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Sex Offender Hysteria |
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Here's a different twist... |
| Date Posted: |
05/04/2005 |
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....question -- if you're frustrated with the coverage your station is giving, then maybe you should look at other ways to cover the story. And yes, it is a story.
Is knocking on the door of a released sex offender the best of stories? I don't know. Just about every station's done that at one time or another. Look for other angles to the story. This is your chance to enterprise and cover a story that's not going away in a way that makes you engaged in the story.
As for the Florida cases -- it's frustrating here in our market as we had THE SAME THING happen near here. Only thing is it hasn't gotten the national attention the Florida cases got.
And finally, as a mother of both a girl AND a boy -- I'm worried for both. This doesn't just happen to girls. But I also worry about state lawmakers who rush to pass laws. What would happen to my son if say, when he were 18 or 19, had sex with a girl who was considered under-age (whether knowingly or unknowingly). Would he then be classified as a sex offender and be subjected to the same label/opinion/ostricization as the guys who are truly pedophiles? |
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http://www.wsav.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSAV%2FMGArticle%2FSAV_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782429627&path=!features!crime
This perv moved back to Georgia because his crime happened before forced registration of sex offenders and Georgia was one of the few places he would'nt have to register.
He's now living in the same town with a child he kidnapped and molested.
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