As reported here, President Bush signed a new law this past Thursday "that requires convicted child molesters to be listed on a national Internet database and face a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts."
""Our nation grieves with every family that's suffered the unbearable pain of a child whose been abducted or abused," Bush said in a bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden. "This law takes an important step forward in this country's efforts to protect those who cannot protect themselves.""
"It aims to help police find more than 100,000 sex offenders by creating the first national online listing available to the public and searchable by ZIP code. It also called for harsh federal punishment for sexually assaulting children, including the possibility of the death penalty when a victim is murdered."
This law has been needed since, well since "forever", and I applaud the efforts of those who backed this legislation.
Hat tip: kcwriter
1 comment:
While we definitely NEEDED this law, and sad that it takes an election year for it to see fruition, I have to wonder how many strikes are we going to allow these guys before we put them away for good?
I am all for putting a tracking chip for first time offenders. On the second offense, they get put away for good in some penal colony far, far away.
But that is just moi.
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