Sex Offender Registration Leads to Murder
by TChris
Posting sex offender registries on the web provides a doubtful benefit to communities. Individuals who want to reoffend often move without registering, while those who seek to obey the rules risk becoming the targets of vigilantes.
Michael Mullen has confessed to killing two sex offenders in Washington.
"Mullen also said that he had planned the murders for some time and that on July 13, 2005, he had accessed the Whatcom County Sheriff's sex offender Web site, and from that selected at least one of the two victims," the release said.
As is typical throughout the state, the Web site includes the residences of sex offenders who are required to register with local authorities.
Publicizing conduct for which punishment has been imposed and completed hampers rehabilitation. It also encourages harassment and violence, as this case illustrates.
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