Maryland Revises Its Sex Offender Banners

After being ridiculed in the national media for issuing Jack-o-Lantern banners with “No Candy” written across it to thousands of sex offenders, Maryland department of corrections are allowing their perverts to put out signs without the kid-friendly pumpkin face.  And they deny they were bowing to any pressure.

From MyfoxDC here:

Maryland probation and parole officials have made a slight change to the sign that child sex offenders will be required to display on their doors on Halloween.

Signs sent to 1,200 offenders earlier this month show an orange pumpkin and the words “No candy at this residence.” Now the state is giving the offenders the option of displaying a sign with the same words but without a pumpkin.

Correctional services spokesman Rick Binetti says the change is not an admission that the original sign doesn’t work. He adds that jokes that aired recently on late-night television programs didn’t drive the decision to remove the pumpkin image.

Maryland sex offenders who do stay home on Halloween and (fail to) post one sign or the other could be charged with a violation of parole.

I think the state should make the perverts post signs all year round.