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    Convicted of a Drug Crime, Registered with Sex Offenders

    In Kansas, even many minor drug offenders must appear on the state’s public registry. A new bill would change that.
    by Maurice Chammah Mar 08, 2018 5 minutes

    Amid the farm animals and food stalls at the Kansas State Fair last September, Amy Byers came upon a booth run by the state’s Bureau of Investigation. There was a computer you could use to search your address and find out if you live near a sex offender. You could also search by name.

    When her friends began joking that she should type in her own name, Byers panicked. She knew that she was on the list, although not for a sex crime. A decade ago, she was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. She pled guilty and avoided prison time. Now 29, she says she lives a clean life in Hutchinson, a small town in the center of the state.

    But under Kansas law, having a drug conviction means that her photograph and other identifying details are displayed in the same public

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