Oregon regrets its backlog is too big to log all new sex offenders

The state agency in Oregon responsible for classifying sex offenders will miss another deadline to classify every offender unless lawmakers give them more money and staff, according to a new report.

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KATU discovered that in 2013, the legislature gave the state parole board 3 years to classify sex offenders already in the registry. 10 years later that still has not been done. Thousands of sex offenders living in the state remain without a classification level.

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