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Report Copyright Violation | Iowa creates a child abuse registry... no arrest or conviction is needed to be on it! SAY WHAT? [ link to www.desmoinesregister.com] Child abuse registry presumes accused are guilty, critics say
Iowa's 51,960-name child abuse registry could get an overhaul in the wake of complaints that the list damages reputations and job prospects for the accused before they've had a fair hearing.
"There are too many innocent people on that registry list," said Rep. Bruce Hunter, D-Des Moines. "This isn't about letting people guilty of child abuse off the hook. Those people shouldn't be anywhere around children."
Appeals took an average of 273 days in 2008, the most recent year available. About one-fourth of the appeals that reached a hearing were reversed.
It takes no conviction in court to end up on the registry - only a finding by Iowa Department of Human Services staff that it was "more likely than not" that the person neglected a child or, in a much smaller number of cases, abused a child.You've got to be insane to pass something like this! |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Iowa creates a child abuse registry... no arrest or conviction is needed to be on it! SAY WHAT? your friendly government here to help |
