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VA - Deputy?s Sex Crime Conviction Overturned

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 MOUNDSVILLE - A former Ohio County deputy sheriff previously found guilty of sex crimes against children has been released from prison and his conviction overturned. An order signed by Marshall County Judge John Madden said the prosecution made numerous inappropriate and erroneous allegations during the trial of Stephen Bowers...

NY - Crooked politicians dominate ?08 in central and mid Queens

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here See the videos at the end, or here and here. How many of these politicians can you find on the sex offender registry? I found NONE! 12/31/2008 By Ben Hogwood, Assistant Editor Arson, murder and building development all took their turns on the pages of the Queens Chronicle in 2008, but nothing dominated headlines in mid and central Queens like political scandal...

HI - Hawaii gets tougher tomorrow on sex offender registration

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here 12/31/2008 By Gordon Y.K. Pang - Advertiser Staff Writer Legislation taking effect tomorrow also covers child support, drinking Stricter requirements for convicted sex offenders are among nine new laws that go into effect on the first day of 2009...

VA - No escaping one?s past?

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here 12/31/2008 By The Daily Progress Thanks to the Internet, there?s no ?fresh start.? Once online, the past lives forever. This holds true in the most mundane of situations ? the dumb picture of yourself drunk at a frat party that you posted online, that got copied to endless friends, and that your prospective employer now has uncovered...

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FL - Father says sex offender label not based on truth

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here 12/31/2008 By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG ? The family of Josiah Wineberger, the 5-year-old injured by a falling speaker at BayWalk last year, said Tuesday that they could be in a new home within days...

CA - Attorney Caught in Internet Sex Sting Suspended From Practice for 3 Years

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here 12/31/2008 By Mark Fass - New York Law Journal Rare split N.Y. appellate court suspends former Kirkland & Ellis associate who admitted attempting to meet purported 13-year-old for sex An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004 after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting "to engage in an oral sexual act" with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl has been suspended from practicing law in New York for three years...

OFF TOPIC - MS 13

Posted on December 31, 2008
Wikipedia So why are gang members not on a registry? Yes, some rival gangs may use it to target their victims, but the sex offender registry is being used for the same purpose. Don't people want to know if some violent gang member, drug dealer/user, DUI offender, thief, etc, lives next to them? Why just sex offenders? WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS VIOLENCE, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog

Momversation: Parenting In the Age of Google

Posted on December 31, 2008
YouTube Channel The Internet holds a wealth of knowledge. But sometimes a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Between WebMD-diagnosed diseases and neighborhood sex offender sites, Rebecca Woolf of Girl's Gone Child wonders, Is the Internet turning us all into a bunch of paranoid parents? To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog

IL - New Sex Offender Laws

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here | Video This governor is in trouble himself, see here. 12/31/2008 The Governor (Contact) also signed four bills this year to protect citizens from sex offenders. Those become law on January first. The first one ?sponsored by State Representative Mike Smith of Canton, measures the 500?foot boundary a sex offender must adhere to from the edge of the property...

GA - New Law Will Track Offenders Online

Posted on December 31, 2008
View the article here Encrypt your hard-drive and email I guess all those in office who took an OATH to uphold the Constitution of the US and states, lied about that. This is a direct violation of the fourth amendment, and is more communist BS to get around the search and seizure and search warrant issues...

GA - Genarlow Wilson coverage

Posted on December 30, 2008
Old story and video, but one I've not seen before. Also, once again, in this video, the man clearly states "the intention of the laws, were to punish adults!" So clearly, this additional punishment is ex post facto and therefore unconstitutional! To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog

NM - Sect Leader Gets 10 Years for Molesting Girls

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 By BARRY MASSEY Associated Press Writer NM sect leader sentenced to 10 years for molesting teen followers; he denies sexual touching The leader of a small religious sect was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexual misconduct with two teenage female followers...

GA - Ga. sex offenders must hand over online passwords

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here View SB-474 Here This law violates the U.S. Supreme court precedent which holds that every citizen has the right to anonymous free speech. Further, a federal court in Utah has already declared this unconstitutional. The same was held true in Indiana also by a federal court...

WA - Former officer admits raping 2 young girls

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 EVERETT ? A former Soap Lake police officer admitted Monday he raped a young relative and the girl's mentally disabled friend. Kenneth L. Lacey, 33, faces more than 13 years in prison for child rape. He pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree child rape involving an 11-year-old relative and third-degree child rape involving a 14-year-old girl...

CA - Justices rule three-strikes sentence unconstitutional

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 By Carol J. Williams The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says a 28-years-to-life penalty for a sex offender who failed to register at the appropriate time is cruel and unusual punishment. California's three-strikes sentencing law suffered a blow Tuesday when a federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a 28-years-to-life sentence for a sex offender who failed to register with local police at the correct time of year...

'My Motives Were Pure and Innocent' - A member of John Kerry's "band of brothers" pleads guilty to possessing child porn

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/23/2008 By JAMES TARANTO Remember Wade Sanders? He was one of the "band of brothers"--Swift Boat veterans who supported John Kerry's presidential campaign and appeared onstage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention before Kerry's "reporting for duty" speech...

ID - Judge: sex offender's no-contact order goes to far

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 BOISE (AP) - The Idaho Court of Appeals has overturned a state court order banning a convicted sex offender from being within 100 feet of any minor, including his two young children. The appellate court ruled last week the no-contact order imposed on _____ went too far, violating his parental rights...

TX - Texas Sex Offenders Push for More Lenient Laws

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/16/2008 Convicted sex offenders in Texas have started an organization advocating more lenient penalties for nonviolent and low-level offenders. Martin Ezell, a 42-year-old Austin, Texas, native, founded the group Texas Voices to represent low-level sex offenders who believe the conditions of their sentences are too harsh...

CA - Sex-Offender Laws Lead to Rise in Homelessness

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 By Denis Cummings Many states? strict residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders have been criticized for increasing homelessness and raising the likelihood that they will re-offend. In 2006, California passed Proposition 83, increasing penalties for sex offenders and instituting stricter residency restrictions and monitoring for parolees...

TN - Tougher sex offender restrictions among new laws

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 By Lucas L. Johnson II, Associated Press NASHVILLE - Sex offenders will face tougher restrictions and professionals will no longer be exempt from jury duty under two of the new Tennessee laws that take effect on New Year?s Day...

UK - Murdered man 'was sex offender'

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/30/2008 A man who police believe was murdered - even though they have not found a body - was a registered sex offender, officers have confirmed. Blood found at a house on 21 December on Stockbridge Road, Padiham, matched that of _____, 26, although his body has not yet been discovered...

Two new studies from Dr. Jill Levenson on registered sex offenders

Posted on December 30, 2008
The first study information, can be found here. Dr. Jill Levenson has released two NEW excellent studies about registered sex offenders, they are: Levenson, J. S., & Tewksbury, R. (2009). Collateral damage: Family members of registered sex offenders (UNOFFICIAL FINAL COPY)...

VA - Investigators believe Vinton house fire was deliberately set

Posted on December 30, 2008
View the article here 12/29/2008 New details about a weekend fire that destroyed a Vinton home. The fire marshal's office ruled the fire an arson about 3:30 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe an accelerant may have been used to start it from inside the house...

OFF TOPIC - Ron Paul on the Martial Law

Posted on December 29, 2008
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CA - Ellie Nesler, Mother Who Killed Her Son's Accused Molester, Dies at 56

Posted on December 29, 2008
View the article here So what about the "accused molester?" Was he found guilty? Why do they not go into that? Well, that is typical journalism, one sided! 12/29/2008 FRESNO - Ellie Nesler, who sparked a national debate about vigilantism after killing her son's accused molester in a courtroom in 1993, has died of cancer...

WI - United Way Fox Cities profile: Program helps women deal with partners' sex offenses

Posted on December 29, 2008
View the article here 12/29/2008 Sex offenders can count their wives and girlfriends among the survivors of their crimes. Therapists say these women often feel blindsided and betrayed by their partners' behaviors. - You are assuming all those labeled a "sex offender" have actually committed a crime...

CA - Homeless Sex Offenders

Posted on December 29, 2008
YouTube Video Link | Related News To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog

MD - Naming names

Posted on December 29, 2008
View the article here 12/28/2008 By Tricia Bishop Court weighs whether to identify authors of critical and anonymous postings on the Internet Maryland's highest court will soon decide how easy it is to unmask those who use pseudonyms to post critical comments on the Internet...

MN - Strict Restrictions for Sex Offenders

Posted on December 29, 2008
View the article here Video is available at the site. 12/29/2008 By: Nicole King (ABC 6 NEWS) - If a convicted predatory offender lived close to your kids' school or playground, would you want to know? The truth is, many do. In Minnesota, only level three sex offenders, those who are most likely to re-offend, are required to register with the state...

CA - Women's Jailers Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Posted on December 29, 2008
View the article here 12/29/2008 A pair of lawsuits that will be heard in federal court in San Diego allege that guards in Imperial County abused their positions of power to garner sexual favors, according to a published report. The lawyer who filed the suits -- including Gerald Singleton, a local attorney -- told the San Diego Union-Tribune they believe there could be other woman who suffered the same treatment at the hands of Imperial County Sheriff's Department employees...

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