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GPS to Track Child Sex Offenders |
GPS Wireless released a story on the Iowa's new offender tracking program that is set to start on September 1st.
Spurred by the abduction and killing of Jetseta Gage, a 10-year-old girl, last year Iowa's lawmakers provided $2.4 million for the adoption of the new system. With over 6,000 registered sex offenders, less than 1/3 of the amount of New York City (who does not track offenders), Iowa won't be the first state to adopt this program. Other states invested in similiar GPS tracking systems that will be secured to the ankle of registered offenders.
Benefits of the tracker? It records the offenders movements: where he's been and how long he's been there allowing authorities to establish a record of his movements. Additionally, the tracker alerts authorities to violations e.g. coming to close to a school or church etc.
Many people are relieved yet some believe this is letting them off too easy. Sex offenders that would be subject to years in prison or the like are now allowed to freely roam about and mingle in/with society. What do you think?
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