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Originally posted by Adder
If you believe that the intentions of the sponsors it to protect kids rather than to publicly shame sex offenders, then yes. I am not so sure about that though.
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I believe that they like both ideas and have both purposes.
I do think that the law is probably a bad idea because of the possibility of vigilante "justice" against folks who have done their time and may not be doing anything wrong right now.
But then again, Internet registries do that already. I took a look at MD's and was amazed at how many registered offenders live within a few miles of my house. On those registries, at least the type of offense is or can be listed -- not so with license plates.
Another big question is who would have to use the plates and for what offenses -- the states are tremendously variable in registration requirements and how they lump offenses together. In some states urinating in public is classified as a low-level sex offense which will get you on the registry. I'd hate to have some guy using bright green plates get stomped to death because he peed in public after a Toby Keith concert a few years back.
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