Killings Rekindle Vigilante Debate ; Critics Say That Federally Mandated Sex Offender Registries Waste Resources and Invite Harassment.
Portland Press Herald › April 19, 2006
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The shooting deaths of two men listed on Maine's online sex offender registry have rekindled debate over the value of such information and the pitfalls that can accompany it.
William Elliott, 24, of Corinth and Joseph Gray, 58, of Milo had little in common, except that both of their names appeared on the state's Internet database of sex offenders. That was apparently enough to make them the targets of a gunman Easter Sunday morning.See the full content of this document
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Killings Rekindle Vigilante Debate ; Critics Say That Federally Mandated Sex Offender Registries Waste Resources and Invite Harassment.
Stephen Marshall, 20, of Nova Scotia researched 34 sex offenders listed on Maine's registry before shooting the two men at their homesand then killing himself that night as police attempted to apprehend him on a bus in Boston, police say.
Federal law mandates that states publish information about sex offenders in order to help...See the full content of this document
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