to compile and verify its users. ..News Source.. by KVUE.com
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