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VA- Bid denied, Portsmouth man stays on offender list

Posted on June 20, 2009
I find it most egregious that the legislature can change the terms of a final agreement made at sentencing, by changing the interpretation of the law as it was at the time of sentencing. i.e., by wordsmithing around whether registration means "further punishment" -or- "further regulation...

TX- Gov. Perry vetoes 37 bills, including 'Romeo and Juliet'

Posted on June 20, 2009
It is quite clear that the last thing Perry wants is, to place logic in the hands of the court. i.e., a judge to decide what is right under the circumstances of a case. Perry wants the control in the legislature so that "vengenance is mine" -Perry's theme, is strickly enforced...

MI- Drunk bridge jumper takes plunge in the buff

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Michigan:Cops, emergency rescue crew make rescue on the riverbankHolland, MI ? A Plainwell man found naked with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit near the River Avenue bridge Wednesday night, June 17, will likely face charges of indecent exposure, police said Thursday, June 18...

IA- Sex offenders calling state office, asking for advice on new law

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Iowa:Staff in the Iowa Department of Public Safety are busy fielding phone calls from sex offenders concerned about new restrictions on loitering that go into effect July 1st. According to Jim Saunders of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, sex offenders are asking whether they can attend their child's baseball game, for example...

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OH- Sex offender wins challenge of new law

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Ohio:LISBON - A sex offender who challenged a reclassification requiring him to register his address for the rest of his life won a new classification requiring less registration time.Billy Brown, 47, of 10601 Endley Road, Lisbon, filed his petition contesting his new sex offender registration level on Dec...

MT- Want A Job? Hand Over Your E-Mail Login

Posted on June 19, 2009
Sure, right, Bozeman here's my answer!6-19-2009 Montana:Bozeman, Montana Tells Applicants To Provide Facebook, Google "Usernames And Passwords," Which Some Find A Bit Too Invasive(CBS) If you're planning to apply for a job with the city of Bozeman, Montana, be prepared to hand over much more than your references and r�sum�...

Court rejects DNA access claim

Posted on June 19, 2009
Read case carefully, the court DID NOT SAY there is no right no matter what the circumstances of a case are. In essence, this case was not correct to decide the ultimate issue, but for this fellow there was no constitutional right. Further, this is an area of law still evolving in the states and NOT YET ripe for a final U...

MS- Bullying, drugs, sexting among concerns facing school officers

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Mississippi: BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - "Today, bullying is also happening technologically: Lies, rumors, gossip," a crime victims expert told a group of school resource officers Thursday.The officers are responsible for the health and safety of your children at school...

MO- Koster: 373 from Missouri linked to sex crimes removed from MySpace

Posted on June 19, 2009
IF, I say IF these are 373 NEW RSOs who have setup accounts after the 90,000 were previously removed, I would blame MySpace because they still have not changed their Terms of Agreement to indicate RSOs may not setup accounts; this failure is a system of entrapment!Now, since only ONE of the 90,000 was ever found to have communicated with a minor on MySpace, it is a waste of time to look at RSO

Major flaws in safeguards to protect public from killers and paedophiles

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Scotland:SERIOUS flaws have been exposed in the work of police, social work and other agencies tasked with protecting the public from the most dangerous violent and sexual offenders.A study published today finds the assessment of the risk posed by the most dangerous rapists, paedophiles and murderers after they are released from prison is often "poor or absent"...

UT- Group wants DUI registry

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Utah:LAYTON -- Davis County lawmakers heard this week about a preliminary proposal to post information on the Internet about residents who have been twice convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.The DUI offender Web site was proposed by a new group, Davis Helps, to the Davis Council of Governments Wednesday night...

IA- Iowa Supreme Court upholds sex offender treatment requirement for prisoners

Posted on June 19, 2009
6-19-2009 Iowa:The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a requirement that a convicted sex offender attend a treatment program to be eligible to get time off his sentence for good behavior. Jordan Holm was sentenced to prison for a maximum of ten years in November of 2003 for third-degree sexual abuse...

LA- BPSO registry tracking local sex offenders

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Louisiana:DeRidder, La. - The new sex offender registration that Sheriff Ricky Moses promised during his 2008 office campaign is holding up to its hype. ?All Beauregard Parish offenders are in compliance with the regulations so far,? says Deputy Ronnie Cooley, ?and the program is running very well...

WI- Sexual offenders rules set

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Wisconsin:Three years after the issue was first raised by Alderperson Randy Morrissette II, the Hudson City Council has adopted an ordinance restricting where people convicted of sex crimes may reside. Three years after the issue was first raised by Alderperson Randy Morrissette II, the Hudson City Council has adopted an ordinance restricting where people convicted of sex crimes may

AL- Sex Offender Talks About Moving Out Of Myric Motel

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Alabama:Sex offender talks about rejection, shares plan for moving, expresses feelings about the moveHUNTSVILLE, AL - The clock is ticking as the final days of the Myric Motel could be fast approaching. WHNT NEWS 19 told you last week about the State's Fire Marshal's Office serving a notice suggesting it close after the office found several code violations...

