Online Sex Offender Database Leads To Murder?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @02:26AM from the just-think-what-open-government-will-lead-to dept.

nem75 writes "The LA Times reports on the story of Michael A. Dodele, a convicted rapist, found murdered in a Lakeport trailer park. He moved there after having been released from prison just 35 days before. A 29-year-old construction worker has been arrested in the attack, and explained that he killed Dodele to protect his son from child molestation. He found out on the internet about Dodele being a sex offender, via the 'Megan's Law' database. The public entry for Dodele in the database was wrong — though he was found guilty of committing crimes against adult women he was not a child molester. Dodele's entry in Megan's Law DB has been removed." Update: 12/11 15:51 GMT by Z : Moved link to non-reg article.

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Re:Duh. by Shakrai · 2007-12-11 05:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A fake story on the internet? Fairly common I would say.
Yes, because we all know that the police never abuse their authority. Any story suggesting that they have done so is obviously fake.

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