STATE SENATE PASSES GPS

Thanks to Kevin Fischer for the tip
Also in the Milwaukee Urinal

State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) is urging Governor Doyle to immediately sign Assembly Bill 591 into law so Wisconsin can begin round-the-clock active Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring of the most dangerous sex offenders. The state Senate approved Assembly Bill 591 today, the GPS bill, 28-5, and the bill now goes to the Governor.

“GPS is necessary because too many offenders are slipping through the cracks by failing to keep their addresses up-to-date on the sex offender registry,” said Lazich. “In Wisconsin, over 2,000 registered sex offenders are still missing. GPS lets the offender know that every single movement he makes is being watched every minute of the day.”

Lazich believes the cost of implementing GPS is worth the added security for parents and the added protection for children. In Florida, the cost for the tracking system is about $10 a day, in Indiana and Tennessee about $9.00 a day, in Georgia about $7.50 a day, and in Iowa about $7.25 a day. Under Assembly Bill 591, the offender will pay the costs of the system.

But Sen. Fred Risser (D-Madison) said the bill would create a "Big Brother bureaucracy" that is not necessary, because those subject to potential lifetime GPS monitoring had already served a minimum 25-year prison sentence.

The hypocritesates just told me that Democrats want to punish sex offenders....I can not figure out why this is the Lefts position. You are living in fantasy land if you are not aware that all over the country Jessica's law and other laws meant to keep track of sex offenders, give them longer jail time, and anything else to protect our children is constantly being blocked by Democrats.

So Jim and dedanna, you can keep livingdenialnile, you can keep saying I slander your side...but there is story after story, fact after fact....you can't keep saying I fobscuresure stories, I find stories to prove my point every single day.