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Sex-offender registries' effectiveness not clear

Posted on November 18, 2010
11-15-2010 Ohio: DAYTON - On July 29, 1994, in a suburb of Trenton, N.J., a twice-convicted pedophile named Jesse Timmendequas lured a neighbor, 7-year-old Megan Nicole Kanka, into his home on the pretext of letting her see his new puppy. He raped her, killed her and dumped her body in a nearby park...

How to co-mingle unrelated facts to support a premise.

Posted on November 17, 2010
11-17-2010 Florida: The following story appeared on CBS News in Florida, you will note that the reporter consulted with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for facts; but do those facts support the premise, sex offenders target middle school children? First the relevant part of the story: New Stranger Danger: Sex offenders target middle school-aged children JUPITER, Fla...

Stop the sex offender fear-mongering

Posted on November 16, 2010
11-16-2010 California: The Jessica's Law residency restriction leaves some offenders homeless and does nothing to protect children. A Los Angeles judge was right to order its suspension. Some critics of Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's order temporarily staying enforcement of the sex offender residency restrictions of Jessica's Law, reported by The Times on Nov...

NYU Graduate Film - Fish: A Boy in a Man's Prison

Posted on November 16, 2010
About this project: I'm shooting a short film based on my book, Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison. I am an NYU Graduate film student and I will be shooting this film on location at Jackson Prison. Filming will take place in the very cellblock I was housed in over thirty years ago...

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Girl's suicide reveals a larger problem

Posted on November 15, 2010
Social or Societal Homicide, this is clearly the result of lawmakers laws, and the failure to make laws, because they are afraid of losing their jobs. We see this far too often in sex offense cases, nationally. 11-15-2010 Michigan: The response has been overwhelming -- from parents, students, attorneys, and I fear, victims...

Teen sex and adult insanity

Posted on November 14, 2010
11-14-2010 Michigan: Girl was lightning rod for peers' fear Incredibly, detractors continue to heap online invective on a 14-year-old Huron High School freshman who hanged herself last week after a local TV broadcast publicizing her sexual assault complaint against a fellow Huron High student triggered a vicious pushback by the defendant's supporters...

Attorney general, law makers announce proposed Sexting Prevention Legislation

Posted on November 14, 2010
11-14-2010 Texas: Sexting - the practice of sharing sexually explicit photographs and related content via cell phones - has become a new phenomenon especially among teenagers locally and around the nation, one that can lead to long-term consequences...

Huron Township cops probe second sex complaint after teen's suicide

Posted on November 13, 2010
11-13-2010 Michigan: Huron Township? A new sexual assault complaint is surfacing against 18-year-old Joseph Tarnopolski, who escaped prosecution for an encounter with a 14-year-old girl who later committed suicide. Police are investigating a second "similar" complaint against the Huron High School senior, who saw felony charges against him for allegedly having sex with Samantha Kelly dismissed Wednesday after she hanged herself...

Sex Offender Task Force Issues Nine Recommendations

Posted on November 13, 2010
11-13-2010 California: Group Said Recommendations Most Effective When Implemented Together SACRAMENTO ? A multi-agency task force, created to assist the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in developing a comprehensive approach to sex offender supervision, released its report today that included nine interrelated recommendations to improve the department?s supervision of sex offender parolees...

Community angered after sex offender receives award

Posted on November 13, 2010
11-13-2010 Michigan: ALBION, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) ? The Albion Chamber of Commerce has aroused some anger in the community by giving an award to a sex offender. His name is Ken Fourn and his neighbors found him on the sex offender registry. He spent time in jail after being convicted of second degree criminal sexual conduct...

B-N woman ordered to register as sex offender after battery charges

Posted on November 13, 2010
How soon will it be that, the mere mention of the word "Sex" will require registering as a sex offender?11-13-2010 Indiana: BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington woman was ordered Friday to register as a sex offender and serve two years probation for battery that involved sexually motivated contact with two minor boys...

Wyo. legislative panel backs sex offender law change (Adam Walsh Act)

Posted on November 13, 2010
Will the Adam Walsh Act's treatment of juveniles ultimately be the cause of juvenile bullying cases, and suicides of some juveniles?11-13-2010 Wyoming: CASPER, Wyo. ? Teenagers who commit certain violent sex crimes would be required to register as sex offenders under a bill endorsed Friday by a Wyoming legislative committee...

Former guards slam prison, culture of violence

Posted on November 13, 2010
11-13-2010 Idaho: BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Three former employees at Idaho's only private prison say staff routinely failed to protect inmates, and in some cases put inmates in situations knowing they'd be beaten by others. The statements from the former Idaho Correctional Center guards are in affidavits filed in a federal lawsuit against the prison's operator, Corrections Corporation of America...

Further restrictions of sex offenders debated

Posted on November 11, 2010
Here is someone who is clueless about the harm caused former offenders by residency laws. Can some local folks get to the meeting to make this guy aware of the harm?11-11-2010 Ohio: LEBANON ? Debate continues over a proposed new ordinance to further limit where sex offenders can live inside city limits...

Eye of the beholder: Cute, naked photos of tots pose dilemma for parents

Posted on November 10, 2010
See also: Family Pics May Lead to Utah Couple's Deportation and Bath Photos & Wal-Mart: What is Child Pornography? 11-10-2010 Utah: In a digital world, parents worry photos may be misused ? or that they may be suspect When Nicole Saupe?s son was about 18 months old, the Cincinnati-based photographer snapped a picture of him sitting in a big, rattan chair shaped like a wok...

