The Manchester Free Press

Thursday • November 21 • 2024

Vol.XVI • No.XLVII

Manchester, N.H.

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'I'm Appalled,' Says Source of Phony Number Used to Justify Harsh Sex Offender Laws

Mon, 2022-12-19 18:25 +0000
Claims of "frightening and high" recidivism rates, endorsed by the Supreme Court, have no basis in fact.

A New York Times "op-doc" posted this week zeroes in on a persistent myth that has helped inspire and sustain harsh policies aimed at sex offenders: the idea that their recidivism rate is "frightening and high," as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy put it in a pair of cases decided a decade and a half ago. David Feige, a former public defender who directed Untouchable, a 2016 documentary about sex offenders, shows how an uncorroborated assertion in a 1986 Psychology Today article continues to influence the politicians who pass laws and the judges who uphold them.

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