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Criminal

Jun. 2, 2010

No Ban on Molesters on Social Sites

A Legislative committee has killed a bill that would have made it a misdemeanor for child molesters to cruising Internet social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.

By Sandra Hernandez

Daily Journal Staff Writer

An Assembly committee has killed a bill that sought to make it a misdemeanor for child molesters to cruise social networking sites on the Internet.

The measure is one of several targeting sex offenders that were winding their way through the Legislature. The crack-down package had received publicity in the wake of the murder of San Diego teen Chelsea King at the hands...

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