Public notification on crimes

[Brian Foss <bfoss@acadia.net> (by way of support)]

        To whoever is listening,
I would like to know why a community has the right to know if a sexual
offender has moved into the area without regard to that individuals right to
privacy, yet a convicted drug dealer, murderer, spouse beater, thief, or
violent criminal is exempt from the same public discloure laws?
If in fact that the punishment fits the crime and that jail time pays ones
dues to society why the hypocrisy in public information?  Isn' the violent
criminal just as much a threat to the community as the sexual predator?
Why does one's mistake that has been punished by society ie. jail, have the
opportunity to follow one's life into the public again?  Isn't that almost
double jeapordy?  Just like to know, Brian.