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NJ- Justices hear case on sex offenders

Posted on March 24, 2009
3-24-2009 New Jersey:Housing restriction brings challengesMore than 100 towns in New Jersey have laws on the books that keep sex offenders from living near schools, libraries and playgrounds. But that soon may change because of a legal challenge that will be considered today by the state Supreme Court...

FL- Woman joins sex-offender group living under Julia Tuttle Causeway

Posted on March 24, 2009
3-24-2009 Florida:It's as if Voncel Johnson has been thrust into a bizarre social experiment.Forcing so many men to live like post-apocalyptic trolls beneath a bridge in the middle of Biscayne Bay wasn't quite mad enough. Now they've added a woman.For two years, a colony of convicted sex offenders under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has lived in a public health travesty, without water or toilets or

MO- Missouri?s Halloween limits on registered sex offenders now haunt the courts

Posted on March 24, 2009
Folks, this is an update on a series of Missouri cases I have been following; see Halloween picture in right hand column. Mr. Inman (from Christian County, apparently county interpretation is not so christian) was not at home on Halloween eve during certain hours...

DC- Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School Policy

Posted on March 24, 2009
3-24-2009 Washington DC:SAFFORD, Ariz. ? Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on ? black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt ? the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was 13 and in eighth grade...

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NJ- Galloway argues for sex offender residency law before NJ Supreme Court

Posted on March 24, 2009
3-24-2009 New Jersey:1:08 p.m. Update - TRENTON ? The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments today about whether towns can restrict where convicted sex offenders live.Attorneys for Galloway Township and a Richard Stockton College student, argued for about 90 minutes, along with lawyers for Cherry Hill, Camden County, a pair of former resident convicted sex offenders joined them and

SORNA Hearing: Tidbits to think about - Revelations?

Posted on March 23, 2009
3-23-2009 National:I'll be reviewing the testimony of folks who testified at the SORNA Hearing in Congress on March 10, 2009. As I review testimony I will be making notes of points that seem to -jump out at me- or -are questionable- and will attempt explaining why the point is relevant...

FL- Sex-offender ban working, Deltona says

Posted on March 23, 2009
Ban is working? That must be a political analysis which I'm not familiar with...3-23-2009 Florida:DELTONA -- The original three -- Charles Ambrose, Robert Bisson and Ricardo Maldonado. That is what they were known as in Deltona.They were the city's test cases, the first three sex offenders officials attempted to prosecute under the city's no-residency law, and now, for different reasons, the

KY- Sexting: Teen trend goes unnoticed by most parents, but could have serious consequences

Posted on March 23, 2009
3-23-2009 Kentucky:Be sure to join our live chat, beginning Tuesday at 5 p.m. Click here for live chat! WHAS11 coverageSexting: Roundtable DiscussionDo parents have the right to check their kids' cell phones?WHAS11 Poll Results: Sexting and TeensCopy of WHAS11 Poll on SextingRachel's blog on SextingClick here for live chat, from 5 - 7 p...

MT- Man sentenced to 100 years in shooting death

Posted on March 23, 2009
3-23-2009 Montana:POLSON, Mont. (AP) A 20-year-old Bigfork man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting a Ferndale man as he slept in his house.Ronald Petersen pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide in January for the Dec...

PA- Judge nixes Pittsburgh-area sex offender limits

Posted on March 23, 2009
3-23-2009 Pennsylvania:A federal judge has voided a county ordinance that would have restricted where registered sex offenders may live in the Pittsburgh area.U.S. District Judge Gary Lancaster's ruling, issued Friday and posted online Monday, says the ordinance conflicts with state laws meant to help rehabilitate sex offenders and reintegrate them into society...

Why Teens Sext

Posted on March 23, 2009
See video:3-23-2009 National:Did you see "The Tyra Banks Show" on Friday? The episode was all about teen sexting, and the few snippets I've been able to find are enough to make many parents cringe.On Jezebel.com, a video clip shows audience members reading some of the sexual messages that the girls on the show had sent...

What everyone should do today...

Posted on March 23, 2009
3-23-2009 Global:If folks do nothing else today, at least read Smashed FrogeAdvocate

OFF TOPIC - NY- Inmate freed after brother's confession

Posted on March 22, 2009
3-22-2009 New York:WHITE PLAINS - Kian Khatibi, convicted of a near-fatal stabbing, was still behind bars after nine years when his older brother revealed a shocking secret to family during Thanksgiving dinner in 2007.As Kian's father spoke about how he missed his son, his brother Kayvan started to cry and told relatives that he was the one who committed the crime, according to family members...

MI- Calls for reform in treatment of homeless echo at candlelight vigil in Grand Rapids for sex offender Thomas Pauli

Posted on March 22, 2009
See original story:3-21-2009 Michigan:GRAND RAPIDS ? That Thomas Pauli reached a point where had to "drop to his hands and knees and await death" on a frigid night should be a call to action for the community, said the Rev. Charlotte Ellison.The Heartside Ministries pastor joined about 100 people in a candlelight vigil and memorial service Saturday for Pauli, 52, who froze to death Jan...

SC- Teacher Accused of Student Sex is Dead

Posted on March 22, 2009
Of nearly 400 suicides recorded, this is the first woman to have committed suicide. Although there was a female teenager (Jesse Logan) who committed suicide over sexting.3-22-2009 South Carolina:Angela ?Angel? Simmons Lindle, a former middle school teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student is dead...

