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WI- Out of the Shadows, Part 1: Confronting sex crimes in our community

Posted on June 24, 2009
6-24-2009 Wisconsin:Bringing justice to perpetrators of child sexual assault is a process that can be filled with revelations, tears, torn families, in-depth investigation and prosecution.It is also a process that may never begin due to shame and confusion...

No State in Compliance with Adam Walsh Act as July Deadline Approaches

Posted on June 24, 2009
The demise of the Adam Walsh Act began with its belief that all states should handle former sex offenders equally; simply not possible given the history of the United States and individual state laws. i.e., the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution. The fault is inherent in the law...

NC- Convicted sex offender doesn't have to register in NC

Posted on June 24, 2009
6-24-2009 NOrth Carolina:WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - A convicted sex offender from Colorado who was arrested earlier this month on unrelated charges does not have to register as a sex offender in North Carolina.Police say 41-year-old _____ moved to the area in 2006 from Colorado, where he was listed as a sex offender with a lengthy record...

Man shoots woman at crotch after he discovers her infamous male past

Posted on June 24, 2009
This is ONE example, of many, of our new death classification category, death by "sexual circumstances."6-24-2009 Russia:The police of Russia?s Volgograd finished the investigation into the death of a woman who had been murdered by her common-law husband...

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ME- New state law trumps local sex offender rules

Posted on June 24, 2009
Now, this is interesting, state law trumps local law IF a local law is enacted! Think about that, state logic prevails when thoughtless local actions didn't care about the reality of what the local law actually did not accomplish, prevention...6-24-2009 Maine:WATERBORO (June 24, 2009): A new state law that establishes boundaries for convicted sex offenders overturns stricter ordinances in Lyman

NC- Accused molester shot by girl's mother

Posted on June 24, 2009
6-24-2009 North Carolina:LUMBERTON ? A 43-year-old Lumberton man who was shot following accusations that he molested a 7-year-old relative has been charged with the sexual offense.Ray Demery, of Trenton Drive, was apparently shot by the alleged victim?s mother, according to a sheriff?s report...

MI- Why is youth suicide rate in Michigan so high?

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 Michigan:A Brighton boy's hanging death led to special legislation, but problem remainsOn a February evening in 2003, while his dad fixed dinner, 12-year-old Chase Edwards hanged himself in an upstairs bathroom.His father, Jeff Edwards of Brighton, said no one -- friends, family or teachers -- had realized Chase was not just a moody kid...

VT- 'Sexting' is thorny legal issue

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 Vermont:The Vermont state Senate wasn't planning to address what has become known as "sexting" this session when lawmakers held a hearing on a proposed expansion of state sex-offender laws. But a mother testifying before the judiciary panel referred to the phenomenon, in which teens send suggestive videos or pictures of themselves to each other on cell phones...

CA- Los Angeles Stops DNA Testing On Sex Cases

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 California:All L.A. DNA testing has been suspended by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on rape and sexual assault cases.The Los Angeles Times reports that L.A. DNA testing on thousands of rape and other sex-related crimes has been halted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as there is no more money to continue DNA testing in L...

Obamas' Recovery.gov Privacy Policy Changed Today

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 Washington DC:I'm not sure how many folks visit Recovery.gov Obamas' site which explains all about things he is doing to revitalize America, but today there was a change made to their PRIVACY POLICY which folks may want to read.I've found a wonderful site which tracks changes in various policies of websites and to read the Recovery...

CA- California lawmaker arranges improper deal on parolees

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 California:A California lawmaker (George Runner) arranged an improper deal with state corrections officials to stop an influx of parolees into his district 10 months before voters approved "Jessica's Law," the 2006 ballot measure he wrote to restrict where paroled sex offenders could live...

NV- Appeals court: ?Forcefully extracted? DNA violated man?s rights

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 Nevada:CARSON CITY ? In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that the constitutional rights of a person in the Las Vegas jail were violated when a law enforcement officer chained and forcibly took a DNA sample.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Metro Police Detective Dolphus Boucher, with the approval of Deputy District Attorney Elissa Luzaich ?forcefully extracted

TX- Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Council on Sex Offender Treatment

Posted on June 23, 2009
6-23-2009 Texas:AUSTIN ? Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three members to the Council on Sex Offender Treatment for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2015. The council develops and implements education policy concerning effective interventions and management of sex offenders...

CT- Blogger to appear in Conn. court

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 Connecticut:WEST HARTFORD ? A blogger is due in a Connecticut courtroom to face a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers.A judge is expected to arraign Harold "Hal" Turner of North Bergen, N.J., in Hartford Superior Court.The 47-year-old former radio talk show host, who now broadcasts commentary on his Web site, urged his blog readers earlier this month to "take up arms"

NH- Wife: My husband isn't a sex offender

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 New Hampshire:'He doesn't touch little kids,' she saysFrank Singleton isn't a sex offender, his wife says. "He doesn't touch little kids," Elizabeth Kuhns said last week, sitting on her mother's doorstep in Northfield, smoking a cigarette. In the eyes of the law, however, Singleton is a sex offender who's required to register as one and currently imprisoned for failing to do so...

