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I completely agree, Alice--with one caveat.  If our government can't protect us, then we have to protect ourselves.  I'm not talking about vigilante justice or anything.  I'm just saying that we can implement some sort of neighborhood watch-type program wherein the child molesters in our neighborhoods are known to the entire community (via the Megan's Law website) and...well, watched.  The problem with the Megan's Law website, though, is that it is based on information given by the sex registrant.  Most sex registrants are required to register (and update their addresses) for life, but that only works for the ones who are already trying to follow the rules.  The really dangerous ones (repeat-offenders) aren't likely to follow the rules in the first place.  Plus, the website is only updated when the reporting law enforcement agency sends in the info to DOJ, which isn't instantaneous.  Still, it's more than we had 10 years ago, and if...
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