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Op-Ed: Restricting sex offenders won't make them cease to exist
By The Dallas Morning News
Published: 11/06/2007

TEXAS - In bald political terms, you can't go wrong demonizing sex offenders. Everybody hates perverts. Drafting fresh laws to keep them away from trusting children is like wearing one of those little American-flag lapel pins – it's easy, crowd-pleasing, unassailably upright and it doesn't cost much. Where's the down side?

The fact that these restrictions don't seem to work very well doesn't detract much from their universal popularity. The list of places registered offenders can't live, work or even visit – schools, parks, libraries, day-care centers – gets longer and longer. Read more.

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