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Lately, at least 50 grassroots groups have been launched with the aim of changing sex-offender legal guidelines. Carpenter, who has managed to free 11 teenagers (all convicted of sexual offenses involving minors) from the registry, now serves on a professional advisory board for the Coalition for a Useful Registry, a grassroots group launched by two Michigan mothers. Instead, he was required to perform 350 hours of neighborhood service - choosing up trash, mowing lawns - and to attend weekly counseling courses with convicted intercourse offenders and pedophiles. In 1994, Congress created the Jacob Wetterling Act, requiring states to ascertain registries listing convicted sex offenders. Sounds the same as 95% of the 'Sex Offenders' on the registry. The killer had discovered Elliott's identify on the registry and determined to go attempting to find sex offenders earlier than turning the gun on himself. Bushnell and the tv version of Carrie (who had no last name in the column) have the identical initials, a flourish emphasizing their connection. |
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