“A Senseless Policy”

Over at the Weekly Standard, Eli Lehrer, President of the R Street Institute and a Right on Crime signatory, has a new column up challenging the current practice of placing juveniles on sex-offender registries, which can often have long-term, adverse effects well into adulthood:

 “At age 10, Maya R. did something that would disturb just about anyone: “Me and my step-brothers, who were ages 8 and 5, ‘flashed’ each other and play-acted sex while fully clothed,” she told Human Rights Watch researcher Nicole Pittman. After copping to the incident in juvenile court, Maya’s punishment was an 18-month sentence in a detention center, mandatory counseling, and a quarter-century of registration as a sex offender.

Read full article here: http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-senseless-policy.html

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