When ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner became a registered sex offender for life last Tuesday, he joined a nationwide list of registered sex criminals that has grown dramatically in recent years to more than 800,000. Even some who have denounced Turner's six-month jail sentence as too lenient for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman question whether he should spend his life with the stigma and onerous restrictions of a registered sex offender. "Sex offender registries are an important part of the criminal justice system," said Staca Shehan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "Registries assist law enforcement — and the public — to keep track of the locations of convicted sex offenders." The U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 upheld the legality of sex offender registries, but the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S.

Source: Fox News September 10, 2016 15:00 UTC