Illinois Upholds Lifetime Registration for 12 Year Old Sex Offenders
By Jeralyn, Section Juvenile Offenders
Posted on Sat Feb 22, 2003 at 10:18:03 AM EST
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Posted on Sat Feb 22, 2003 at 10:18:03 AM EST
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Sex offenders as young as 12 can be ordered to register as ``sexual predators'' for the rest of their lives, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled.
The Ilinois legislature should revise this law. Juvenile offenders can be rehabilitated. As one of the dissenting judges said,"''The Legislature surely did not intend consequences so inconsistent with reason, logic and common sense."
You can read the opinion here.
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