Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies: Criminal Law

Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Criminal Law

Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Sex offenses, sex offender issues in prison, jail, civil commitment and the community including residency laws. Adam Walsh Act, recidivism, dangerousness, tiers, community issues, harassment, vigilantism, sex offender therapy issues.
By "eAdvocate"

Post Frequency: 10.2/day

Last Entry: October 03, 2020 at 00:40:04

NY- State judge throws out Rockland's housing law for sex offenders

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 New York: A state Supreme Court judge sitting in Rockland today invalidated Rockland's law restricting where sex offenders can live. Justice William Kelly, in an eight-page decision, found that state has specifically taken the responsibility for sex offenders...

CA- Molesters beware

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 California: Murrieta hopes to have made parks and other places where children hang out a little bit safer. It joined 25 other cities in California when the City Council unanimously approved a law banning registered sex offenders from child-friendly parks and venues...

TN- Tenn. high court rules to use medical testimony in child sex case

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 Tennessee: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Nashville firefighter is entitled to present medical testimony that a sleepwalking disorder caused him to commit child sex abuse. Adrian Leroy Scott II is facing trial on charges of raping a female relative in 2006, but claims he was asleep during the assaults and unaware of what he was doing...

IN- Jeffersonville sex offender ban headed to Court of Appeals

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 Indiana: The Indiana Civil Liberties Union, or ICLU, will continue to fight the Jeffersonville ordinance that bans convicted sex offenders from city parks. A brief on appeal was filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals last week, according to ICLU Legal Director Ken Falk...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

FL- Registered sex offender murdered in St.Petersburg

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 Florida: ST.PETERSBURG, FL -- Police are investigating the murder of a registered sex offender. Officers responded to a call of "shots heard" in the 2400 block of Highland Street South on Thursday night shortly before 8:00. When they arrived, officers discovered a white Ford E150 van had crashed into the rear of a parked, unattended silver Suzuki sedan...

NZ- Christchurch mother stakes out rapist

Posted on January 23, 2009
1-23-2009 New Zealend: A Christchurch mother is staking out a prison ready to stalk her daughter's rapist when he is freed next week. Jack Michael Harris, 46, was convicted in 2004 for the rape and indecent assault of the woman's daughter when she was 12 and 13...

GA- Man freed over sex offender law

Posted on January 22, 2009
1-22-2009 Georgia: A homeless Augusta man serving a life prison sentence for failing to register a home address because he is a sex offender will be freed. Attorneys worked out an agreement on Larry Moore's behalf that was accepted Wednesday by Chief Judge J...

AZ- U.S. Supreme Court will hear strip-search appeal

Posted on January 22, 2009
1-22-2009 Arizona: The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear Safford School District's appeal of a federal appellate court's ruling that a 13-year-old student's constitutional rights were violated by a strip search for Ibuprofen in 2003. Safford Middle School officials found no drugs in the clothing or other personal items of the student when the search was conducted Oct...

CA- ACLU attorney doubts efficacy of Murrieta sex offender proposal

Posted on January 21, 2009
Again, to date, no where in the nation has anyone shown a past crime that would have been prevented had a residency law been in place at the time, these laws are nothing but hypothetical nonsense a pretext and way to circumvent constitutional protections...

FL- Davie law targets landlords renting to sex offenders

Posted on January 21, 2009
To this date, no where in the nation has anyone shown a past crime that would have been prevented had a residency law been in place at the time, these laws are nothing but hypothetical nonsense a pretext and way to circumvent constitutional protections...

Anti-porn online law dies quietly in Supreme Court

Posted on January 21, 2009
CERTIORARI DENIED: 08-565 MUKASEY, ATT'Y GEN. V. ACLU, ET AL. 1-21-2009 National: WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal law intended to restrict children's access to Internet pornography died quietly Wednesday at the Supreme Court, more than 10 years after Congress overwhelmingly approved it...

CA- State spends millions on rents for paroled sex offenders

Posted on January 21, 2009
1-21-2009 California: State corrections officials spent nearly $22 million last year on apartments and motel rooms for hundreds of paroled sex offenders, paying more than $2,000 a month for some parolees and housing others in locations apparently prohibited under Jessica's Law, according to a MediaNews analysis of bank drafts issued by parole agents and addresses from the Megan's Law sex

Sexting: why the latest prosecution seems pointless

Posted on January 21, 2009
1-21-2009 National: It seems that adults continue to be shocked that teens are choosing to use the technology at their fingertips not just to say 'I'll Be Home at 10' and 'I Love You' but to send naked pictures of themselves to members of their target sex...

UK- Fears of vigilante killing after missing rapist's body is found in underground drain

Posted on January 20, 2009
See early story: 1-20-2009 United Kingdom: Detectives investigating the murder of a convicted rapist today confirmed his body was found in an underground drain. Alan Street is thought to have been killed by a vigilante mob at a house in Padiham, Lancashire, last month after police found blood matching his DNA...

CA- Revisit Jessica's Law

Posted on January 20, 2009
1-21-2009 California: The sex-offender statute is unaffordable and doesn't improve safety. If it can't be dropped, it should be rewritten. Of all the ill-considered ballot initiatives approved by California voters over the years, few can match Jessica's Law for sheer self-destructiveness...

WA- Lawmakers consider implanted chips for tracking sex offenders

Posted on January 20, 2009
This article is a bit misleading because the bill under consideration is a feasibility study to see if RFID chips can be used in conjunction with GPS technology. 1-20-2009 Washington: OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Lawmakers are considering a controversial bill that would outfit sex offenders with a surgically-implanted device that tracks their movement...

