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Parents To Get Sarah's Law Trial

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LONDON (Reuters) - Parents will be able to find out whether paedophiles live near them under the first trial of new legislation known as Sarah's Law, despite fears of vigilante attacks, an MP said on Tuesday.

Labour's Dan Norris said on his Web site that his Wansdyke constituency in Somerset will be the first to give parents and schools information about paedophiles' whereabouts.

Critics say the experiment could endanger children by driving offenders underground, hamper police and probation officers and encourage vigilante attacks.

But Norris said the experiment could give children greater protection if handled properly.

"Parents deserve a right to information but at the same time we must avoid fuelling vigilante attacks on paedophiles," he told his local paper. "This only causes them to go underground and makes them harder to control.

"We need to make sure people can't abuse it and make it ineffectual."


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