Sarah's Law.

Although made with the best of intentions, I have a specific reservation about the practical effects of this law which allows parents to check up on anyone who has access to their children to see whether they are on the Violent and Sex Offender Register. My concern is that the Register is not a database of fact - i.e. this person has been convicted of such-and-such an offence - but includes those who are "simply thought to be at risk of offending". Given that you cannot put the genie back in the bottle, the danger is that such people will be demonised despite never having done anything wrong. You may argue that this is a price worth paying for better protection for our children, but I personally have my doubts.