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February 11, 2015

US: Raised on the Sex Offender Registry

Harsh public registration laws often punish youth sex offenders for life and do little to protect public safety. 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.

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