Megan's Law

No-one would disagree that children should be able to live their lives totally free of harassment. Most would also agree that parents peace of mind about their children's safety is very important but I think that introducing a version of Megan's Law (incidentally to be called Sarah's Law in the UK, after Sarah Payne) would be unjust.

Following a Government report a UK version may be more restricted than the US version with parents being able to request information on local sex offenders but not given their names.

If people in the area are of such a danger to children that parents need to know about them should they really be allowed to live freely in the community?
More importantly without a foolproof justice system what about those falsely accused of such offences? What about the notion of rehabilitation?

These plans raise more questions than answers.

I am sure that if people find out that there is even a possibility of sex offenders in their community fingers will be pointed at the innocent. When the public gets the wind in its sails who knows what will happen?

Paediatricians will once again live in fear.