WTF: Why doesn't the sex-offender registry give addresses or
crime details?  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask...
You can learn a lot about a sex criminal from Vermont’s Internet
Sex Offender Registry: name, date of birth, age, height, weight,
eye color, town of residence, the law he/she broke and whether
authorities consider the person at high risk of reoffending.
More importantly, each offender’s mug shot is right there on the
web in full color.  But there are crucial details you can’t find
with a mouse click, such as the offender’s address and details
of the crime committed. Does he (and the vast majority are men)
live on your street, or three miles across town? Was the victim
16 or 60? Was the victim someone the offender knew, or did the
offender troll playgrounds for young prey?  The online registry
lists the crime for which each offender was convicted, but often
that doesn’t provide the details that might help a parent or
citizen decide whether the person poses a risk. For instance,
the crime