Criminal Law

NM - Bill gives officers contact info of sex offenders

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here What rocket scientist came up with this idiotic idea? 01/30/2009 Keeping track of convicted sex offenders could get easier for law enforcement with the passage of a new bill. Undersheriff Sal Bargaiola said having sex offenders' phone numbers, cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses would help big time--and they might just get the information...

CO - Prison secretary sentenced for sex with inmate

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here 01/30/2009 DENVER (AP) - A former prison secretary has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with an inmate. U.S. District Court Judge Robert E...

Oyez: Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument [del.icio.us]

Posted on January 31, 2009

OFF TOPIC - Obama Acceptance - Reversals

Posted on January 31, 2009
I am not sure what to say about this, just that it's freaky! Revelation 14:9-11 (New International Version) 9) third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10) he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath...

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What can be done to stop predators?

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here This is old, but it's still relevant. 02/03/2006 By Chris Hansen 'Some can be easily treated, some can't... and you've got the whole group in between,' says Fred Berlin, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Chris Hansen spoke to Dr...

AL - Some question justice of sex offender laws

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here 01/31/2009 By Emily Edge Although Troy King?s (Contact) Community Notification Act passed unchallenged in the Alabama Legislature in 2005, even proponents of the law admit that it is not problem-free. The law states, ?The Legislature declares that its intent in imposing certain registration and reporting requirements on criminal sex offenders is to protect the public ? and not to further punish such offenders...

Research that is ?Outdated and Inadequate?? - An Analysis of the Pennsylvania Child Predator Unit Arrests in Response to Attorney General Criticism of the Berkman Task Force Report

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here | Archived Document Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use Website: http://www.cyberbully.org/ Email: nwillard@csriu.org January 26, 2009 On January 14, 2008, the Berkman Internet Safety Technical Task Force issued its report, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies...

AL - Alabama AG seeks sex offenders? computer names

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here 01/31/2009 By PHILLIP RAWLS - Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY ? State Attorney General Troy King (Contact) says the government doesn?t do enough to keep up with the 10,605 registered sex offenders living throughout Alabama...

MI - Editorial: Freezing deaths in Michigan should spur changes in some state rules

Posted on January 31, 2009
View the article here 01/31/2009 By The Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board Tragedy too often is the catalyst for change. The freezing deaths of a spate of Michigan residents are among the latest such tragedies. The death of an elderly Bay City man in his home should bring changes in state law regarding utility shutoffs during the winter...

OFF TOPIC - Dancing Obama and McCain

Posted on January 30, 2009

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Posted on January 30, 2009
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CO - Suspected Sex Offender Is Luckiest Bastard Alive

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here The picture looks fake to me! 01/30/2009 Some dude who is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl allegedly tried to kill himself by driving his van off a ledge in Colorado. And it almost worked... In what has to be one of the craziest twists of fate ever, the perp's van caught a ledge -- and a search and rescue team got to the guy before karma did...

CA - TEMECULA: Commission approves Jessica's Law change

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here 01/29/2009 By AARON CLAVERIE Idea adds day care centers to school, park restrictions TEMECULA - An ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor for a registered sex offender to live near a day care center crossed a key hurdle Thursday when it was approved by a city commission...

NY - DNA clears wrongly accused of sex crimes

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here And I am willing to bet, that 100% of them took a plea bargain! 01/28/2009 NEW YORK - A New York group that uses DNA testing to free innocent people from prison says 90 percent of those cleared since 1989 were convicted of heinous sex crimes...

GA - Georgia General Assembly (Live)

Posted on January 30, 2009
Watch some of these videos, like the one entitled "January 13, 2009 Senate Session!"  The speak about Jesus Christ, and pray to God. Then scream and shout at each other, pose for photo ops, and then go about passing unconstitutional laws, banishing people, and making people homeless...

NY - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A Smith & Senator Graig Johnson Announce Major Statewide Legislation Amined to Protect Children from Sex Offenders

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here Like usual, get elected, ride the backs of sex offenders to get brownie points from the sheeple! 01/30/2009 New York - In his first visit to Long Island since being elected State Senate Majority Leader earlier this month, Senator Malcolm A...

OFF TOPIC - FL - Feds' probe focuses on civil rights

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here 01/30/2009 By Travis Griggs Deputies accused of excessive force The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice following complaints of civil rights violations by deputies and corrections officers...

