Horror over Oregon's drastic plan to 'clear' backlog of 12,500 sex offenders

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A Democratic state has proposed a drastic plan designed to reduce the backlog of approximately 12,500 sex offenders, but many residents, including sexual assault survivors, are livid about it. 

Sex offenders who live, work or attend school in Oregon are expected to undergo a risk assessment by local corrections agencies or the Oregon Board of Parole by December 1, 2026.

The assessment is designed to help the state determine how likely those individuals  are to commit new sex crimes. 

The Oregon Board or Parole fear that they won't make the deadline, so instead, the Board is supporting a new bill that will remove it, and another bill that would reduce the amount of offenders who need to be assessed. 

Under the new proposal, the Board of Parole would only be required to complete risk assessments on offenders who are younger than 35 years old, as well as those that already have two or more sex crime convictions. 

This means that hundreds of sex offenders won't have to reassess or get reclassified. 

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