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MySpace Agrees to Share Sex Offender Data

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-so-anonymous dept.

mikesd81 writes "The Seattle Times is reporting that MySpace will be providing a number of state attorney generals with data on registered sex offenders who use their site. Attorney generals from eight states demanded last week that the company provide data on how many registered sex offenders are using the site and where they live. MySpace obtained the data from Sentinel Tech Holding Corp., which the company partnered with in December to build a database with information on sex offenders. Attorneys general in North Carolina, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania asked for the Sentinel data last week."

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  1. Correction for the anal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "state attorney generals" => "state attorneys general"

    General is an adjective, not the noun. You pluralize the noun not the adjective.

  2. Before Cletus gets his rope... by Bonker · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... do remember that it's never been easier to commit a sex crime that requires that you're place in a registry. Even people who get busted for 'indecent exposure' while urinating in an unwise place can end up on a sex offender registry.

    http://www.criminal-law-lawyer-source.com/terms/in decent.html

    Theoretically, you have to be trying to 'assualt' someone by exposing yourself. Of course any DA with an agenda can make certain charges stick with a plea-bargain deal, even when they might not otherwise be applicable.

    How many people can afford to hire lawyers necessary to try to defend themselves in such a case? If you do try to fight it, I hope you've got a damn good Public Defender.

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  3. This could be interesting. by Evil+Poot+Cat · · Score: 5, Informative

    And since Georgia is one of the states mentioned in this article, let's observe that Genarlow Wilson is still in prison, http://www.wilsonappeal.com/index.php , and will be on one of these lists in about 8 years when he gets out. Not bad, for getting a blow job from a 15 year old when you're 17.