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Article: McDonnell Proposes Drug Courts, Lifetime Sex Offender Tracking
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- The Washington Post
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- August 13, 2009
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell released a
lengthy proposal Wednesday designed to curb crime in Virginia,
including lifetime monitoring for sexual predators through the
Global Positioning System and other technology.
The former prosecutor and attorney general also said he has
reversed his position on drug courts and now supports opening more
of them in the state after recent studies documented their
successes.
McDonnell's announcement at the annual Virginia Association of
Chiefs of Police conference in Newport News was the second of three
about public safety. He released a plan to address gang violence in
May, and a third announcement is expected next week.
"I think ...