FL - Sex Offenders Living Under Bridge Claim They Are Being Forced Out

Posted on January 30, 2009
View the article here Video is available at the site. 01/30/2009 MIAMI BEACH - Juan Martin is a convicted sex offender and says because he can't live near schools so he's forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Martin says the place is becoming overcrowded and admits some people have built make shift homes outside of the bridge...

MI - Death of homeless sex offender in Grand Rapids poses questions

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here Death by legislation! 01/29/2009 By Tom Rademacher - The Grand Rapids Press So is this what it finally takes for us to hear the muffled cries of the homeless -- an ex-con dead in the snow because it's against the law for a sex offender to huddle up at either of two Grand Rapids missions? Thomas Pauli didn't choose to die alone in the cold...

Robert Paisola - Who is he?

Posted on January 29, 2009
Click the images to visit the sites When you click an image, wait a couple seconds, and you will be directed to the original site. Someone originally posted the info below, on a forum, but it's been removed. By whom I wonder? And here is a blog someone has done, exposing him further! And he registered the domain sexoffendernews...

ND - No sex registration please, we're the ND Senate

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here 01/28/2009 By DALE WETZEL Associated Press Writer BISMARCK - North Dakota's Tax Department should not be in the business of registering strippers, lap dancers and nudie bars, the state Senate has concluded, with one senator saying the job should be left to local governments...

Office of Justice - SMART - Case Law Updates

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here The following web page, brought to my attention from Sex Crimes blog, has many PDF documents, about the many court cases pertaining to sex offender laws. And you can apparently sign up for email updates. Case Law Updates Cases Interpreting 18 USC 2250 (September 23, 2008) Sex Offender Registration Law Update #21, December 02, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #19 and #20, November 18, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #17 and #18, October 23, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #16, September 18, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #15, September 4, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #14, August 21, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #13, August 7, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #11 and #12, July 21, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #10, June 12, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #9, May 29, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #8, May 15, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #7, May 1, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #6, April 17, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #5, April 3, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #4, March 20, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #3, March 06, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #2, February 21, 2008 Sex Offender Registration Law Update #1, February 7, 2008

ND - ND psychologist gets 7 years on child porn charges

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here Related article How ironic!  This man was the person responsible for evaluating sexually violent predators, and yet he does the same thing as some of his clients. 01/24/2009 By DAVE KOLPACK FARGO (AP) ? A former mental hospital psychologist who said he became interested in child pornography while treating sex offenders was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison...

NACDL - State Legislation

Posted on January 29, 2009
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IA - Iowa Sex Offender Research Council - Report to the Iowa General Assembly

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the entire article here | Archived Document Staff support to the Iowa Sex Offender Research Council is provided byThe Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice PlanningIowa Department of Human RightsLucas State Office BuildingDes Moines, Iowa 50319 Preface Over the last several years, lawmakers have been responding to several highly publicized child abduction, assault, and murder cases...

Criminal Justice Resources: Sex Offender Residency Restrictions

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here 07/20/2008 By Ken Strutin There are laws in more than 20 states and hundreds of communities limiting or proscribing where convicted sex offenders may live and work. See Lawsuits Test Crackdown On Sex Criminals, Stateline.org, April 18, 2008; Sex-Offender Residency Laws Get Second Look, USA Today, Feb...

Never going home: does it make us safer? Does it make sense? Sex offenders, residency restrictions, and reforming risk management law. [del.icio.us]

Posted on January 29, 2009
(22-SEP-06) Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Sex Offender Registration is Stupid

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here Written by Tiffany L Sanders It started in the early 1990s: a great new idea to track sex offenders who had been released from prison. The intent was good and the motivation sensible; the program would allow law enforcement to keep track of released sex offenders and, as it developed let people know when a convicted sex offender was living down the street...

IA - Proposed sex offender law change makes sense, county attorney says

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here 01/29/2009 By ROD BOSHART, Courier Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES - Sex offenders would be restricted from loitering or being present --- rather than residing --- near places where children play or gather under changes being proposed by state public safety officials...

FL - Body ID'd As Tampa Sex Offender

Posted on January 29, 2009
View the article here 01/29/2009 By KYLE MARTIN - Hernando Today BAYPORT - A registered sex offender who lived in Tampa was the man found dead in a parked sport utility vehicle on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office. _____, 43, was discovered slumped behind the wheel of a white Mazda by a jogger around 9:45 a...

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