FL- EDITORIAL: Tough call, but right call

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 Florida:Megan's Law was not meant for people like Virgil McCranie.This month, the 34-year-old Panama City Beach man asked the state's Clemency Board to pardon his sex-offender status so he "can give my children a life." The board, comprised of Gov...

FL- Miami's tent city for sex offenders

Posted on June 22, 2009
More videos here thanks to Sex Offender Issues:6-22-2009 Florida:This article is an adaptation of a feature that was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Americana programme. Americana is broadcast at 1915 BST every Sunday on BBC Radio 4 FM.A Miami law is forcing many of the city's sex offenders to sleep rough under a bridge, reports Emilio San Pedro for the BBC's Americana programme...

IN- HARBESON: Sex offender law something to think about

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 Indiana:Columnist says council, attorney piling mistake upon mistakeLast week, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the city of Jeffersonville in a lawsuit concerning the ordinance banning sex offenders in government parks. According to the appeals court, the city improperly used the law to prohibit Eric Dowdell from watching his little boy play baseball, even though he was

MI- Woman lives in fear of rapist's release from prison

Posted on June 22, 2009
Obviously the reporter tells this story to get an effect from readers; sensationalizing. It is clear that the woman is still living the horror of the crime and I wonder if she has had any therapy to help her with those feelings. Now, the reporter is at fault here because ONLY one side of a story is told, no interview with any Parole Board member to see why they would have paroled this man,

NY- New York state central register on child abuse and neglect seriously flawed

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 New York:Almost everyone knows that New York State maintains a sex offender registry, but few people know that New York State, in deed all states, also maintains a child abuse and maltreatment registry, known as the State Central Register. While the sex offender registry serves a useful purpose in that it makes the public aware of convicted sex offenders, the nature of their crimes,

CO- Prison spending still shackles state budget

Posted on June 22, 2009
6-22-2009 Colorado:Until sentencing laws change, not much can be doneOn June 3, Gov. Bill Ritter signed Senate Bill 228, repealing the statutory spending limitation (the Bird-Arveschoug Act) that held the annual increase in general fund spending in Colorado to 6 percent...

DC- Supreme Court to Review Law Targeting Sex Predators (Federal Civil Commitment)

Posted on June 22, 2009
First I object to this reporter's use of "sex predator" and "sexual deviants" because that merely shows the prejudice of the reporter and does not fairly tell the story, factually. The reality is, the way that portion of the Adam Walsh Act is written, IF a federal prosecutor prosecuted a Romeo & Juliet case and sent that person to federal prison, then at the end of that person's sentence s/he

FL- Sex-offender laws burden neighborhood

Posted on June 21, 2009
Caused by politicians who allege they are protecting children. Hummm, what about the children in the "clustered area" are they being protected?6-20-2009 Florida (Broward):The surreal specter of people forced by the state to live under a bridge is only one of the unintended consequences of South Florida's overwrought sex-offender residency laws...

NY- Dozens of sex offenders live in the Falls

Posted on June 21, 2009
Clustering as mentioned in article is the result of Political Fear Mongering who use myths to gat laws enacted. Politicians care not how they affect neighboring communities when they pass residency restrictions, their ONLY concern is their particular district and constituents who keep them in office...

CA- Decoy testifies at sex-sting hearing: Doctor's defense unlikely to be allowed to call computer expert to refute theory

Posted on June 20, 2009
See earlier stories HERE and HERE, in Texas the judge put the guy, who would not turn the drive over, in jail!6-20-2009 California:A Sonoma County judge is apparently satisfied with the explanation of why a police decoy's computer can't be turned over by prosecutors in the case of an East Bay doctor charged in a televised "sex-predator" sting in Petaluma three years ago...

I guess Pepsi is the choice of drink

Posted on June 20, 2009
Young Raccoons Saved from Pepsi Machine @ Yahoo! Video

Happening in Congress: HR 2847 Appropriations

Posted on June 20, 2009
6-20-2009 Washington DC:The U.S. House approved an appropriations bill (HR 2847) Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes...

GPS Devices Not a Silver Bullet, States Say

Posted on June 20, 2009
6-20-2009 National:GPS monitoring ? embraced as a simple technological solution for tracking the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders ? is proving to be something less than a silver bullet for state and local public safety agencies.Convinced that GPS monitoring was the answer to the sex offender problem, judges and lawmakers began mandating the technology for high-profile parolees...

RI- Inmate deaths

Posted on June 20, 2009
6-20-2009 Rhode Island:Inmate deaths A total of 62 prisoners have died while at the Adult Correctional Institutions since Jan. 1, 2000, according to data provided by the Department of Corrections. Causes vary from brain aneurysms to drug overdoses to cancer...

FL- What we think: Keep eye on sex predators

Posted on June 20, 2009
6-20-2009 Florida:In a high-profile (civil commitment) court case last month in Sanford, a man held since 2001 at the state mental hospital for violent sex offenders was released into the community ? without any provision for further treatment or law-enforcement monitoring...

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