Original sentence: As a result of the media narrative of sex offenders, highlighting egregious offenses as typical behavior of sex offenders, and distorting the facts of cases, the panic has been said to have increased, leading legislators to deny judicial discretion, by making registration mandatory based strictly on offense of conviction, without considering the likelihood to re-offend, thus punishing less dangerous offenders under the harsh sex offender laws
Edited sentence: As a result of the media narrative of sex offenders, highlighting egregious offenses as typical behavior of sex offenders, and distorting the facts of cases, the panic has been said to have increased, leading legislators to deny judicial discretion, by making registration mandatory based strictly on offense of conviction, without considering the likelihood to re-offend or the actual severity of the crime, thus punishing less serious offenders under the harsh sex offender laws