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Office of Justice - SMART - Case Law Updates

Posted on June 12, 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. The links below are PDF files and you will need Adobe Acrobat to view the files...

Research: Vigilante Justice Revealed

Posted on June 12, 2009
Courtesy of "Hope Lounge" Long, but worth the reading! 04/19/2009 By Hope I have not posted a blog lately because I have been so busy trying to get my research paper I told you guys about done. So here it is. It?s long, 15 pages. I?m debating whether or not I should just post it here, or have you email me if you want it...

NJ - Lampitt seeks restrictions on sex offenders

Posted on June 12, 2009
View the article here 06/12/2009 By ADAM SMELTZ When the state Supreme Court last month shot down local residency restrictions on sex offenders in Cherry Hill and other towns, Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (Email) didn't accept defeat. Instead, the Cherry Hill Democrat said, the court ruling gave the issue renewed urgency...

PA - Sunbury to change sex offender law

Posted on June 12, 2009
View the article here 06/12/2009 By Marcia Moore SUNBURY ? The city of Sunbury averted a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (Contact) this week by agreeing to revise an ordinance that bans registered sex offenders from loitering near public places where children gather...

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Touched by an Angel - Reasonable Doubt

Posted on June 11, 2009
I just finished watching this show, and it made me think. I wonder if this is one reason why most people are so eager to convict someone, when they are suppose to judge based on all evidence, and if there is any reasonable doubt, then they must plead "Not Guilty!" Makes you wonder, at least it did me...

IA - Grassley Webcast- How a bill becomes a law

Posted on June 11, 2009
YouTube Channel "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...

Amber Alert YouTube Channel

Posted on June 11, 2009
"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...

TX - Mentally Disabled Teen Gets 100 Years in Prison in Child Sex Abuse Case

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here This is just absurd. This judge should be reprimanded and disbarred. What an injustice, IMO! It's the "hang em' all" mentality, which is becoming a sickness! And I cannot believe a jury would convict him either...

NJ - Pols Seek Residency Limits For Sex Offenders

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here 06/11/2009 By Hazel Sanchez CHERRY HILL (CBS) - Some New Jersey lawmakers want to tighten residency restrictions on sex offenders. Critics, however, say that may only make it more difficult to identify predators. "When you put these kids in front of these predators, it's like giving a bottle of vodka to an alcoholic," Cherry Hill Mayor Bernie Platt (Email) says...

VT - Judge to decide whether Barre can limit where sex offenders live

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here 06/11/2009 By John Dillon A Superior Court judge must decide whether the city of Barre has the authority to limit where sex offenders can live. The case is the first in Vermont to challenge local ordinances aimed at keeping sex offenders away from schools and playgrounds...

IL - Chicago cop charged with sex assault

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here 06/11/2009 By Matthew Walberg and Pat Curry A Chicago police officer is being held in lieu of $350,000 bail this afternoon after being charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault in an attack on an underage girl...

FL - Crist delays decision on Fla. 'Romeo-Juliet' case

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here 06/11/2009 By BILL KACZOR TALLAHASSEE - He was 19 and she was 14 when they first had sex. The teenage lovers now have been married for nearly 10 years, but as a result of that youthful indiscretion _____ is listed as a sex offender on a state Web site...

How Bad Are Police Interrogations?

Posted on June 11, 2009
View the article here 04/28/2009 By Dre Smith Police interrogations are the primary reason many actually innocent persons go to jail and are wrongfully convicted. The tactics frequently used in police interrogations are nothing more than psychological devices as well as some physical to coerce or (schmoose) a person into confessing a crime in which they more than likely have not committed and have no knowledge of prior to the police actually spoon feeding them details...

HI - New Law Makes Texts, Online Harassment Illegal

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/09/2009 Violators Face 1 Year In Prison, $2,000 Fine HONOLULU -- Gov. Linda Lingle signed a new law on Tuesday that makes it illegal to electronically harass or stalk someone using text messages or social networking Web sites...

IN - Jeff sex offender law takes court hit

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/09/2009 A Jeffersonville ordinance banning sex offenders from city parks was used unconstitutionally when a man who was no longer required to register as one was blocked from watching his son play baseball, an Indiana Court of Appeals panel ruled today...

FL - Inmate Exports (Pushing the problem off to other states, instead of fixing the overcrowding problem)

Posted on June 10, 2009
YouTube Video The Florida Department of Corrections is balking at sending prisoners out of state to save money. Lawmakers approved the practice, beginning July first, but concerns over inmate rehabilitation and safety may halt the practice before it ever begins...

