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Sex offenses, sex offender issues in prison, jail, civil commitment and the community including residency laws. Adam Walsh Act, recidivism, dangerousness, tiers, community issues, harassment, vigilantism, sex offender therapy issues.
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New Michigan Supreme Court rules may be unconstitutional

Posted on December 23, 2009
12-23-2009 Michigan:Imagine that Michigan voters elect Justices A and B to the state Supreme Court. The voters want A and B to decide cases. But suppose four other Justices think A and B might be biased. Over A and B's strong objections, they ignore the voters and ban Justices A and B from deciding cases...

Mother sent to prison for allowing kids near sex offender

Posted on December 23, 2009
Criminalizing relationships. Unless the judge prohibited such a relationship -as a condition of probation- this woman has done nothing wrong. There is zero evidence that the registrant would do any harm to the woman's child. He might have been convicted of peeing in the park, we simply do not know...

16 sex offenders missing

Posted on December 23, 2009
16 missing? Lets set the record straight, 16 letters have not been returned, or are lost in the Holiday mail; maybe not delivered to the registrant or if returned not yet delivered to whoever gets it at the LOCAL registry. Politicians always want the offender to be at fault, making people believe they run a perfect system which could not contain a flaw...

Kentucky Asks Supreme Court To Review Sex Offender Law

Posted on December 23, 2009
See earlier stories: Here -and- Here -and- Here -and- HERE -and- Here -and- Here 12-23-2009 Kentucky:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the Kentucky Supreme Court's recent ruling which loosened restrictions on where convicted sex offenders may live...

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Study turns sexual predator image upside down

Posted on December 23, 2009
12-23-2009 Japan:The conventional image of a serial sex offender might be a sinister loner with social problems that prevent him from sustaining meaningful relationships. Surprisingly, Korea?s first-ever profiling of 54 serial sex criminals now in prison suggests the opposite...

Guest commentary: Residency laws may not deter sex crimes

Posted on December 22, 2009
12-22-2009 Wisconsin:The release of convicted criminals back into the community has often led to serious discussions and controversy on the effectiveness of the prison system in Wisconsin to punish or to rehabilitate offenders.For our community, not much seems to hit closer to home than the release of a sex offender from prison...

Battle Brewing Over State's Sex Offender Registry Law

Posted on December 22, 2009
Ahhh, we see one legislature seeing the fallacies of the Adam Walsh Act, maybe, just maybe, there is hope left to stop this disaster? Money, or the denial thereof, as the Adam Walsh Act does if states fail to comply 100%, is the -route- of evil! 12-22-2009 Maine:One key lawmaker says legislators are likely to balk at some requirements of the federal Adam Walsh Act, which the state is supposed to comply with in 2010...

An In-State Treatment Facility For Registered Sex Offenders Still Just A Pipe Dream

Posted on December 22, 2009
12-22-2009 Connecticut:With the July 2007 slayings of a Cheshire mother and her two daughters fresh on their minds, legislators moved quickly last year to toughen up the state's criminal justice system.But one of their reforms ? creation of a residential treatment facility with a range of services for sex offenders on parole or probation ? never happened, even though it was part of a bill that passed by wide margins in both the state House of Representatives and the Senate...

Sex offenders aren't dangerous behind bars

Posted on December 22, 2009
12-17-2009 Maine:Rather than hassle them about where they live, provide a place that's safe ? for us. Portland city officials, disturbed by revelations this week that 17 registered sex offenders live in two apartment buildings across the street from Portland High School and just down from the Boys & Girls Club, are drafting an ordinance that will make them move...

Huntington man found stabbed to death

Posted on December 22, 2009
12-22-2009 Texas:A registered sex offender was found apparently stabbed to death outside his mother's Huntington home Monday afternoon, law enforcement said.Gary Lynn DeFratus' mother discovered his body around 2:20 p.m. and alerted the Angelina County Sheriff's Office, according to Lt...

Maine court rules on retroactive sex offender law

Posted on December 22, 2009
A reader comments, that, this ruling would prevent Maine from enacting the Adam Walsh Act. No, that is not correct, this ruling says CERTAIN PROVISIONS of Maine's sex offender laws cannot be applied retroactively.However, that does not mean to EVERYONE on the registry, one must analyze each cases to determine if -in that case- applying these CERTAIN PROVISIONS would violate the ruling of this court case...

Kari Norman turned in her husband for child porn

Posted on December 22, 2009
If anyone believes that the Adam Walsh Act is not more harmful than helpful, you folks are closing your eyes to the collateral damages caused by this law. Congress and State lawmakers, ignored in enacting AWA, and continue to ignore the disastrous collateral consequences of AWA, to those affected by the law...

Debate on Child Pornography?s Link to Molesting

Posted on December 21, 2009
It is important to read this in its proper context, and the findings CANNOT be applied to ALL SEX OFFENDERS! The only offenders allowed to participate were KNOWN child pornography offenders who ALREADY had a conviction for some form of child pornography...

Controversial New Study Strongly Links Child Porn Use And Child Abuse

Posted on December 21, 2009
12-21-2009 National:December 11, 2009 ? A recent study performed by psychologists among inmates of the Bureau of Prisons suggests a strong link between the use of child pornography and child abuse. The study, conducted between 2002-2005 and chronicled in an article by Tori DeAngelis in this month's edition of the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Pyschology, studied men who had already been convicted of child pornography crimes to see if they had also molested children...

Teens use secret sexting language to hide activities

Posted on December 21, 2009
12-21-2009 National:DENVER - Text messaging can get your teenager in trouble at school. But sex texting can ruin their lives. It's called "sexting" and it often involves sending half naked photos over a cell phone.If you think your child isn't doing it, it may because your teen is working hard to K-P-C (keep parents clueless) by using a secret sexting language...

