BROWN TESTIFIES ON SEX OFFENDER LEGISLATION
BOSTON, MA – State Senator Scott Brown, a leading proponent of strengthening the Commonwealth’s sex offender laws, testified before the Judiciary Committee on February 26th and expressed the urgency of several pieces of legislation dealing with sex offenders.
In his testimony, Brown pointed out the numerous loopholes that render our Sex Offender Registry less effective than its potential. He urged the Committee that they have an obligation to look into all shortcomings of a system that can’t sufficiently identify, prosecute, incarcerate, and eventually monitor offenders who are highly likely to re-offend. Pointing out that the system is broken, by placing the rights and interests of the criminals before those of the victims, Brown implored the General Court to take immediate action.
Brown urged that Committee to let the many meaningful reforms pass for our children, and put an end to the earful of excuses as to why we can’t strengthen our sex offender laws.
“One of the worse forms of abuse is sexual abuse,” stated Senator Brown. “I don’t know how many more tragedies it will take before we wake up and get something done.”
Brown has filed bipartisan legislation to reclassify sex offenders who harm children, as well as establish proximity limits for where they live and work.
Communities such as Taunton and Marlboro have passed stringent sex offender laws and most recently, New Bedford has also taken the issue in light of the recent rape of a boy in the local public library by a registered level 3 sex offender.
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