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NC- 'You can't change the past. You just have to live with it'

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 North Carolina:Prisoner bides his time, finds a wife and is reunited with his daughters Larry Murphy said he was shocked when a jury convicted him in April 1989 of sexually abusing his daughter.He still struggles to understand his daughter Julie, who was 10 when she made the accusation...

NC- Policing social networking for sexual predators

Posted on April 27, 2009
The problem with these laws affecting RSOs is that they have an underlying premise, that a "social networking" website is one that allows one to setup a profile and communicate with other persons, and that RSOs are the only ones who will solicit minors on those sites...

AZ- Mooning leads to mistrial in Willcox murder case

Posted on April 27, 2009
Hummm, well thats one way to get a new trial, but what a price to pay given the sex offender registry is the likely result!4-27-2009 Arizona:SIERRA VISTA - A Cochise County judge has declared a mistrial in a murder case because the defendant's brother dropped his pants, gestured and made threatening comments in the presence of jurors...

ME- BATTLING INJUSTICE

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 Maine:AUGUSTA -- James E. Mitchell represents 15 people, all known as John Doe, who are bucking the requirements of the state's Sex Offender Registry Act."It wasn't something I searched out," he said. "I thought what I saw was unfair." In the state court case, Mitchell challenges the extent and the retroactivity of the law's lifetime registration requirement...

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OH- State bill looks to more closely monitor released sex offenders

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 Ohio:Columbus -- Violent sexual offenders would face civil commitments after completing prison terms and be required to wear electronic monitoring devices after their final release in the community, under legislation introduced in the Ohio Senate...

MD- Registries for sex offenders vex states

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 Maryland:Maryland asks for extensionMaryland lawmakers are at odds over how to keep track of hundreds of juvenile sex offenders even though a 3-year-old federal law requires that they be registered in a national database. The statute, called the Adam Walsh Act after the slain son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, establishes a national online registry for both juvenile and

WA- Wash. lawmakers approve less offender oversight

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 Washington:The state would save millions of dollars by cutting back supervision of released criminals ? including murderers and rapists ? under a bill that has passed the Washington Legislature. Lawmakers are scrambling for virtually every dollar they can find to patch a $9 billion deficit, and the trimming of community supervision could save about $48 million through mid-2011...

NH- Sexual predator law doesn't come cheap

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 New Hampshire:The notion that some sexual predators are pathologically incapable of rehabilitation raises the thorny question of what society does with them once they've completed their full prison sentence. New Hampshire provided a partial answer to the question with a law that took effect in January 2008...

CO- ACLU lobbying for changes in nudity laws

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 Colorado:Forum asks: Pranksters and protestors or criminals and sex offenders?BOULDER, Colo. ? A 69-year-old man is caught masturbating behind a Dumpster at the University of Colorado in 2006. He was ticketed for public indecency, a petty offense carrying a punishment slightly harsher than littering...

IA- Laws push convicts into concentrated areas

Posted on April 26, 2009
4-26-2009 Iowa:Clusters could hasten decline in neighborhoodsAs many as 70 convicted sex offenders live in less than one square mile in central Sioux Falls and another 20 live in a 15-block area nearby.More than 150 registered sex offenders live clustered in some of the city's poorest sections because legal restrictions, rental policies and scarce affordable housing choices give them few

LA- Police chief considers gun-offender registry

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 Louisiana:Law would be similar to registry for sex offenders.Offering the latest in a flurry of ideas to combat Shreveport's spike in gun violence, Police Chief Henry Whitehorn has prepared a draft ordinance introducing a gun offender registry similar to that for the state's sex offenders...

IL- Court overturns STC man's conviction

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 Illinois:ELGIN ? A St. Charles man?s child pornography conviction was overturned by the 2nd District Appellate Court on the grounds the police search in the case wasn?t just.Robert Prinzing, now 48, was arrested in December 2004, and convicted in April 2007 on possession of child pornography charges by Circuit Judge Timothy Sheldon...

KS- Appeals court: Sex offender signs are too harsh

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 Kansas:Quoting from the title song of the 1960s television series "Branded," a state appeals court panel ruled Friday that a Stafford County judge overstepped his authority when he ordered a man to put signs on his house and car announcing that he is a sex offender...

Q&A: What is swine flu?

Posted on April 25, 2009
See also Center for Disease Control: Swine FluCDC: Swine Flu Outbreak "Serious"Health Agencies Warily Monitor Swine Flu Strain 4-25-2009 National:GENEVA -- A swine flu outbreak that appears to have caused fatalities in humans in Mexico and nonfatal cases in the United States prompted the World Health Organization this weekend to urge countries around the world to be alert for suspicious cases

WA- Freese sentenced to 5� years, likely to serve 3� for killing man

Posted on April 25, 2009
PORT ANGELES -- Andrea Freese, 34, was sentenced Thursday morning to 5� years in prison for second-degree manslaughter in the July 28, 2007, stabbing death of William Boze, 73, of Port Angeles.She will get credit for time served, which will be about 20 months, depending on whether she is eligible for time she spent in custody on a probation violation for fourth-degree assault, county Prosecuting

GA- Should ?sexting? be decriminalized?

