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FL- Court Upholds Sex Offender Law

Posted on March 27, 2009
3-27-2009 Florida:ATLANTA | A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a U.S. law requiring sex offenders to register with authorities when they move from one state to another.U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell of Orlando erred when he ruled the registration provision of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 was "facially unconstitutional," a three-judge panel of the 11th

NJ- New Jersey Teen Accused Of ?Sexting? On Myspace

Posted on March 27, 2009
3-26-2009 New Jersey:A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com - charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted.The case comes as prosecutors nationwide pursue child pornography cases resulting from kids sending nude photos to one another over cell phones and e-mail...

MN- Senate OKs funds for treatment of sex offenders

Posted on March 27, 2009
See earlier story:3-27-2009 Minnesota:Acting quickly to avoid potential layoff notices to prison staff, the Minnesota Senate voted unanimously Thursday to cover a $16 million shortfall in the state's sex offender program. The House is expected to vote on the issue early next week...

MI- Rehabilitating sex offenders

Posted on March 27, 2009
3-27-2009 Michigan:MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - To get Michigan back on track, the governor is being forced to make some tough decisions.Governor Granholm plans to cut $100 million from the prison system. That's enough to close two state prisons and force parole boards to think about letting some 4,000 prisoners free...

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TX- Mom Mistakenly Placed on Sex Offender List

Posted on March 27, 2009
A Dallas woman found out she was on the state's sex offender registry -- only she has never been convicted of a crime. ..Source.. by NBC

OH- Urine-fetish bill distracts Senate from real issues

Posted on March 27, 2009
3-27-2009 Ohio:A Columbus man with one of the grossest -- and rarest -- fetishes has befuddled our criminal-justice system. What do we do? Introduce a bill to punish him!The system of financing just about every state-government operation is on the brink of disaster...

IN- Former Mishawaka police officer sentenced after being caught in sex sting

Posted on March 27, 2009
Nothing like the judge telling the whole community, including would be Johns, where the ladies of the night are. And former cop, sentenced to "Home Detention" then barred for 9-months from areas mentioned. Somehow the 9-months limitation is suggestive of, afterwards do as you wish...

FL- Sen. Nan Rich Defends Bestiality Bill

Posted on March 27, 2009
This is interesting because it is a case of bad reporting, in that, the reporter failed to look at the site mentioned by the legislator Humane Society of the United States which cites a page full of statistics proving their contention.3-27-2009 Florida:Of all the thorny, polarizing, and controversial subjects that a state legislator must handle, Sen...

VT- Sex Offender Sentence Criticized

Posted on March 27, 2009
1-5-2006 Vermont:Vermont Judge Edward Cashman is coming under fire for handing out a light sentence to a child rapist.The judge says did it because he no longer believes in punishment and he wants to speed the rapist's entry into a rehabilitation program...

Vigilante justice rarely works to catch predators

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 National:NCAC speaker: Best to let law enforcers handle It makes for great TV. A sneaky guy knocks on the door of a suburban house, believing he's about to rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl he's been chatting with on the Internet, oblivious that hidden cameras and a television reporter await him...

The False Imprisonment of a Minor Problem

Posted on March 26, 2009
If it is held that, under the circumstances of this case, a person can be added to the sex offender registry if a child is in the vicinity of the underlying crime, then there is no crime -where a child may be present- that cannot be added to the registry...

FL- Ordinance targets sex offenders

Posted on March 26, 2009
One begins to wonder if there is a sane lawmaker in Florida..3-26-2009 Florida:Movements would be restrictedA sweeping new ordinance passed this week restricts the movements within Lee County for anyone convicted of a sexually motivated offense.Under the Child Safety Zone Ordinance, registered sexual offenders and sexual predators will not be allowed to remain within 300 feet of day cares,

CA- Confusing sex-offender mandate stalled in its tracks

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 California:SAN FRANCISCO ? A California law requiring a lifetime of GPS monitoring for sex offenders has turned into a logistical and budget nightmare for San Mateo County ? and virtually every other jurisdiction in the state. Named for a Florida girl raped and killed by a convicted sex offender, Jessica?s Law was passed by 70 percent of California voters in 2006...

NY- Hikind Retreating On Tough Tactics Against Molesters

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 New York:Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn, a leading voice in the fight to end child sexual abuse in Orthodox communities, is backing down from some of his previous claims and backing away from one of his most confrontational stands against an alleged pedophile...

MN- Sex Offender Program needs $16 million, and quick

Posted on March 26, 2009
Days before the program is slated to run out of money, a Senate committee will take it up today.Minnesota's controversial Sex Offender Program will run out of money next month unless a bill to cover a $16 million shortfall gets quick action in the state Senate, officials said Wednesday...

FL- Sex offenders may be banished by proposed Winter Garden rule

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 Florida:Sex offenders living in Winter Garden could be banished from the city by an ordinance being considered by officials tonight.If adopted, the ordinance would restrict where people convicted of a sex-related crime may live by adding a restriction that forbids them from residing within 2,500 feet of school-bus stops...

