California Officials Consider Posting More Details on Sex Offenders

Riverside County, Calif., legislators and law enforcement officials, contending that residents need better access to information about convicted sex offenders, are pushing for an Internet site that would not only name the offenders, but display photographs, addresses, convictions and criminal tactics. But the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have expressed concerns that detailed postings violate the civil rights of people who have served their time and that they could provoke vigilante actions or force the offenders into hiding.