TX- Mistakes on sex offender registry rare--but they happen

A reporter living in the dark ages, sees ONE when there are hundreds! Here are a few:

10-27-2009 Texas:

A man in Illinois recently talked about the problems created when he was mistakenly included on that state's sex offender registry for 40 days. Illinois authorities said they didn't know how often such mistakes happened.

Tela Mange, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety reveals only one case of mistaken identity in the Lone Star state in the past 10 years. Last spring a 20 year-old woman in the Dallas-Fort Worth area was listed on the registry, despite never having committed a sex crime. According to television reports, the woman's birthdate, height and weight were included on the website, as well as a photo of her as a juvenile when she was arrested for trespassing.

"It was a coding error on our end," Mange said. "As soon as we were notified of the error we corrected it and implemented additional steps to insure that somethg like that would not happen again." ..Source.. by Diane Jennings/Reporter