The Citizen's Briefing Book has closed

Posted on January 19, 2009
1-19-2009 Washington DC: Much to my regret it has been announced that the "Citizen's Briefing Book" has closed, somehow it seems it was not open long enough, all of us need to watch for these opportunities and when they happen get the word out to everyone ASAP...

UK- Body Found After Rapist Vanishes

Posted on January 19, 2009
See early story: 1-19-2009 United Kingdom: Detectives investigating the murder of a convicted rapist have found a body in Lancashire. Blood and DNA discovered in a house near Burnley in December have convinced police that sex offender Alan Street was beaten to death...

MA- Once-jailed sex offender offers his views

Posted on January 19, 2009
1-19-2009 Masachusetts: When last I saw Joel Pentlarge, he was being ushered off to a treatment center for sexually-dangerous persons in Bridgewater. Pentlarge had argued that he was not such a person, but the Hampshire County jury that decided his fate thought otherwise...

WI- Anatomy of a sting

Posted on January 19, 2009
1-19-2009 Wisconsin: How law enforcement officers catch Internet predators On Thursday, Racine Mayor Gary Becker joined hundreds of other suspected child predators who have been charged with attempted sexual assault of a child following an online sting operation by state agents...

Byrne Justice Assistance Formula Grants - Adam Walsh Act

Posted on January 16, 2009
1-16-2009 Washington DC: House Stimulus Bill Would Give $4Billion To Law Enforcement "The economic stimulus bill being considered by Congress would provide $4 billion to support state and local law enforcement, including $3 billion for the Byrne Justice Assistance formula grants to support law enforcement equipment and operating costs, and $1 billion for the COPS hiring grant program to hire

Obama's "Citizen's Briefing Book."

Posted on January 16, 2009
1-15-2009 Washington DC: Obama's Transition Team has started what they call the "Citizen's Briefing Book." Here is how they explain it: Share your ideas on any issue facing the new administration, then rate or comment on other ideas. The best rated ideas will be gathered into a Citizen's Briefing Book to be delivered to President Obama after he is sworn in...

AL- US court nixes state sex offender's registration

Posted on January 15, 2009
1-15-2009 Alabama: ATLANTA ? A man who sent obscene material to minors over the Internet is not required to register as a sex offender because his particular crime was not on the list in the federal statute mandating registration, a three-judge federal panel ruled Wednesday...

Harvard study: For teens MySpace might be safer than you think

Posted on January 15, 2009
Why do I think the past claims that, MySpace, Facebook and the like were "Predator Playgrounds" all but destroyed NEW business (accounts), and that is why MySpace and Facebook now join supporting this NEW study, with opposing claims. i.e., that social networks are very safe for teens and others...

AK- Man faces first-degree assault charge in lottery winner attack

Posted on January 15, 2009
See earlier story: 1-15-2009 Alaska: AFFADAVIT: Suspect called friend before beating. The man accused of attacking the $500,000 lottery winner spotted his target downtown and called an acquaintance to announce his plans before taking a tire iron to the man's head, according to charges filed Wednesday...

PA- "Sexting" Shockingly Common Among Teens

Posted on January 15, 2009
1-15-2009 Pennsylvania: Latest Case Involves Three Teen Girls In Pa. Who Sent Nude Pics To Three Boys While it may be shocking, the practice of "sexting" - sending nude pictures via text message - is not unusual, especially for high schoolers around the country...

PA- W.Pa. man gets prison for killing accused molester

Posted on January 15, 2009
This is the final sentencing phase of a case we reported on back in November 2008. I'm not sure why he was only charged with 3rd degree since a review of the facts seems to warrant a completely different charge. 1-15-2009 Pennsylvania: ERIE, Pa.?A northwestern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 21 to 42 years in prison for fatally shooting a man accused of molesting the shooter's 10-

CA- CDCR Places Entire Sex Offender Parolee Population on GPS Monitoring

Posted on January 14, 2009
So far no article mentiones whether the GPS is Active -or- Passive? i.e., whether the GPS unit tells where they WERE (Passive) or whether the GPS unit tells where they ARE (Active). The difference being "where they were" is a total waste of money and provides ZERO public safety, "where they are" still a waste of money but provides a SMALL measure of public safety...

PA- Sexting craze leads to child pornography charges

Posted on January 14, 2009
1-14-2009 Pennsylvania: American teenagers are increasingly facing prosecution as sex offenders as a result of the rapidly spreading practice of sending explicit photos of themselves by mobile phone ? a trend known as "sexting". In the latest case, three teenage girls in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, who sent nude self portraits, and the three male classmates who received the images, have all been

Online sex offender info rapidly expands

Posted on January 14, 2009
1-14-2009 National: Arizona parents who want to find out whether a suspicious e-mail has been sent by a registered sex offender now can check the sender?s e-mail address against the state?s database of convicted molesters. Utah residents can sign up for e-mail alerts to notify them when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood...

Previous | Next

Related Law Bulletins

2007 Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year: The Illegal Immigrant
The Dallas Morning News came up with a surprise today -- the newsp...

BREAKING NEWS - NJ Supreme Court's Decision in Mt. Laurel v. MiPro
Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a decision in Mount Lau...

Medical Malpractice News Roundup
From the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, a summary of recent de...

Insurance Department Issues Second Annual Ohio Medical Liability Closed Claim Report
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued its secon...

Primary Ads Urge Voters To Probe Candidates On Church-State Issues
A series of newspaper and television ads have been launched in New...