U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts yesterday introduced the Karly Rain Wood Act. This bill would establish a national violent offender registry, providing vital information to law enforcement and the public. Karly Rain Wood was a 20-year-old woman who was shot and killed at a friend’s birthday party in Omaha in 2022. Karly’s murderer was a repeat offender who had been arrested four times before being convicted of Karly’s murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2024. Two others were charged in the mass shooting that took Karly’s life and injured seven others. All had prior criminal records. Several states have implemented databases to track individuals convicted of violent offenses, but these vary based on jurisdiction. The national violent offender registry would mirror the national sex offender registry