Brooklyn man charged with extorting son of convicted sex offender

Posted on November 07, 2010
11-7-2010 New York: A Brooklyn man who threatened to accuse the adult son of a convicted sex offender of sexually assaulting his son unless he was paid over $100,000 was charged today with attempted grand larceny, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney?s Office...

Tennessee not a magnet for unregistered fugitives

Posted on November 07, 2010
11-7-2010 Tennessee: Though Tennessee ranks ninth among all states for the number of arrests of unregistered sex offenders, it is not the magnet for fugitive sex offenders that some other states are. Most unregistered sex offenders arrested in Tennessee will have committed their original sexual offense in state...

School buses test fingerprint scan

Posted on November 06, 2010
Now, in the winter when kids have gloves on, will that tie up the bus making routes longer in time? Vendors never mention the logical thing that might destroy a sale. 11-6-2010 California: School districts are turning to high-tech solutions ? from fingerprint scans to electronic cards ? to track kids on school buses and keep them from getting off at the wrong stops...

Search ends for sex offender

Posted on November 06, 2010
Here we have a case of someone who likely told Tennessee, he was going to move, then maybe a few days later changed his mind. However, the system used by police has a clear error in it, or someone dropped the ball. Error after error by the police and they will never admit it...

U.S. marshals, local agencies work together to nab sex offender 'absconders'

Posted on November 06, 2010
It makes no sense for a local officer to call in the U.S. Marshals (at salaries of thousands of dollars), to make an arrest one county away, when she can do the same with a FREE phone call to LE of the neighboring county to make the arrest. Maybe its to allow her to get the arrest rather than the other county police? This is a game being played by LE, actually a misuse of taxpayer money...

The ODDEST bill I have ever read, what is it?

Posted on November 05, 2010
11-4-2010 Michigan: In Michigan, a unnamed Senator, is proposing a bill (S-1556) which says, verbatim:Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "right of publicity act". Sec. 2. As used in this act, "right of publicity" means a property right in the name or likeness of an individual...

The Adam Walsh Act Parasite has Infected Michigan Lawmakers...

Posted on November 05, 2010
11-5-2010 Michigan: The AWA parasite has crept into Michigan, likely carried by the SMART Guidelines (they really do exist, although named by someone who obviously wanted to play a joke on registrants) for the Adam Walsh Act; the parasite has infected the minds of lawmakers and turned on the insanity switch...

Door hangers highlight sex offenders

Posted on November 04, 2010
Even law enforcement differs in opinions, whether tags are "Smart -or- Not Smart" OR are tags just another form of harassment for the majority? As to worrying who lives around you, sex offenders should be the least of your worries.11-4-2010 Texas: You can't miss Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Gage's new message to the county's 750 registered sex offenders...

Law restricting where sex offenders can live is unconstitutional, L.A. judge rules

Posted on November 04, 2010
Before everyone jumps for joy, this is the trial court, and the decision will likely be appealed. With that said, the decision is very likely a solid one with all facts taken into consideration, and from comments below, the judge is very attuned to what makes the public safe, and what does not, and has made that his priority in the decision! 11-4-2010 California: Saying sex offenders are being forced to choose between prison and homelessness, a Los Angeles judge issued an opinion this week blocking enforcement of provisions a state law restricting how close those offenders can live from parks or schools...

Online Privacy

Posted on November 03, 2010
11-2-2010 North Carolina: U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman of the Western District of Washington made a noteworthy ruling last week that protects the rights of consumers in their online activities. The ACLU sued the North Carolina Department of Revenue in Seattle over the state?s attempt to obtain sales information from Amazon...

Sinking Ship

Posted on November 02, 2010
5-27-2010 Oregon: Prisons Try to Improve Mental Health Services; They Cut Them Instead THERE ARE 13,982 inmates currently residing in all 14 of Oregon's prisons. Of those prisoners, 6,844 (or 49 percent) have a diagnosed mental illness. Concerned about the treatment of inmates who have both a mental illness and a drug addiction, the state mandated in January that prisons double their mental health programs' staffing ratio to one staffer for every 10 inmates...

Girl kills self as lover posts sex clip on Youtube

Posted on October 30, 2010
10-30-2010 India: Indian student in West Bengal latest victim of series of such incidents In a sad ending to a bizzare story laced with sex and video clips, a young Indian girl committed suicide upon realising that her boyfriend had filmed them both in bed and sent out the clip as MMS and posted it on Youtube...

U.S. Marshals' 'Operation Trick No Treat' nets sex offenders

Posted on October 30, 2010
Given there is zero reason to have U.S. Marshals doing this, my guess is they are trying to justify their existence, esp. with crime being down nationally. 10-30-2010 New Jersey: A squad of armed officers got a jump on Halloween this week, sweeping up more than a dozen unregistered sex offenders in North Jersey during ?Operation Trick No Treat...

Cops: Slain teen was to testify against man found dead with her

Posted on October 29, 2010
10-29-2010 Michigan: He had been charged with sexual assault against her Taylor Manley was found in a minivan with Raymond Bush, 38. The teen was supposed to testify against him Wednesday morning in trial for allegedly sexually assaulting her, but she disappeared before that happened, police and prosecutors say...

Federal judge shuts down file-sharing site LimeWire

Posted on October 28, 2010
10-27-2010 New York: A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] issued a permanent injunction [text, PDF] Tuesday that will prevent music file-sharing website LimeWire [website] from providing online users with the software necessary to share copyrighted files...

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