ID- Idaho high court considers sex offender case

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Idaho:BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Supreme Court is deciding whether a recent ruling allowing sex offenders to have attorneys during court-ordered psychosexual evaluations - or refuse to take part in the evaluations at all - should be applied retroactively...

CA- Computer hard drive focus of 'Dateline' doc hearing

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 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...

OH- OH - Shelter To Turn Tier III Sex Offenders Away

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Ohio:COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The only homeless shelter in Columbus to accept Tier III sex offenders planned to change its policy, 10TV News reported Tuesday.Faith Mission, located on Long Street, will no longer provide beds for the Tier III offenders beginning July 1, 10TV's Lindsey Seavert reported...

NJ- Don't rely on help from sex offender restriction

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 New Jersey:I am troubled for reasons that go beyond reactions to the state Supreme Court's decision to ban local ordinances barring child molesters from coming within a certain number of feet from schools, playgrounds, and other areas highly populated with children...

MI- Sex offenders create controversy in Detroit prisons

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Michigan:It?s not often that inmates object to the release of other prisoners, but it?s happening in Detroit. Some inmates at the Ryan and Mound prisons have told me they?re upset that the two east-side Detroit prisons have been turned into re-entry sites for what they call ?tree jumpers? and other sex offenders...

WI- Warren Lilly, torture victim?

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Wisconsin:Judge orders state to stop force-feeding protesting inmateAs Warren Lilly tells it, the bomb that destroyed a church in his boyhood home of Birmingham, Ala., was so close it caused his house to shake. Afterward he took part in a protest-march response led by Dr...

IN- It?s Time Washington D.C. Heeded the Constitution

Posted on June 18, 2009
6-18-2009 Indiana:If Thomas Jefferson could come back and visit the United States for a day, would he recognize the government his wisdom and wordsmithing helped create?He would likely be confused, or outraged, by the overreaching power of the federal government...

MO- Missouri Supreme Court ERRORS!

Posted on June 17, 2009
6-17-2009 Missouri:Court rules 10 must join sex offender registryJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri attorney general's office said Tuesday's ruling by the state Supreme Court means that all sex offenders in Missouri must register with the state, including those convicted before the registry was created more than a decade ago...

NY- Sign claims sex offender lurking at Rochester Community Center

Posted on June 17, 2009
6-17-2009 New York:ROCHESTER ? City officials say there is no indication anyone who uses the Community Center should feel unsafe despite signs an anonymous person posted there claiming a sex offender is "in our midst.""It has come to our attention that at the Rochester Community Center we have a level 3 sex offender with a child under 13," says a sign posted in a first-floor stairwell at the

SOSEN Announcement of a new project concerning "homelessness" under the Julia Tuttle Causeway

Posted on June 17, 2009
6-17-2009 National:A little background on how this SOSEN announcement was made, important because this is today's way of expressing First Amendment, Freedom of Speech rights which anyone can do.Apparently there is a Internet radio show known as "America's Reality Check" (ARC) which discusses "the TRUTH and not MYTHS of a range of Topics in our nation...

MySpace Cuts Work Force by 30 Percent

Posted on June 17, 2009
If they have over 1,000 its bloated all right, probably is if they have more than a handful since the majority of their operations are automated.6-17-2009 Global:The social network MySpace is reducing its staff to cut costs in an effort to return to what it calls a ?startup culture...

IA- Detectives shot 25 times at Harvell

Posted on June 16, 2009
5-19-2009 Iowa:Three West Des Moines police detectives fired 25 shots at a serial rapist last week after he pointed a blank-firing gun and threatened to kill them, according to a search warrant unsealed this morning.Adam Harvell, 36, was shot and killed after the detectives took a different search warrant to his townhouse in the Village at Glen Oaks, a gated community southeast of Jordan Creek

CA- Man can sue officials for keeping him in prison

Posted on June 16, 2009
6-16-2009 California:A Bay Area man can sue California officials for allegedly violating his rights by keeping him in prison for 18 months after a state court had overturned the law under which he was convicted, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.William Cousins claimed in his lawsuit that the state attorney general, prison system director and prison warden should have taken steps to free

Cyberbullying and Sexting Topics of Discussion at Cox?s Annual Teen Summit in DC

Posted on June 16, 2009
6-16-2009 National:Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When ?think before you click? becomes as vital a lesson as ?look before you leap,? it is clear that measures must be taken to create a safer cyber world for society?s youth. For the fifth consecutive year, Cox Communications has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children� (NCMEC) and John Walsh, host of America?s Most Wanted,

IA- Library considers sex offender law impact

Posted on June 16, 2009
The latest in idiot written laws. Tell me an idiot didn't write this law!6-16-2009 Iowa:City Attorney Don Hemphill assured Spencer Public Library board members recently that only four sentences in a new state law apply to city and county libraries. He also deemed the potential impact of the 32-page act signed by the Gov...

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