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 Georgia:Commentary:Good news! Our courts are going after child pornographers with a vengeance, using technology like cell phones and social networking sites to locate and trap these heinous criminals and throw the book at them. The only glitch in this admirable fight for justice? The ?scum? appear to be our own kids...

MA- Feds Send Letters Offering Kiddie Porn

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 Massachusetts:Team 5 Investigates Controversial Tactic to Stop Child PornographyBOSTON -- Child pornography thrives from the brothels of South Asia to back rooms on the North Shore of Massachusetts.A former high school sailing coach from Nantucket made yearly trips to Thailand where he set up a camera and recorded himself raping dozens of girls as young as 7...

Imprisoned by Stereotypes

Posted on April 25, 2009
4-25-2009 National:What drives stereotypes? Is it the generalized, backhanded jokes told by comedians or murmured around the water cooler? Or the behavior of exaggerated token characters in movies or on television shows? Or perhaps stereotypes are rooted in an inept ability to describe what is not really understood or what is different in a concise?though often ignorant?way...

IA- New restrictions on where sex offenders may go, work, volunteer

Posted on April 24, 2009
Listen to Senators discuss the bill.4-24-2009 Iowa:As lawmakers begin what could be the final weekend of the 2009 legislative session, the House is scheduled on Friday to consider a bill that would make changes in Iowa's sex offender laws.Tonight, the Iowa Senate passed the legislation at the urging of Senator Keith Kreiman, a Democrat from Bloomfield...

IA- Senate Unanimously OKs Sex Offender Law Change

Posted on April 24, 2009
4-24-2009 Iowa:DES MOINES (AP) - The Senate has unanimously approved an overhaul of Iowa's sex offender law just hours after Gov. Chet Culver and key lawmakers announced they had struck a deal on the plan.The Senate approved the compromise Thursday night on a 49-0 votewith little debate...

IA- House approves overhaul of sex-offender laws

Posted on April 24, 2009
4-24-2009 Iowa:DES MOINES ? The Iowa House gave final approval Friday to a major overhaul of state laws dealing with sex offenders, including the creation of new exclusionary zones where offenders would be prohibited from visiting or working without permission...

IA- Sex offender law passes Senate unanimously, but could face GOP opposition in House

Posted on April 24, 2009
4-24-2009 Iowa:Iowa?s sex offender laws would no longer include residency restrictions, instead using exclusionary zones and better tracking of individuals convicted of sexual crimes, following a unanimous vote in the state Senate Thursday night.Senate File 340 ends the law banning some sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or day care...

CA- CDCR Strategic Offender Management System Project will Automate and Streamline Information Sharing

Posted on April 24, 2009
4-24-2009 California:Project Will Consolidate More than 40 Offender Data SystemsSACRAMENTO - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced today the intent to award a contract to EDS, an HP company, to begin a multimillion-dollar effort to automate and streamline offender data systems...

NE- Registered Sex Offender Assaulted

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-23-2009 Nebraska:Lincoln police say a Level 3 registered sex offender was assaulted after neighbors found out he was living in the area.Police Chief Tom Casady said this is the first case of an offender being assaulted in Lincoln he can ever remember...

Obama on technology: He also wants your ideas on technology

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-23-2009 Washington DC:Obama has setup his agenda on technology at this link on Change.gov.His plan for "Technology" is outlined there, but he has gone a step further, he wants the publics ideas as well. Apparently he wants to make sure his plan covers all aspects of technology...

Court Overturns Ban on Sex Offenders: A lawyer's explanation

Posted on April 23, 2009
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CT- Danbury area sex offender ordinances long on intentions, short on teeth

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-23-2009 Connecticut:With nearly 100 registered sex offenders living in the Danbury area, Brookfield is well-intentioned with its proposed sex offender ordinance. The proposal, which was initiated by First Selectman Robert Silvaggi last Friday, calls for the creation of "child safety zones" in Brookfield at parks, swimming pools, schools, playgrounds and other public places children frequent...

GA- Never strip search

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-23-2009 Georgia:We don?t appear to be as serious about sex offenders as we like to claim we are. If we were, we?d find a way to outlaw strip searching in schools.Regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court justices find regarding the Arizona case in which a 13-year-old girl suspected of drug possession was strip-searched, I am opposed to teachers and school administrators strip-searching

IA- Missing: Courage, debate on sex-offender legislation

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-3-2009 Iowa:The Iowa Legislature appears to be headed in the right direction on legislation that could make children safer from pedophiles. There are just two problems: Legislators may continue to be too weak-kneed to do the right thing, and the public has been virtually excluded from the discussion...

IL- Ellen Goodman: ?Sexting? isn?t porn ... but it sure isn?t a good thing

Posted on April 23, 2009
4-23-2009 Illinois:BOSTON ? I am sure that Vermonters don?t like the idea of teens sending sexy pictures from one phone to another. Nor do Ohio and Utah parents want their kids using cell phone minutes to bare their bodies with their buddies.Nevertheless, their state legislatures are among the first trying to sensibly ratchet down the penalties for sexting...

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