DENVER (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a policy barring registered sex offenders from public libraries in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was unconstitutional, a decision that could have reverberations across the nation. "The First Amendment includes a fundamental right to receive information," a three-judge panel of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote ...

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ShellyStow : This is a good news/bad news scenario; the good news is that the judges have ruled on the side of the Constitution and against discrimination. The bad news is that the judges, honored individuals in high positions, those to whom people listen when they speak, those who have a responsibility to themselves, the courts, and the people they serve to get it right, are so ill-informed that they can actually, in what I will assume was good faith, make this statement: "We therefore are especially mindful that registered sex offenders, whom studies have confirmed have a considerable rate of recidivism, may threaten to shatter the peace and safety of this environment." No, your honors, studies have not confirmed that. Studies have confirmed the exact opposite. Not to insult your abilities to research it for yourselves, but here is just one such finding you will make when you do that research: "The USDOJ reported that twenty four states posted sex offender recidivism statistics, and their average was 4.22% committed new sex crimes." Please, please do that research. Please find for yourselves everything that reputable studies reveal about recidivism for registrants. Please. 01 21 , 2012 | 11 : 53 Report Abuse

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