(CBS13) ― Its purpose is to protect people from domestic violence, a bill requiring offenders' names posted online. But tonight, it's raising questions about privacy. Would this website help or hurt in the fight against
domestic
abuse?
Alexis Moore of El Dorado County was once a victim. She says for years she was abused by her ex-husband until she escaped in 2004.
"It was something that's going to stick with me for the rest of my life," she explains.
Her mission is to help other women by sponsoring assembly bill 17-71. It would require the attorney general to create an online domestic violence database. Similar to the Megan's Law website, anyone could find convicted abusers. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma authored the bill.
"For free you can be sitting at home you don't have to worry about hiring a private investigator or paying a fee to do some background check," says Ma.
Great tool right?
Surprisingly WEAVE, an organization known for supporting victims, doesn't support the bill.
"If for instance, they're dating someone and they look them up and they're not on the website they might think, oh well I'm safe and they may ignore some of those red flags," explains Beth Hasseth of WEAVE.
WEAVE also believes the bill doesn't protect the privacy rights of victims or abusers. And we learned there are several domestic violence groups that don't support the bill too.
Alexis says she's determined to stay on course.
"No one should have to go through what I've gone through and the millions of other women have gone through," she concludes.
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