Roy Miller, an Alabama native with a croaky drawl, has been practicing law in the Huntsville area for nearly four decades.

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Critics of the proposed law - named after Sarah Payne, eight, who was murdered by paedophile Roy Whiting in 2000 - say releasing the information could drive offenders underground, making it more difficult to track them.

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