Monday, 5 March 2012

New sex-crime registry sought.(Capital Region)

Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL Staff Writer

ALBANY - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called for a tough national sex offender registry Tuesday to close gaps that allow sex offenders to elude detection when they move to a new state.

"The registration system now is a patchwork. There are gaping holes," said Schumer. He was flanked at a news conference across from the Albany County Courthouse by the district attorneys of Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties.

Schumer described a convicted rapist from Oregon who failed to register as a sex offender in New York and was allowed to serve as a foster parent in Jefferson County to dozens of children for four years …

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