4.23.2002

FOXNews.com: Convicted Child-Killer Distributes Fliers to Rebut Public Safety Warnings

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. — A convicted child killer has distributed his own fliers to combat what he says are "misleading" public safety warnings about him. ...

... Barker pleaded guilty to assaulting an 18-year-old girl in Virginia in 1981, and murdered the 12-year-old while on probation. He was not convicted of a sex crime, which would trigger community warnings under Megan's Law.
This raises a slew of hackles and questions, such as:

Why is he out of jail if he murdered a 12-year-old?

Under what legal authority are these "public safety warnings" being distributed?

He's been in the area since 1997. What is going on right now to justify this action today, five years later?

There's more here than meets the eye.

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