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| Bill: Releasing juv. sex offenders' OK |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/18/2005 |
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Wisconsin police chiefs and sheriffs could notify the public about juvenile sex offenders they think pose a danger under a bill the state Senate approved last week. Current Wisconsin law allows police to disclose information about adults registered as sex offenders, but they can't give out information on juveniles on the sex offender list or disclose their criminal records. The Republican-authored measure now goes to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, who can either sign or veto it. The Senate passed the bill 31-2 after the Assembly approved it last month. Doyle spokeswoman Melanie Fonder said, "We're generally supportive of this. Since he was attorney general, the governor has made it a priority to give law enforcement more tools to protect citizens, especially from sexual offenders." Doyle served as Wisconsin's attorney general before he was elected governor in 2002. The bill, nicknamed Amie's Law, was inspired by the story of Amie Zyla of Sussex. Zyla was sexually assaulted when she was 8. Her attacker, Joshua Wade, was 14 at the time. He was found delinquent in the assault, did time at the state's Ethan Allen School for Boys and registered as a sex offender. Wade was charged last January at age 23 with secretly videotaping children taking showers at his Waukesha apartment and sexually assaulting some of them. He has been accused of posing as a mentor to the children and luring them to his apartment. The news spurred Zyla's father, Mark Zyla of Waukesha, to push for the bill. |
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