States considering laws against bestiality

Posted on March 22, 2009
3-22-2009 National:Gives a whole new meaning to the term "sexual predator"You might think that?s just a joke in poor taste, but the 800 people who live in Klawock, Alaska found out that there was little the police could do to punish a registered sex offender who witnesses say lured a local family?s dog into the woods near a ball field, tied it to a tree, duct taped its muzzle shut and had sex

CA- Criminalizing 'sexting' sends wrong message

Posted on March 22, 2009
3-22-2009 California:"Ooh, look at this girl!" a classmate at Berkeley High School said to me recently, pointing at his computer screen. "Look at the picture she sent me."The girl in the picture was around my age and wearing red, skin-tight booty shorts and a small shirt that showed her cleavage...

OK- Oklahoma consent law snarls lured girl case

Posted on March 22, 2009
3-22-2009 Oklahoma:Oklahoma statute allows teens 16 and older to agree to sex, though they are still children With thousands of sexual predators prowling the Internet, parents of teenagers are taught to fear unspeakable dangers lurking in the cyber-shadows of chat rooms and on networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook...

Advanced Notice of a NEW Bill in Congress (HR 1623)

Posted on March 21, 2009
3-20-2009 National:'International Megan's Law'.Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4]Introduced 3/19/2009 Bill HR 1623 NOT YET AVAILABLE on Thomas website.The intent of the bill is: To protect children from sexual exploitation by mandating reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other sex offenders against minors intending to engage in international travel, providing advance

Understanding Human Rights

Posted on March 21, 2009
2009:Every individual has dignity. The principles of human rights were drawn up by human beings as a way of ensuring that the dignity of everyone is properly and equally respected, that is, to ensure that a human being will be able to fully develop and use human qualities such as intelligence, talent and conscience and satisfy his or her spiritual and other needs...

MT- Senate considers restrictions on juvenile sex offenders

Posted on March 20, 2009
3-20-2009 Montana:A bill heard on the floor of the Montana Senate on Friday would create geographical restrictions for juvenile sexual offenders.House Bill 55 would impose the same residency restrictions on juveniles that adult sex offenders are required to follow, unless the court approves a stay for the juvenile offender in a home, program, or facility for delinquent youth ...

SEXTING - A NEW TOOL FOR CHILD MOLESTERS

Posted on March 20, 2009
3-20-2009 National:It's called sexting. By definition, it's the dissemination of pornographic messages vis-a-vis nude photos and sex talk via cell phones. And it's making headline news everywhere. In St. Petersburg, Florida teacher Christy Lynn Martin was caught sexting an eighth grade student...

NH- Sex offender wants Franklin to nullify residency restriction

Posted on March 20, 2009
3-20-2009 New Hampshire:The man challenging the city's sex offender residence restriction ordinance has asked a judge to suspend its enforcement pending the results of his case.In a petition for injunctive relief by N.H. Civil Liberties Union attorney Barbara Keshen in the Merrimack County Superior Court, Frank Singleton III says he will "remain incarcerated in N...

DC- Leahy urges extension for sex offender registry compliance

Posted on March 20, 2009
The more I think about this the more I think an extension is a good thing as it gives RSO advocates more time to show lawmakers, everywhere, why many things in SORNA should be changed or eliminated. Hint, hint advocates..3-20-2009 National:WASHINGTON ? Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt...

Bill in Congress - HR 1388

Posted on March 20, 2009
3-20-2009 National:'Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act' or the `GIVE Act'.Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4]Introduced 3/9/2009 Bill HR 1388The intent of the bill is: To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. Initially it must be noted that this is NOT a new bill, this bill reauthorizes and reforms laws that have been on the books for years...

MA- Police forced to drop a lewdness charge against sex offender

Posted on March 20, 2009
3-20-2009 Massachusetts:SALEM ? Prosecutors were forced yesterday to drop a lewdness charge against a registered sex offender allegedly found urinating and drinking in a playground last November. William Rivera, 50, was arrested on the day before Thanksgiving, after police got a call from someone who saw him in the Broad Street playground, which is near Collins Middle School...

SORNA - Sex Offender Law Violates Rights, Puts Kids at Risk

Posted on March 19, 2009
3-19-2009 National:Last Tuesday, a U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing to evaluate states? compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). That law requires that states scrap their sex offender monitoring programs and create online public registries of sex offenders according to strict new federal standards...

IN- McDONALD: Reprecussions of "sexting"

Posted on March 19, 2009
3-19-2009 Indiana:In high school, how many friends could you trust? Reflecting after a few decades have passed, we can easily recognize how few there were. I wonder how many young women of high-school age place unlimited trust in their boyfriends or young men whom they hope will be their boyfriends?The reason that I ask this question relates to an incident from a couple of weeks ago...

IL- It is Hereby Ordered?

Posted on March 19, 2009
3-19-2009 Illinois:Download a March 17 press release from the Office of the Illinois Attorney General on this issue.Linda Parker?s final paycheck came to the mailbox of her Bronzeville home a week after her 2004 accident. When her daughter retrieved it, she brought it upstairs into the bedroom where the then 47-year-old lay injured from her fall at work...

KY- Charity scraps idea for sex offender home in Ky.

Posted on March 19, 2009
3-19-2009 Kentucky:LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ? A Catholic charity in Kentucky faced an uproar over its efforts to buy a home for four registered sex offenders, continuing what supporters say is a never-ending cycle for low-income offenders trying to get their lives back on track...

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