Nursing homes report more felons

Posted on December 21, 2009
While the media and politicians want the public to believe the problem is caused by sex offenders, the reality is it is caused by all persons involved with nursing homes (felons, sex offenders, employees, visitors and vendors). Everytime one of these articles comes out they ignore the fact that, nursing homes are for -folks who are ill- AND -senior citizens-, most of those who are ill are recuperating and are TEMPORARY residenst of these homes...

State sets deadline for probation fixes

Posted on December 21, 2009
12-20-2009 Ohio:State prison officials have given the Hamilton County Probation Department six months to fix the division that handles the worst convicts, or it will no longer pay for the program.That deadline comes after the state reprimanded the department in the fall when studies showed Hamilton County's intensive probation program was so ineffective that convicts in it are more likely to commit crimes than others convicted of similar crimes who were never supervised...

Sex offenders file suit over technology law

Posted on December 20, 2009
12-20-2009 Nebraska:The new measure aims to stop use of Internet to find victimsThe new measure aims to stop use of Internet to find victims.A new Nebraska law that seeks to curtail sex offenders' use of the Internet, including social networking sites such as Facebook, is being challenged in federal court...

More than 200 sex offenders cannot be found

Posted on December 20, 2009
And there are no reports of any crimes being committed by an UNREGISTERED sex offender. Ahh, but, there are reports of sex crimes being committed by people NOT REQUIRED to register, what about them? 12-20-2009 Georgia:The state of Georgia has no idea where to find child molester Michael Jerome Madison...

Three nabbed in sex sting sent to prison

Posted on December 20, 2009
12-20-2009 Michigan: Phase-IThree men snared in an undercover sting targeting men who wanted to have sex with a minor were each sentenced to prison time Thursday.Grand Rapids resident Timothy John Fitzhugh and Flint resident Robert Joseph Smith were both sentenced to one year to 20 years in prison while Michael Krauss, from Monroe County's LaSalle Township, was given 16 months to 20 years...

Price high for sex offender treatment expansion

Posted on December 20, 2009
12-20-2009 Kansas:SRS seeks $40M to increase capacity at Larned State HospitalTopeka ? Facing perhaps the worst budget crisis in state history, some lawmakers are balking at the prospect of spending tens of millions of dollars to expand the controversial Sexual Predator Treatment Program...

Sex, porn, Jacko top kids' searches in 2009

Posted on December 19, 2009
Do you know what your children are searching for online? I wonder, with all the talk of sexual predators, registries and the like, is this influencing the search choices of children?12-19-2009 National:Sex, porn, and Michael Jackson were among the most popular items kids searched for online in 2009, as tracked by Symantec's OnlineFamily...

Flashing teen found guilty after being hit by car

Posted on December 19, 2009
12-19-2009 New Zealand:WELLINGTON, New Zealand ? A New Zealand teen who was flashing her breasts at passing cars has been found guilty of disorderly behavior for the prank, which ended with her in a hospital after a distracted driver ran into her. Cherelle May Dudfield, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge when she appeared in Invercargill District Court, the Southland Times newspaper reported Wednesday...

Fla. Supreme Court Bans Shackles for Juveniles in Courtroom

Posted on December 19, 2009
12-19-2009 Florida:The Florida Supreme Court has banned the widespread practice of shackling juvenile defendants in courtrooms, calling it "repugnant, degrading, humiliating and contrary to the state's primary purposes of the juvenile justice system...

Snowplows struggle to reach residential areas: Dozens of homeless show up at shelters

Posted on December 19, 2009
Shelters prohibit registered sex offenders access even in sub-zero temperatures. Lawmakers nationally fail to resolve this issue.. We urge folks to contact your local lawmakers and shelters, and ask them to resolve this issue before another freezes to death...

Sex registries for youth: better politics than policy

Posted on December 19, 2009
12-19-2009 Tennessee:Tennessee VoicesPreventing sexual violence should be a priority for policymakers and the criminal and juvenile justice systems.However, the bill filed by state Sen. Diane Black and state Rep. Debra Maggart to require the registration of youths convicted of sex offenses will do little to secure the safety of Tennessee children, will have long-lasting consequences for youths on registries and may actually reduce public safety...

Photog Arrested For Taking Pictures

Posted on December 19, 2009
12-19-2009 West Virginia:Scott Rensberger took pictures of kids with SantaCHARLESTON, WV - A freelance photographer is outraged after being arrested for taking pictures.The dispute revolves around what exactly happened recently at a Charleston, West Virginia mall...

Sex Offender Removes Signs From Yard

Posted on December 19, 2009
Former offenders can only be forced to do something based on LAW not personal OPINION. No law then take it down, its infringing on personal property, a place where -excepting emergency- the police have no rights whatsoever.12-19-2009 Florida:Deputies Say Signs Warning Community Of Man's Past Have Been Taken DownBAKER COUNTY, Fla...

Cybersafety Booklet for Parents and Kids Now Available

Posted on December 19, 2009
12-19-2009 National:FTC, Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission Officials Present Free Booklet at D.C. Middle SchoolA new booklet released today by the Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies helps parents and teachers steer kids safely through the online and mobile phone worlds...

Risk status of female sex offender reduced

Posted on December 18, 2009
12-18-2009 New York:AUBURN -- A former teacher's aid convicted of having sexual encounters with three teenage students six years ago had her sex offender status reduced in Cayuga County Court Thursday from the highest level to a level-one, meaning she is now considered to pose a low risk of re-offending...

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