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Sexual predator treatment squeezes state budgets

Posted on June 21, 2010
6-21-2010 Minnesota:Just off the highway leading to this woodsy Minnesota town, more than 400 men live behind tall fences topped with razor wire. They spend their days shuffling between meals, group therapy sessions and activities such as painting state park signs...

Rape, Psychiatry, and Constitutional Rights?Hard Cases Make For Very Bad Law

Posted on June 21, 2010
6-21-2010 National:The most disturbing turbulence at the boundary between psychiatry and the law is the misuse of a makeshift psychiatric diagnosis (?Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified, nonconsent?) to justify the involuntary, indefinite psychiatric commitment of rapists...

Sex offender driver's license legislation rejected by senate committee

Posted on June 20, 2010
6-19-2010 California:SCONDIDO (CNS) - Legislation aimed at requiring registered sex offenders to have distinctive driver's licenses was rejected in the state Senate Transportation Committee, it was reported Wednesday.Maurice "Moe" Dubois, the father of slain Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, has been working with Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, to come up with legislation for better

REVISED: Supplemental Guidelines - Section II (A International Travel)

Posted on June 19, 2010
UPDATED: 6-18-2010I've received a few e-mails requesting that I provide a "Suggested Comment" like I have in other commentaries about the New Supplemental Guidelines. So, I have done that below, and folks can use the "Suggested Comment" they do address the main issues raised in the SG...

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Sex Offenders! They Show Up Everywhere!

Posted on June 19, 2010
6-19-2010 Alaska:In 1996 a Federal law went into effect which required all states to require convicted sex offenders to register, and to make that information available to the public.Many people carry the new Internet enabled ?smart phones?; programs are easily downloaded that tie into the State registry site and show where registered sex offenders are in relation to you and your smart cell

SORNA: New Supplemental Guidelines

Posted on June 19, 2010
Many are wondering what these NEW Supplemental Guidelines are all about. This is where you find out -what is GOOD -and- BAD about them-. So, onward to find out:Washington DC: On 5-14-2010 The U.S. Attorney General and the SMART Office posted the NEWLY PROPOSED Supplemental Guidelines in the Federal Register, asking for public comment...

Fla. high court: Nonresidents can be sued over Web posts

Posted on June 19, 2010
6-19-2010 Florida:TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ? Nonresidents can be sued for defamation under Florida law over their Internet postings if that information is accessible and accessed in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday.That applies even to bloggers such as Tabatha Marshall, who lives in Washington state and has no ties to Florida other than taking a vacation in the Sunshine State...

Sex offender seeks OK to move to Costa Rica

Posted on June 19, 2010
6-19-2010 Florida:VIERA ? A convicted pedophile who wants to move to Costa Rica will have to wait until his defense attorney shows proof there is a system there to monitor his activities, a judge said Friday."I'm looking for an apparatus in that country that is the functional equivalent of our law," said Judge George Maxwell...

NH Sex Offender Claims Religious Rights Denied

Posted on June 19, 2010
6-19-2010 New Hampshire:CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ? A New Hampshire sex offender on probation is asking the state's highest court to allow him to go to church with a chaperone.The case of Jonathan Perfetto marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates constitutional rights to religious

Bill Would Let Feds Take Over Internet During Crisis

Posted on June 19, 2010
6-19-2010 Washington DC:Newly proposed legislation would give the federal government authority to seize and even switch off the Internet during a national crisis.The bill, put forward Thursday by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would allow the Department of Homeland Security to issue emergency orders to companies providing services such as search engines, software and broadband Internet, according

Supreme court clarifies procedures and standards for reviewing civil commitment discharge

Posted on June 18, 2010
6-17-2010 Wisconsin:The Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 15 clarified the procedure and standard for reviewing discharge petitions of those civilly committed for sexual violence.In State v. Arends, (June 15, 2010) the supreme court interpreted procedures under Wis...

Report: Sex offender GPS alerts backlogged

Posted on June 17, 2010
And this is just Southern Calif. This shows the main failure of GPS, it cannot be programmed for the TYPE of alert. GPS units are so limited that they are virtually useless. 6-16-2010 California:SAN DIEGO - Parole agents are struggling to deal with a backlog of more than 31,000 alerts from monitors worn by convicted sex offenders in Southern California...

Summary of Bills in Congress Affecting or Related to Sex Offenders or Sex Offenses

Posted on June 17, 2010
6-17-2010 Washington DC:A quick note to let folks know that we have UPDATED our "Summary of Bills in Congress Affecting or Related to Sex Offenders or Sex Offenses."Due to improved searching capabilities on the Thomas website we were able to find and add 17 more bills...

Illinois court sets standard for unmasking anonymous commenters

Posted on June 17, 2010
See related comments pertaining to the new Supplemental Guidelines for SORNA registrants " Action Alert: Supp. Guidelines - Section I (B Internet Identifiers) Part-2 " 6-17-2010 Illinois:The rules of civil procedure in Illinois permit an aggrieved party to file a petition with the court asking for an order requiring unknown potential defendants to be identified...

