Public registration laws cause serious harm to youth sex offenders
5月 1, 2013
(Washington, DC) – Leyes extremadamente rigurosas que exigen el registro público a menudo castigan de por vida a jóvenes que cometieron delitos sexuales, sin contribuir realmente a resguardar la seguridad pública, señaló Human Rights Watch en un informe difundido hoy.
5月 1, 2013
(Washington, DC) – Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. A web of federal and state laws apply to people under 18 who have committed any of a wide range of sex offenses, from the very serious, like rape, to the relatively innocuous, such as public nudity.
5月 1, 2013
This 111-page report details the harm public registration laws cause for youth sex offenders. The laws, which can apply for decades or even a lifetime and are layered on top of time in prison or juvenile detention, require placing offenders’ personal information on online registries, often making them targets for harassment, humiliation, and even violence.
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