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NT lawyers reject Daniel's Law

THE Law Society NT says a proposed public register containing sex offenders' details will have a negative effect on victims who may stop reporting crimes.

THERE is no place for an online register of convicted sex offenders, which would lead to vigilante violence and put victims at risk, the Law Society of the Northern Territory says.

THE NT government is keen to legislate Daniel's Law, named for 13-year-old Queenslander Daniel Morcombe, whose killer had previously committed child sex offences.

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