News Item: : Number of sex offender bills raises questions
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Posted by Wendy McElroy
Friday 19 March 2010 - 08:35:26
The push to pass sex offender laws is gathering momentum, but the head of one committee is questioning whether lawmakers have too many proposals before them. "When you're trying to do 16 things on one subject you run the risk of screwing it up," Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Chairman Brian E. Frosh said. "Because one thing conflicts with another or makes it unclear. So there is that danger." So why is this the year for such comprehensive legislation? "Because we've got all these bills before us," Frosh said. "Because Sarah Foxwell was murdered in December and because it's an election year. There's just a confluence of circumstances that put it on the front burner," he said. [Ed.: with unusual candor, the politician admits that the number of sex offender bills being considered is largely due to its being an election year.] (03/19/10)
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(Category: News Reports)
Posted by Wendy McElroy
Friday 19 March 2010 - 08:35:26
The push to pass sex offender laws is gathering momentum, but the head of one committee is questioning whether lawmakers have too many proposals before them. "When you're trying to do 16 things on one subject you run the risk of screwing it up," Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Chairman Brian E. Frosh said. "Because one thing conflicts with another or makes it unclear. So there is that danger." So why is this the year for such comprehensive legislation? "Because we've got all these bills before us," Frosh said. "Because Sarah Foxwell was murdered in December and because it's an election year. There's just a confluence of circumstances that put it on the front burner," he said. [Ed.: with unusual candor, the politician admits that the number of sex offender bills being considered is largely due to its being an election year.] (03/19/10)
This news item is from ifeminists.com
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