Sex offenders in Alabama will have a harder time slipping under the radar after the legislature unanimously passed a bill to toughen penalties and increase tracking efforts Tuesday.
The new Community Notification Act passed 101 to 0 in the House and 33 to 0 in the Senate during the special session, which ended Tuesday.
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