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Article: IDENTIFYING VIOLENT CRIMINALS
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 17, 1994
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-17-1994
IDENTIFYING VIOLENT CRIMINALS
Date: 10-17-1994, Monday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: LETTERS
Editor, The Record:
While I applaud the concept of "Megan's Law," i.e., notification to
police and neighbors of the whereabouts of a convicted sex offender, I
wonder why this concept is not expanded to other violent criminals.
Isn't the neighborhood at just as much risk with a murderer, armed
robber, assaulter, etc., living in its midst as with a sex offender? Who
cares about some phony philosophical rationale that ...