MO - Ex-mayor of Collins released (Mayor gets special treatment unlike non-government folks)

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here Kauffman - Special Treatment! Here is another double standard. An ex-mayor, caught in an Internet sting, serves 4 months and is released. And his entry on the registry, says he is noncompliant. 06/10/2009 By Dirk VanderHart The former mayor of the small St...

MA - Lynn board sets limits for sex offenders

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/10/2009 By David Liscio LYNN - The City Council Tuesday approved three ordinances meant to severely curtail where Level III sex offenders can live or congregate in Lynn. The unanimous votes for the three laws followed emotional public hearings at which neighbors, sex abuse victims, social workers, the city's police chief, school superintendent, mayor and others spoke in support of the restrictions...

WA - Mandatory microchip implants for criminals?

Posted on June 10, 2009
Related Article | HB-1142 This is rather old, but I've never seen this video, until now. "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...

LA - St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputy arrested for incidents involving 13-year-old girl

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/09/2009 A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office deputy was fired and then arrested after an investigation revealed that he'd acted inappropriately with a 13-year-old Mandeville-area girl, Sheriff Jack Strain announced this afternoon...

OH - Juvenile Sex Offenses On The Rise

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here Children committing sex crimes 06/09/2009 Scioto County ? Juvenile sex offenses in Scioto County have sky-rocketed from about ten cases a year. "A lot of people are like, oh it doesn't happen around small communities, but we do have a lot of it and it happens on a regular basis," said Detective Jodi Conkel with the Scioto County Sheriff's Office...

PA - Middletown passes sex offender residency law

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/09/2009 By MONICA VON DOBENECK Middletown Borough Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night limiting where sex offenders may live by a 4 to 2 vote, even though such laws have been challenged in court elsewhere. "I don't think the ACLU should hold local officials hostage," council president Rodney Horton said in casting his "yes" vote...

NV - Chris Hansen Goes Undercover In Vegas

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here It's only a matter of time before one of these criminals lashes out, and someone may get hurt! It's all about making money for NBC at the expense of shaming people. Just wait, I'm sure he'll get hurt one of these days! 06/09/2009 By Kelly West If ever there was a television personality capable of standing before a totally-busted criminal and manage to interview them with a straight face, it has to be Chris Hansen...

IL - Smithton officer not charged for alleged affair with 16-year-old

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/06/2009 By BETH HUNDSDORFER Investigated by State Police for alleged relationship A Smithton officer investigated by Illinois State Police for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl did not face criminal charges because the victim's father agreed to let the city discipline him, but that never happened...

PA - Philly case rekindles debate on vigilante justice

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here Vigilante is NEVER justified! These people got lucky he was the right person, and some innocent person did not get hurt! 06/10/2009 By PATRICK WALTERS PHILADELPHIA -- A dozen neighbors were so outraged by the brutal rape of an 11-year-old girl that they gave chase to a suspect and beat him, holding him until police arrived...

TX - Another Houston Lawyer Using YouTube

Posted on June 10, 2009
Houston Sex Crime Attorney Sex Offender Registration in Houston "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...

TX - Former Dance Teacher Please Guilty To Molestation Charges

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/09/2009 CORPUS CHRISTI - A local dance teacher is back in court and being accused of having sex with a 13-year old-student. The mother of the student took the stand Tuesday and the judge ordered KRIS 6 News not reveal her identity in order to protect the victim...

UK - Female nursery worker charged with sexual assault

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/10/2009 LONDON (Reuters) - A 39-year-old female nursery worker was charged on Wednesday with sexual assault and making and distributing indecent images of children. Devon and Cornwall Constabulary said _____, from the Efford area of Plymouth, had been charged with two counts of sexual assault by penetration...

CT - Greenwich voters reject sex offender ordinance

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 06/10/2009 GREENWICH (AP) - Voters in a Connecticut town have rejected a plan to prohibit sex offenders from loitering near schools, parks and playgrounds, but advocates say they'll bring it up for a vote again. Greenwich resident Sam Romeo says there is broad support for the proposed town ordinance from parents and other child safety advocates...

Episode 1 - The Incident (Nutsack Warrior)

Posted on June 10, 2009
View the article here 05/25/2009 One day while our hero, Nut-Sack, was on his way to the library, he stopped at a public restroom to relieve nature. As he entered the restroom he took his IPOD from his sack and slipped on his headphones. He walked to a stall, stepped inside and closed the door...

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