March 11, 2010
California To Keep Sex Offender Files Indefinitely
LOS ANGELES -- Victim’s rights groups are applauding Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s order Tuesday to bring an immediate halt to the shredding of parole files for sex offenders. The move is a step forward in the movement for better monitoring of sex offenders, but analysts say more stringent measures need to be taken to guard the public's safety. A report published in The San Diego Union-Tribune said the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had burned or shredded the field files related to the supervision of John Albert Gardner III, charged with murder in the death this month of San Diego-area teen Chelsea King, as part of a routine annual document dump.Click Here For The Full Story......