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Online Sex Offender Database Leads To Murder?

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Re:Trailer Park by alta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    we do, it's called spike.

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  2. Re:This would make... by MarkovianChained · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Rape is better than murder
    Despite enough notable cases of women killing themselves after being raped? They obviously felt it was better to die than deal with that hanging over them. Have you had either a rape or a murder attempt against you? Otherwise, who are you to judge that?
  3. Re:Am I the only one? by computational+super · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And you've most likely never been killed, so it's pretty much even.

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