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A snippet of sex offender stories in the Sunday papers

By Douglas A. Berman

As is the norm these days, the Sunday newspapers have no shortage of notable sex offender stories.  For example, the New York Times this morning brings us this piece, headlined "California Struggles With Paroled Sex Offenders."  Meanwhile, my own local paper, the Columbus Dispatch, had these two articles about sex offender regulations: Sex-offender notices skip residents of rest homes Homeless offenders a headache: Keeping track hard for sheriff's offices Additional stories covering similar themes include this local North Dakota piece, headlined "Registered sex offenders struggle to find housing" and this local Pennsylvania piece, headlined "General assembly works to close Megan's Law loopholes." Of course, all of these significant and complex stories surrounding the challenges surrounding sex offender regulations will likely all be eclipsed by this new celebrity sex offender news: "Roman Polanski Arrested By Swiss On Underage-Sex Warrant From 1978...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 27, 2009 (boomark / email).