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Sex offender registries discourage rehabilitation

By Sandy Rozek

Published November 25, 2016 5:01am ET

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Sex offender registries discourage rehabilitation — A man whose name was removed from the sex offender registry once his parole was up was still denied entry to a race based on his status. (iStock) | JaySi

Ten years ago, Jeffrey Roy shared a bottle of vodka and played video games with a fourteen-year-old girl in his basement. The two engaged in sexual activity. When her father’s concern for her whereabouts led him to the home, she told him and the police she had no memory of the incident.

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