Sexual violence, like other forms of violence, is traumatic and
devastating. The question is not whether the state has an interest in
preventing such harm, but whether current laws are appropriate and
effective.
The U.S. legal landscape was reshaped by federal laws passed in the
mid-1990s, in response to heinous but statistically unusual crimes
involving stranger abduction, rape and murder. The Wetterling Act
required convicted sex offenders to register with local authorities, and
Megan’s Law required law enforcement to notify neighbors about the
presence of a sex offender in their community. As a result, all states
now post searchable online lists of at least some categories of
registered sex offenders. The U.S. Department of Justice links all the
states’ registries in a single searchable site, available to neighbors,
employers, landlords and the public at large.
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