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Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender enclave being dismantled

Posted on February 26, 2010
Ron Book and his Trust could be in serious trouble, if, the source of his funding is FEDERAL HUD money. Federal HUD funding is not allowed to be used for most sex offenders: SEE HERE. 2-26-2010 Florida:The make-shift shantytown under the Julia Tuttle Causeway -- once home to more than 100 sex offenders -- is finally being dismantled...

Vigilantism Emerges In Search For Waldo Rapist

Posted on February 25, 2010
2-25-2010 Missouri:5 Women Attacked In 5 Months In Waldo AreaKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who purportedly matched the description of the Waldo rapist was tracked by a vigilant citizen Wednesday night.Police said a citizen spotted the man and followed his car into Kansas City, Kan...

Chesbro resolution would honor those who died in state institutions

Posted on February 25, 2010
I doubt he realizes that, a couple of the institutions are civil commitment centers (in part).2-25-2010 California:SACRAMENTO ? From the mid 1880s into the 1960s, an estimated 45,000 people with developmental disabilities who died in California institutions were buried in unmarked locations ? many in mass graves...

Illinois ponders ?sexting? trend

Posted on February 25, 2010
2-25-2010 Illinois:SPRINGFIELD, ILL. ? Even for state lawmakers who have gotten used to confronting strange new societal issues spawned by technology ? cyber stalking, Internet gambling, texting while driving ? this one is daunting:What do you do about the 14-year-old kid who gets caught snapping lewd images of herself with her cell phone and sending them to her boyfriend, ultimately risking a

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Will sex offender have to pay for old crimes?

Posted on February 25, 2010
2-25-2010 Maryland:Fifteen years have come and gone since he was arrested, pleaded guilty and received five years' probation for the third-degree sexual offense of trying to solicit sex from a prostitute who was 13 years old. Larry -- a name I've given him for the purposes of this column -- served his probation and took part in weekly group therapy sessions at the University of Maryland Medical

High Court Considers Retroactive Effect of Sex Offender Law

Posted on February 25, 2010
2-25-2010 Washington DC:WASHINGTON (CN) - The retroactive effect of sex offender registration laws was argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday in a case where an ex-convict moved but did not re-register. A law passed later required notification of every move and he was then found in violation of that subsequent law...

High Court Loosens Rule On Questioning Suspects

Posted on February 25, 2010
2-25-2010 National:The U.S. Supreme Court has created a new rule governing the repeat questioning of suspects without a lawyer.Until now, if a suspect refused to talk without an attorney, police were supposed to leave him alone. Once the suspect was released, it was not clear whether police could make a second attempt at interrogation or how long they had to wait...

More kids on registry; fewer being labeled

Posted on February 24, 2010
2-24-2010 Ohio:Every year, more teens are added to Ohio's sex offender registry, slapped with labels that will follow them past their 18th birthday and mark them as potential threats to their neighbors.But if teen sex offenders are indeed dangerous, how come they're being locked up far less often than in the past?The answer may be a 2008 law that was designed to crack down on sex offenders, but

After Appeals Court decision, Bay County authorities drop charges against homeless sex offender who failed to register

Posted on February 24, 2010
2-24-2010 Michigan:The case against a homeless sex offender who was jailed for failing to register his address has been dismissed.Patrick J. Maher Jr. is one of an undetermined number of homeless sex offenders who no longer have to comply with the state Sex Offender Registration Act, a 1994 law that compels convicted offenders to let state police know where they live...

Stricter laws asked for sex crimes

Posted on February 24, 2010
With all the debate reported in this article, there is one subject never discussed by lawmakers, it is this, can laws get so strict that, when offenders break them -having full knowledge of the consequences due to the media- that the offender kills victim so that they cannot testify against them? Have sex offender laws now reached that point? Is the Foxwell death an example of this?2-24-2010

McEntee: Crime and punishment in child pornography, sexual abuse - PART-2

Posted on February 24, 2010
2-24-2010 Utah:Over the course of a month, Peg McEntee spent days and nights interviewing and riding along with investigators from Utah's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force as they traced, tracked down and confronted suspected producers and consumers of child pornography...

McEntee: Child pornography - A ubiquitous problem with horrific consequences - PART-1

Our View: Moose Lake situation poses many questions

Posted on February 24, 2010
2-24-2010 Minnesota:MANKATO ? The state bonding bill that came out of a House/Senate conference committee Monday did not include $89 million that Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants to build a new addition to the Moose Lake sex offender facility.The debate over the bonding bill ? which is larger than the governor wants and doesn?t include his Moose lake request ? will be the center of bitter debate in the

U.S. Supreme court: USA -v- Carr Transcript of Oral Arguments

Posted on February 24, 2010
2-24-2010 Washington DC:Today the U.S. Supreme court heard Oral Arguments in the case of USA -v- Carr. The complete transcript can be found HERE.In case folks do not remember what the issue was:Issue: Whether a person may be criminally prosecuted under 18 U...

Justice Policy Institute Bashes Budget

Posted on February 23, 2010
2-23-2010 National:Today the Justice Policy Institute issued a press release criticizing President Obama's budget proposal. The new budget would increase funding for law enforcement and prisons, and reduce funding for alternative justice programs. JPI has released a full fact sheet, here...

Citing Statistics: Where to draw the line?

