More sex offenders ending up on registries

More sex offenders ending up on registries by Patrick Smith

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Illinois juveniles are committing fewer sex offenses, but more of them are ending up on public sex offender registries.

Seven percent. That’s how many juvenile sex offenders are repeat offenders. But the state forces 70 percent of them to be on the sex offender registry for the rest of their lives. That’s according to a new report by the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission.