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GA - Does what the Troup County Sheriff says, in this video, agree with current Georgia law?

Posted on December 09, 2010
The text below, is what we posted on their YouTube video, before they took it down. It was also on the front page of their web site, which is also now removed. But, they still have it on their Facebook page. Maybe they should read HB-571? Video Description and Comment SentYou can read more about the Georgia law and lawsuits, here: http://www...

FL - Sex offender's home destroyed - A registered sex offender lost his mobile home in a fire police called suspicious, although they didn't think he was targeted

Posted on November 18, 2009
View the article here 11/18/2009 By RACHEL HATZIPANAGOS AND SOFIA SANTANA A suspicious fire burned down the mobile home of a registered sex offender, but Davie police say they don't think the man was targeted. Davie Fire Rescue responded to the fire at the mobile home in the 400 block of Southwest 132nd Avenue about 7:45 a...

MA - Sex offender ban sought for homeless shelters

Posted on November 18, 2009
View the article here 11/18/2009 By David Abel The most dangerous sex offenders would be barred from staying at homeless shelters under a plan proposed by advocates for the homeless and endorsed by key legislators. As the state?s steep budget cuts have forced organizations that help the homeless to cut beds, staff, and programs, the advocates for the needy say banning sex offenders would allow shelters to save money on security, open up space for others, and make shelters safer...

FL - Inmate Release (Stop putting people in jail for stupid reasons, and this might not be an issue!)

Posted on November 18, 2009
Video Link "That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing." - Martin Luther King (United States Constitution, Bill of Rights) © 2006-2009 Sex Offender Issues , All Rights Reserved

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Overblown Fears - #7 - Web Predators!

Posted on November 17, 2009
View the article here See here about the "1 in 5" number By Andrew Holbrooke The rise of social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace was a two-part story for many parents. Part one was excitement over how easy it is to connect with people. Part two was pure fear...

AU - 'Alarming' spike in teenage sex offences

Posted on November 17, 2009
View the article here 11/16/2009 Police in Melbourne are concerned about an alarming increase in sexual assaults against teenage girls. Detectives are investigating more than 40 cases where the victim or alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault are teenagers...

NJ - Town Tries To Drop Sex Offender Restrictions

Posted on November 17, 2009
View the article here 11/17/2009 By Christine Sloan West Milford Township Council Repeals Ordinance Preventing Offenders From Living Near Schools, Playgrounds WEST MILFORD (CBS) - It's a controversial debate in New Jersey. Some local governments are now dropping restrictions on convicted sex offenders...

UK - Websafe videos

Posted on November 17, 2009
Rehabilitating sex offenders Video Link The psychologist's view Video Link Anti-paedophile police speak out Video Link Grooming Video Link "That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing...

TX - Former officer goes to prison for child porn Orval Roger Miller

Posted on November 17, 2009
View the article here 11/17/2009 By Scott Lawrence BASTROP (AP) - A former Elgin police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison in a child pornography case. A Bastrop County jury on Friday convicted 48-year-old Orval Roger Miller on three third-degree felony counts of child pornography possession...

NV - Flawed sex offender tracking leads to wrong door (Website uses Offender Watch!)

Posted on November 17, 2009
View the article here See this related article This article is rather old, so the site may have been working out kinks, but, like the article says, one error is too many! This person is being harassed, and is not a sex offender, all because the website has the wrong information...

Offender Watch - Spreading misleading recidivism statistics

Posted on November 16, 2009
See this detailed article Also, the sites who use Offender Watch, use a generic template, and I've seen one or two that has a disclaimer about using the registry to harass or threaten people, but most do not have any warning what so ever. So, if the states use this, they basically are not in compliance with the SORNA regulations...

OH - Huron County sex offenders take retroactive law to Ohio Supreme Court

Posted on November 16, 2009
View the article here 11/12/2009 By CORY FROLIK Three sex offenders from Huron County are challenging the constitutionality of an Ohio law regarding sex offender registration. The trio claim Senate Bill 10, which was enacted in 2007 and changed the way sex offenders are classified, has a retroactive clause that unfairly punishes offenders convicted before the law went into effect...

IL - Man shot, then killed by hit-run vehicle

Posted on November 16, 2009
View the article here 11/15/2009 By Deanese Williams-Harris, Andrew L. Wang and William Lee Chicago police Sunday were continuing their search for the person who shot a convicted sex offender and struck him with a vehicle near a lounge in the city's Chatham neighborhood...

FL - Child-safety zones work

Posted on November 16, 2009
View the article here Also read this, and leave a comment 11/14/2009 By JILL LEVENSON In an Associated Press article printed in the Nov. 4 Miami Herald we learned that Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability concluded that residential-restriction laws for sex offenders are ineffective in preventing repeat abuse...

Child Abductions: the Hype vs. the Reality

Posted on November 16, 2009
View the article here Take the polls at the above link. 11/13/2009 Are children more likely to be abducted today than they were in past generations? It's a question every parent contemplates, especially in the age of 24-hour news, when sensationalized reports of missing children -- such as 7-year-old Somer Thompson's abduction and slaying -- seem to be a permanent fixture on television and computer screens...

GA - Georgia may adopt Halloween restrictions for offenders

Posted on November 16, 2009
View the article here 10/30/2009 ATLANTA - A Democratic lawmaker is introducing a measure that would require Georgia sex offenders to post "No Candy Here" signs on Halloween. State Rep. Rob Teilhet (Email), who is running for Attorney General, said Friday his proposal would punish offenders who violate the law with 60 days in jail and a $1,500 fine...

Lithuania - Drasius Kedys - Killed a woman and judge because they allegedly molested his daughter

Posted on November 15, 2009
View the article here 11/01/2009 By PATRYCJA ROMANOWSKA Nothing depresses me more than reading newspaper accounts of adults sexually abusing children. I try not to read them but it's like driving past a car crash -- you look even though it twists your insides and makes you worry about your loved ones...

NY - Does a watched pot boil? A time-series analysis of New York State's sex offender registration and notification law

Posted on November 15, 2009
View the article here Read the PDF document here Citation Does a watched pot boil? A time-series analysis of New York State's sex offender registration and notification law. Sandler, Jeffrey C.; Freeman, Naomi J.; Socia, Kelly M. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law...

OH - Tracking Homeless Sex Offenders

Posted on November 15, 2009
View the article here Read and leave your comments This just shows you how ignorant on the issues politicians are. If an offender is homeless, do you really think they can afford to pay for the GPS? No, and tax payers will be footing the bill! And a chip implant is an invasion of privacy...

MEXICO - Violent crowd turns on suspected kidnappers

Posted on November 15, 2009
Police rescued four suspected kidnappers from a town hall surrounded by hundreds of angry residents who wanted to mete out their own punishment. Earlier, townspeople had tossed gasoline at the building in a bid to get at the men. (Nov. 11) Video Link "The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of a civilization...

NV - Brakes put on the "Stripper Mobile" (Sex sells!)

Posted on November 15, 2009
View the article here 11/14/2009 By Maria Silva Strippers in a box on the Las Vegas Strip. The mobile advertisement got plenty of local and national attention this week. It also grabbed the attention of our county commissioners. Now it appears the Stripper Mobile may be a thing of the past...

The Constitution for Dummies - Fox News's Judge Andrew Napolitano

Posted on November 15, 2009
Wikipedia | Contact "The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of a civilization. We must have a desire to rehabilitate into the world of industry, all those who have paid their dues in the hard coinage of punishment...

The Man Behind 'America's Most Wanted'

Posted on November 15, 2009
View the article here 11/13/2009 By RYAN OWENS and CLAIRE PEDERSEN John Walsh Hunts Most Dangerous in Name of Justice: 'I'll Always be the Parent of a Murdered Child' For more than two decades, John Walsh has been hunting the country's most dangerous criminals...

CA - Crusading Calif. D.A. Retires, Leaves Painful Wake

Posted on November 14, 2009
View the article here Day care sex abuse hysteria Sean Penn - Witch Hunt (Web Site) 11/14/2009 By GARANCE BURKE Crusading Calif. D.A. retires, leaving painful wake of overturned cases, costly settlements The molesters drank blood, the children said, and hung them from hooks after forcing them to have sex with their parents...

UK - Paedophile's Wife Praised For Trapping Him

Posted on November 14, 2009
View the article here It's good the man was caught, but this lady, instead of becoming a vigilante, should have contacted police and let them do their job! 11/13/2009 By Jo Couzens A woman who trapped her paedophile husband by posing as a teenage girl on the internet has been praised by a children's charity...

PA - 6ABC Interviews Risa Vetri Ferman on Missing Sex Offenders

Posted on November 14, 2009
Maybe if the police, probation and parole did not have to monitor 100% of the offenders, but only those who are truly dangerous, then things would work out. They have too much work to do. 95% of those on the registries are not dangerous, only about 5% should really be monitored closely...

CA - Sex Offender Sanctuary under a Fresno Bridge (The new Julia Tuttle?)

Posted on October 27, 2009
View the article here Repeating the same mistakes in Florida, Georgia and across the country! 10/27/2009 FRESNO (KFSN) - You may have passed them on the streets and never even knew they were there. Sixty sex offenders -- making their way through the system and living together in a camp...

GA - Unconventional group takes on child abuse

Posted on October 27, 2009
View the article here BACA - Murder for Hire BACA - Former Member, arrested on child sexual abuse By Debbie Lurie-Smith Members of Jones County?s Interagency Support Committee may be partnering with a unique group of individuals to ensure the safety of abused children...

OH - Mayors back legislation on sex offenders

Posted on October 27, 2009
View the article here 10/27/2009 By CHRISTOPHER BOBBY WARREN - Mayors in the two largest Trumbull County cities are backing legislation calling for increased scrutiny of violent sex offenders on the verge of being released from prison. Both Mayors Michael O'Brien in Warren and Ralph Infante in Niles say they agree with the view of County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, who asked both mayors to write to Gov...

TX - HPD monitoring sex offenders on Halloween

Posted on October 27, 2009
View the article here 10/26/2009 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A special visit from Houston police officers as they go door-to-door, looking for potential problems that could put children at risk. It's all part of a special patrol ahead of Halloween night. The program targets sex offenders still on probation or parole...

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