Posted on February 23, 2010
2-20-2010 National:CORRECTION: Clarifying the original post as to the Ethicist's commenter.Over at the Ethicist, the Ethicist responds to a reader's 2-4-10 question.First the 2-4-10 question:Should the Sex Offender Be Invited?I am thinking about organizing a 30th reunion for my elementary-school ?graduating? class...

Breaking a Law?That Doesn?t Exist Yet

Posted on February 23, 2010
2-23-2010 Washington DC:Why the Supreme Court should overturn the retroactive application of a sex-offender statute.In 2003 Thomas Carr was arrested in Alabama for inappropriately touching a 14-year-old girl over her clothes. He pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse, was jailed, and after receiving credit for time previously served, was released from prison in July 2004...

Pointing out misleading information in the media, in Oklahoma.

Posted on February 23, 2010
2-23-2010 Oklahoma:In Oklahoma Sen. Newberry's bill SB-2301, pushes for a new law to force ALL level II-III registered sex offenders to wear GPS units for their entire time on the registry, if the full legislature approves such.To understand the misconstruction I am pointing out you must first watch this video, Sen Newberry appears at approx 2:35 minutes: CLICK for video...

Five years after Jessica Lunsford's killing, legislators rethink sex offender laws

Posted on February 23, 2010
2-23-2010 Florida:TALLAHASSEE ? The brutal killing of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford five years ago Wednesday fueled the creation of a boogeyman in Florida politics: the sex offender.The designation carries loaded significance in the legislative process, and efforts each year to restrict the freedoms of sex offenders win broad support...

Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Case Sotomayor Set Aside in Lower Court

Posted on February 23, 2010
Also note, that, the High Court will be hearing the case of Thomas Carr tomorrow the 24th. See highlighted below. 2-23-2010 Washington DC:It's all about sex at the Supreme Court Wednesday when the justices hear arguments in cases involving a national sex offender database and the federal government's appeal of a lower court ruling setting free a man dubbed the S&M Svengali...

Idaho 'Violent Sexual Predator' classification under fire

Posted on February 22, 2010
2-22-2010 Idaho:A man formerly labeled as a ?Violent Sexual Predator? is suing Idaho for $5 million, while the Idaho Department of Correction Sex Offender Classification Board remains barred from issuing this label to anyone else.Convicted sex offender Mark S...

Prosecuter Broderick Files Murder Charge Against Inmate

Posted on February 22, 2010
2-22-2010 Indiana:ANDERSON, IN - Madison County Prosecutor Thomas Broderick, Jr., filed formal charges today against Richard L. Short, 26, a former inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, for Murder and Prisoner in Possession of Dangerous Device, arising from the death of Charles L...

Groups to oppose proposed sex offender bills

Posted on February 22, 2010
2-22-2010 Maryland:Sex offenders have been a hot topic in Annapolis this session, with a number of bills submitted and Gov. Martin O'Malley reactivating an advisory board. But several groups plan to oppose the bills Tuesday at a House of Delegates judiciary committee hearing...

DSM-V: Will shoddy manual implode years before launch date?

Posted on February 21, 2010
2-21-2010 Natioanl:The DSM-V debacle continues to expand like a mushroom cloud following a nuclear explosion. Media pundits right and left are commenting critically on the draft manual, published online after years of cloak-and-dagger secrecy.As most of you know by now, the American Psychiatric Association has granted the public a very brief window in which to comment online on the draft

Editorial: Talk is cheap in sex-offender debate

Posted on February 21, 2010
2-21-2010 Minnesota:Solutions needed to control sex offender program's costs.Here's a radical idea for Minnesota lawmakers concerned about the unsustainable costs of the state's sex-offender program. Instead of complaining about it, do something about it...

Are sex offenders patients or prisoners in civil commitment?

Posted on February 21, 2010
While the purpose of civil commitment is -treatment- notice the absence of any cost figures related to treatment! Why isn't the focus on the TREATMENT program? One other thing missing is, even though these folks are in a civil commitment center, have ALL OF THEM completed their prison sentences? 2-21-2010 Minnesota:Civil commitment program grows in cost, controversyIn 1956, when he was 15,

Out of sight, out of mind? Some argue remote homes for sexual predators too risky

Posted on February 21, 2010
2-21-2010 California:Desert Center ? The clean, new mobile home looks out of place in this remote stretch of desert, set far off California Highway 177. The nearest other buildings are a vacant, boarded-up shack and a dusty, empty storefront.It is here in this tiny unincorporated town of 300 some 50 miles east of Indio that the state of California is paying $2,000 a month for a sexually violent

State is paying $126K this year to move sexually violent predator to desert

Posted on February 21, 2010
2-21-2010 California:DESERT CENTER - The State of California is paying more than $126,000 this year to move a house in the middle of the empty desert, 55 miles from the nearest city, for a sexually violent predator who has run out of prison sentences...

Citing Statistics: Where to draw the line?

Posted on February 20, 2010
2-20-2010 National:Today, over at the Ethicist, the Ethicist responds to reader (Mr. Cohen) who responded to a woman's 2-4-10 question.First the 2-4 question:Should the Sex Offender Be Invited?I am thinking about organizing a 30th reunion for my elementary-school ?graduating? class...

Child-safety act not necessarily worth the added costs

Posted on February 20, 2010
2-20-2010 Arizona:One of the highest priorities for me as a state lawmaker is to keep the people of my district and the state safe. Arizona has been a leader in tracking convicted sex offenders and has provided a simple-to-use public Web site so citizens can see where offenders released to the community are living...

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