The Ohio Supreme Court is Asked to "Look Again" at its Decision in State v Bodyke

Posted on June 16, 2010
6-15-2010 Ohio:The State and the Ohio Attorney General ask the high court to look again at its decision in State v Bodyke, because it seems to contain ambiguities.In the original decision the court held that, it was a violation of the Separations of Powers clause of the Ohio constitution for the Attorney General to reclassify offenders (registrants, they are no longer offenders) who once were

Court: No Civil Commitment For Army Sex Offender

Posted on June 15, 2010
6-14-2010 Virginia:RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? A federal appeals panel says sex offenders convicted in military court but housed by the Bureau of Prisons are not eligible for civil commitment.A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Monday in the case of former Army officer Benjamin Barnard Joshua, who pleaded guilty in military court to sexually molesting children

Lincoln sex offender loses challenge

Posted on June 15, 2010
6-15-2010 Nebraska:One of the first in Lancaster County accused of violating the Sex Offender Registry Act for not keeping up with changes that went into effect in January has lost his challenge to the law itself.Terry Hunt, 51, of 2530 Lynn Circle, argued the act was constitutionally flawed and that it has changed substantially and now requires more of him than when he was convicted...

Northern Calif. man who killed alleged molester is sentenced to 9 years behind bars

Posted on June 15, 2010
Are women who kill abusive spouses sentenced like this? 6-15-2010 California:UKIAH, Calif. -- A Northern California man who killed an alleged molester was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison in a vigilante shooting.Aaron Vargas pleaded no contest in April to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Darrell McNeill...

Breaking News: Panel Says Legality of Custody 'Irrelevant' to Sex Offender Commitment

Posted on June 15, 2010
6-15-2010 New York:ALBANY - Whether or not inmates are being held illegally in state prisons is "irrelevant" to the state's authority to commit them to secure mental hospitals as dangerous sexual offenders, a divided New York Court of Appeals held today...

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - Sex offenders want restrictions lifted; sheriffs not reacting yet to court's ruling

Posted on June 15, 2010
Interesting dilemma in Ohio, one which I'm sure registrants do not care about, they want off period, but Ohio is caught between its constitution and the Adam Walsh Act (SORNA). SORNA say, in spite of a State Sup court ruling it must still make efforts to comply with SORNA...

Restrictive sex offender registration rules force some underground

Posted on June 14, 2010
A careful review of this article will reveal that, no consideration was given to the allowable "grace period" to register which may account for many. If one registers at a shelter then leaves the next day, and from then on is on the streets (or registers in another shelter), the fact that he registered for one night at a shelter will distort the picture, unless grace periods are considered;

Action Alert: Supp. Guidelines - Section I (B Internet Identifiers) Part-2

Posted on June 14, 2010
LAST UPDATE: None!This is likely the MOST IMPORTANT commentary for RSOs to read and understand, because it covers "Internet Identifiers" and "Specific Constitutional Rights." RSOs and their families should seriously consider commenting on the rights mentioned below...

ACTION ALERT: Sex Offenders and the FHA Reform Act of 2010 (Housing Issues)

Posted on June 14, 2010
6-14-2010 Washington DC:Last Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives was considering a new bill called "the FHA Reform Act of 2010," heavens knows with all the foreclosures something does need to be done.Yet, something occurred during debate which is very harmful to the sex offender community...

Adam Walsh witness sues for investigation report

Posted on June 13, 2010
6-12-2010 Florida:A witness in the 1981 abduction and murder of 6-year-old Adam Walsh wants to see a missing investigation report that was key in the controversial 2008 decision to declare the case solved.All copies of an investigative report that played a key role in the Hollywood Police Department's closing of the unsolved 1981 murder of Adam Walsh have either been destroyed or relocated to

Changes in sex offender laws means fewer restrictions for some, more for others

Posted on June 13, 2010
Leave it to the media to make things more confusing, the law does not speak of "when a person was arrested" or "crimes committed before 2003," The law is based on when the offender was "convicted." (See HB 571 "convictions occurring" ... The odd part of the new bill relates to "July 1 2008" where it switches to "if the act was committed on or after July 1 2008" ...

Iowa Supreme Court rules in sex offender treatment case

Posted on June 12, 2010
6-11-2010 Iowa:The Iowa Supreme Court ruled today that two prisoners enrolled in mandatory sex offender treatment were denied their due process rights when the prison officials stopped crediting them with ?earned time? to shorten their sentences.Both men were required to serve more time behind bars when they stopped participating in the treatment program, for different reasons...

Psychologist testifies in favor of sex offender Marth's discharge

Posted on June 12, 2010
6-12-2010 Wisconsin:Waukesha - A state psychologist and expert on violent sexual predators testified Friday that Dennis Marth, a convicted pedophile released by a court to live in Waukesha in 2007, has progressed well enough in treatment and under state supervision that he qualifies for discharge from a court-ordered commitment...

Guard charged with permitting 'jailhouse justice' assault on sex offender

Posted on June 12, 2010
6-12-2010 Ohio:MEDINA, Ohio -- A Medina County Jail guard and four inmates were indicted on charges of assaulting an inmate who was being held on charges of having sex with a minor. A Medina County Grand Jury indicted Corrections Officer Brian Young and the four prisoners...

Lawyer for homeless Grand Rapids sex offenders seeks injunction to allow men to stay at shelters near schools

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-10-2010 Michigan:GRAND RAPIDS -- The attorney for five homeless sex offenders has filed for a preliminary injunction to bar prosecution if they sleep in the city's homeless shelters, which all are within Student Safety Zones -- or within 1,000 feet of a school...

Murrieta children threatened in 'manifesto' by man claiming to be sex offender

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-11-2010 California:Police were posted outside a Murrieta elementary school and nearby streets Thursday after numerous residents were mailed anonymous, ranting eight-page letters that included death threats against their children. The letters, which began arriving Wednesday and apparently also were sent to registered sex offenders, urge sex offenders to terrorize Murrieta's Hillsboro Circle

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