TELL US: Should Level 1 Sex Offender Information Be Public?
A Wakefield man and tutor who faces numerous child sex charges was a Level 1 sex offender.
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In Massachusetts, news spread quickly about the indictment of a Wakefield couple for numerous charges stemming from an illegal day care operation where graphic child sexual abuse occurred.
The Middlesex County District Attorney's office alleges that at least 13 children were abused while under the care of John Burbine, 49, at the Waterfall Education Center, which offered tutoring and day care.
Burbine was a level 1 sex offender, which means he had been convicted of a sex-related crime but was deemed least likely to re-offend.
Once an offender is classified as a Level 2 or a Level 3 Offender, his/her sex offender registry information will be available to the public. Level 1 information is not public.
Does this case affect how you feel about the Sex Offender Registry?
Would releasing more information about all levels of sex offenders prove helpful? Or, do you think level 1 offenders don't deserve to have their information made public? Tell us in the comments.
Joe Sousa.
9:56 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
b kcaj shows his face
bigmanny
2:32 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Very mature comment from someone who though they should be running the town of Tiverton.
b kcaj
5:22 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Joe-Would you like to enlighten the readers about your criminal history, which includes sexual assault?
You're definitely barking up the wrong tree here Joe Jay.
MaryLou0
2:25 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
No. The $500,000,000 per year registry protects no one. The people who are yet to commit crimes 97% are NOT on the registry. Devin Garramone, Christian Garramone, Jerome Michael Burton of Indiana. Deputy Donald Harder of NY, Joshua Lunsford, John J. Dennehey; What do they all have in common? They are people who were arrested for sex offences and NONE of them are on the sex offender registry. The problem with persecuting REGISTERED sex offenders is that it gives a false sense of security. After all, how many people would have entrusted the care of their children with Sandusky who was not a registered sex offender and passed all his background checks?
Lucy
12:31 am on Monday, January 7, 2013
I think all sex offenders should be public. So we can protect our children's from these sick people's these days .
Valerie Parkhurst
7:28 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013
All convicted sex offenders should be posted. Tier levels are band-aid by design. Its too lull the public into a false sense of oversight. Teir levels never take into account escalation of crimes and only guage by conviction, never by the true number of offenses. Tier levels are perpetrated by the correctional system in relation on how much money they want to spend on the problem. The lower the level the lower the oversight. Consider them all dangerous and consider any publically funded voodoo doctor is most likely not the best expert to determine the dangers these people pose.