After Epstein death, glaring loopholes in national sex offender registry raise concerns
“The requirements necessary to successfully comply with registration are all but impossible, and certainly not helpful to those trying to maintain employment and find stable housing,” said Jessica Kelley, a government-affairs specialist at the Washington free market-centered think tank R Street Institute. “The registry should almost certainly be a policing tool, but the public component is not necessary. Its continuing punishment can only be vindictive, and many of these first-time offenders are on the registry for non-violent crimes like public urination.”
Kelley underscored that there was a crucial distinction to be made – sex offenders who acted out more than once were most likely to return to criminal activity.
