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" ...if the offender is on parole or probation, then his movements can be restricted just like a multiple DUI offender. He can only go to work, and home, with a few other locations (for example). If he deviates from his allowed areas, he goes back inside the Big House. The victim doesn't need to be "tagged and released" for this to work, only the offender. Someone actually has to monitor the device system, so that if an alarm goes off, the offender can be picked up (assuming he hasn't taken the thing off, which also sets off the alarm). This isn't designed as a system to warn the victim, but to alert law enforcement. So much for the "time to load" fantasies... "

" Wouldnt the victim also need to be wearing a weird looking GPS device in order for this system to work? How else would the system know where the victim was in relation to the stalker? Unless they just set the default location as the victim's home? "

" I agree buckeye. It could also alert the victim of the daily discounts at Starbucks when he/she passes within a few blocks of one. "

" How exactly would this have prevented that murder? I have no pity for stalkers, but is the legislature really under the impression that if a stalker, who has the capacity to murder someone and doesn't feel that a "law prohibiting murder" applies to them, is ordered to wear this device they actually will? The only people that will wear this device are the ones who don't want contact with their victims. Which is how many? "

" NEWS-FLASH: "was being stalked by an ex-boyfriend despite a restraining order."
Why is it so hard for people to understand that laws cannot protect people if someone really wants to harm you. Police cannot protect you when it really comes down to it. Too bad Illinois doesn't have concealed carry law which can protect people from the scum that kills. Liberal Democrat's in Illinois - the downfall of us all.
THE DUMBING OF AMERICA CONTINUES DAILY IN ILLINOIS "

" Electronicaly stalking the stalkers sounds fair. How about a reciever for the victom that alerts when the stalker is within a mile to give them time to load there wepons. "

" Ok, personally as someone who knows how it feels to be in the victims shoes, I am glad to see this, we need more types of tracking devices for O.P. violators "

" Something else the state can not afford. "