CA- Teens take texting to a new level

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 California:A form of sexual discovery to fulfill curiosity for adolescents is turning into a felonyWhen younger generations grow up in the age of MySpace, Facebook and YouTube, their level of exposure to explicit and sexual situations are much greater than those before them...

NJ- Record editorial: Uniformity of justice

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 New Jersey:MEGAN'S LAW is a well-intended piece of legislation. The byproduct of the brutal murder of a young New Jersey girl by a sex offender who lived unknown in her neighborhood, the law was created to increase public awareness of where sex offenders lived after release from prison...

TX- Judge rules child killer unfairly labeled sex offender

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 Texas:Convict deserves hearing on whether he lacks sexual control, judge says.Convicted child killer Raul Meza deserves a hearing on whether he lacks sexual control, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling gives Meza a chance to shed the sex offender restrictions that have helped keep him confined for more than six years at a Del Valle facility for parolees...

NJ- Megan's Law mom criticizes 'sexting' charges

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 New Jersey:TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? The mother of the New Jersey girl whose death inspired Megan's Law is criticizing prosecutors who charge teenagers with child porn for distributing nude photos of themselves.Maureen Kanka said Thursday that the prosecutors are harming the children more than helping them...

AR- Father Accused of Shooting Sex Offender

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 Arkansas:HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR---A man in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, is behind bars accused of shooting a registered sex offender he claims raped his young daughter. The shooting happened on March 25, 2009, on Oakland Avenue. Police charged 26 year-old Jimmy Haynes with first degree battery for shooting his girlfriend's father, registered sex offender Kovadis Maxie...

CA- 10News Examines Sex Predator Treatment Program

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 California:SAN DIEGO -- Locked away in Coalinga State Hospital are 760 sexual offenders, with 60 of them from San Diego County.Among the 60 is Matthew Hedge, a sexually violent predator who could leave Coalinga and move into a trailer stationed outside of Donovan State Prison in a few weeks...

OH- Ohio bill tackles 'sexting' among teens

Posted on March 26, 2009
Notice that State Rep Maag only has children in college.3-26-2009 Ohio:A Warren County state representative announced today he will introduce legislation to address the growing problem of ?sexting,? or minors sending nude photographs and videos of themselves and others through cell phones...

PA- Greensburg Kids Get Phones Back After 'Sexting' Sentence

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 Pennsylvania:Juvenile Judge Gives Boys, Girls Community ServiceGREENSBURG, Pa. -- Criminal cases against Greensburg Salem High School students who were caught "sexting" have been resolved in juvenile court.All six students -- three boys and three girls -- were sentenced to curfews and community service, and they each got their cell phones back...

MO- Proposal would add thousands to sex offender registry

Posted on March 26, 2009
Even a change in the state constitution doesn't eliminate an ex post facto challenge. Changes in law, if resulting in additional punishment, do not change the rights that existed when a crime was committed.3-26-2009 Missouri:SPRINGFIELD -- "I believe it's important to know who your neighbors are," said Lisa Simmons, Greene County's sex offender registrar...

MA- State puts porn pervs in sights

Posted on March 26, 2009
3-26-2009 Massachusetts:Pervs preying on the elderly or disabled could soon face harsh new penalties under a first-of-its-kind proposed law that would punish sicko peddlers of geriatric and handicapped porn the same as child pornographers.Fueled by a rise in sex abuse against the elderly and disabled and a string of cases involving photography and cyber postings, the proposed legislation would

PA- ACLU sues Wyoming County DA over threat of charges for sexting

Posted on March 25, 2009
3-25-2009 Pennsylvania:Three students in the Tunkhannock School District in Wyoming County have filed a federal lawsuit against the district attorney there, claiming that his threats to charge them with child pornography for sending pictures of themselves either topless or in bras amount to abuse of his authority...

NY- Riverhead Town sues Suffolk County over trailer

Posted on March 25, 2009
Isn't infighting wonderful, so productive. Neither of these parties have a single ounce of proof that RSOs, living within a proscribed area commit crimes at the proscribed place, in fact there is evidence of the contrary that RSOs do not commit such crimes...

MI- Controversy continues over sex offender who froze to death

Posted on March 25, 2009
3-25-2009 Michigan:GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The death of a homeless man continues to stir up controversy.The victim was found dead behind an auto salvage business in late January, he froze to death after being turned away from a shelter. He was later identified as 52-year-old Thomas Pauli...

PA- Allegheny to appeal sex offender ordinance ruling

Posted on March 25, 2009
3-25-2009 Pennsylvania:Allegheny County will appeal a federal court ruling that struck down residency restrictions for sex offenders, the county executive's office announced today."We believe it is important to appeal this ruling in order to provide an additional level of protection for children here in Allegheny County," Executive Dan Onorato said in a news release...

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