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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.
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Audit finds sex offenders living in homes for state-protected children

Posted on October 01, 2010
A couple of problems with this audit, first, only ONE of the matching addresses was actually verified to be the home of a RSO; and second, they failed to check to see if the RSOs were juvenile RSOs placed in the foster settings. One other point, there was no check to see if the address of licensed care setting was current, they could have moved since their license was issued...

Court: Sex offender?s carpentry job at daycare center OK

Posted on September 30, 2010
9-29-2010 Arkansas: LITTLE ROCK ? Working at a daycare center is not necessarily illegal for a convicted sex offender if the work does not involve direct contact with children, the state Court of Appeals ruled today. The court overturned a Jefferson County circuit judge?s decision to revoke the probation of Joe A...

Man Beaten By Woman On Street

Posted on September 29, 2010
This man must closely resemble someone on the registry and well known in the area. 9-29-2010 California: Accusations Of Being A Pedophile Spark Attack OILDALE, Calif. -- A woman is in custody after, police said, she allegedly attacked a man and accused him of being a pedophile...

County says law limits sex offender e-mail notification plan

Posted on September 29, 2010
If anyone understands EXACTLY what law prohibits what they want to do, please contact eAdvocate. Whatever this prohibition is, it may also affect ALL the iPhone type Offender locator programs, hopefully stop them.9-29-2010 California: San Diego County is launching a one-year pilot program to inform neighborhoods by e-mail whenever the status of a registered sex offender living near them

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Registered offender fails to report bridge address

Posted on September 29, 2010
This is insane, just insane! All this to know where he sleeps for a few hours of the day/night.9-29-2010 New York: FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man who served a year behind bars for attempted sexual abuse 14 years ago is heading back to prison for failing to report his new address under a bridge...

Va. court reconsiders police GPS use

Posted on September 28, 2010
While the Virginia court rehears this case, the 9th Circuit has already done so with a similar case. see: USA -v- Juan Pineda-Moreno. This may be the reason why the Virginia court sua sponte decided to rehear their case. 9-28-2010 Virginia: Two weeks after the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that it was fine for police to use portable global positioning systems to track criminal suspects, the

Sex Offender Treatment Programs

Posted on September 28, 2010
9-28-2010 California: For the first time, the country got a closer look at a case that gripped San Diegans this year. Dateline debuted its season premiere Friday night with the case of John Gardner -- the sex offender who raped and killed Amber Dubois and Chelsea King...

Sex offender admits email violation

Posted on September 28, 2010
In this case we see a complete miscarriage of justice, the sentence. Whether the sentence is for "failure to register the e-mail" or "for the probation violation," the length is excessive. Hopefully the lawyer will appeal the sentence, even if the sentence is the remaining sentence from the original charge...

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Posted on September 25, 2010
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Do Child Predators Pose a Higher Risk on Halloween?

Posted on September 25, 2010
See study: "How safe are trick-or-treaters? An analysis of sex crimes on Halloween" Chaffin, M., Levenson, J.S., Letourneau, E., & Stern, P. (2009). 9-25-2010 National: The Risk of Sex Offenders on And Around Halloween Question: Do Child Predators Pose a Higher Risk on Halloween? Answer: There are a number of reasons to worry about your tween's safety on Halloween, but an increased risk of

More pervs getting busted again

Posted on September 25, 2010
The message this sends has nothing to do with GPS, because GPS doe s not prevent crime, it says, that, there are so many constraints on former sex offenders that they must resort to crime to exist in todays society! My comment would exclude the assault and battery type crimes...

State Supreme Court says former Lewis County convict can?t be forced to take lie detector about his sexual past

Posted on September 25, 2010
9-25-2010 Washington: The Washington State Supreme Court yesterday issued a ruling (and dissent) saying a Lewis County judge?s order to make a man undergo a polygraph examination about his sexual history is invalid. Jake Hawkins is the subject of an attempt by the state to label him a sexually violent predator so the state can commit him to civil detention following his sentence for a sex

Jury acquits man in costume 'flashing'

Posted on September 25, 2010
9-25-2010 Florida: DELAND -- A jury on Friday acquitted a 22-year-old man accused of exposing himself in front of a school bus filled with DeLand High School honor students, finding the act was a prank gone wrong. James Richmond did not expose his genitals as police, prosecutors and angry parents said he did, the jury found...

Police Arrest Sex Offender During Sunday Mass at St. Alexander

Posted on September 24, 2010
This is unbelievable... 9-24-2010 Illinois: A parishioner's complaint prompted police to arrest a convicted sex criminal from Orland Park during Sunday services on Sept. 19. Police arrested a registered sex offender at St. Alexander Church's Sunday Mass after a parent noticed the man among the worshipers...

Sex Offender Magazine? Sacramento man publishes sex predator listings

Posted on September 23, 2010
Before this magazine even gets to the stores, it will be out of date and spreading incorrect information. The only place where timely and accurate info is available, is, the state registry. Once you put this info into print, the magazine will become something that is kept around the house and folks will think they know, but the reality is, one minute after press time, it is out of date...

ACTION ALERT: The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, HR 5297, is about to be voted on by the House

Posted on September 22, 2010
9-21-2010 Washington DC:As I'm sure most folks know the Senate has passed HR 5297 "the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010," this is the bill with the offensive language in it and will deny any RSO convicted of a crime against a minor (person less than 18), any opportunity for a small business loan for the rest of their lives, if they find a need for such a loan, if the FULL House

Ky. Law Shields Some Sex Offenders From Registries

Posted on September 21, 2010
In all states juveniles are handled differently in the criminal justice system. However, this article suggests, if a juvenile is convicted of a sex offense, then they must be handled like an adult. What happened to reviewing the facts of a case before DECLARING the person GUILTY, which is exactly what is being suggested here...

Va. facility for sex predators to exceed limit in 2012

Posted on September 21, 2010
If sex offenders are the only danger to society, requiring them to be held beyond their criminal sentences, why have lawmakers defined other conduct as criminal and requiring a prison sentence, but not to be held beyond that? I do believe, that recidivism rates of non sex offenders prove they are a far more dangerous group after prison than sex offenders are...

Judge hears arguments on whether homeless sex offenders should be allowed to stay in shelters near schools

Posted on September 21, 2010
Opinion: The problem here is, the shelters have no duty to enforce the law, and they are using the law as a pretext to deny RSOs enter because they do not like having RSOs. The law -as written- is a mandate on the registrants, and if they have violated it, then the police should arrest them...

Teen pregnancy, incarceration rates major issues for Oklahoma

Posted on September 21, 2010
Comments by Wayne Bowers: This editorial emphasizes two serious embarrassments to Oklahoma which also have a negative impact on the social structure. Oklahoma locks up more women per capita than any other state. The birth rate for girls 15 to 17 is the sixth highest in the country and the rate for girls 18-19 is now second in the nation...

Lead plaintiff removed from sex offender registry

Posted on September 18, 2010
9-17-2010 Georgia:The lead plaintiff in a high-profile federal lawsuit that sought to overturn Georgia?s sex offender law is no longer required to register as a sex offender.A recent court order relieved ___ of the requirement, which severely restricts where offenders can live or work...

California rewards child molester (This is not a reward)

Posted on September 18, 2010
This article is being posted to show the venom that has been generated by the decision to award 4.3 million to someone who was beaten to the point of being -brain dead- in a jail system, whose policy appears to be to allow other inmates to pummel and murder folks who are held on sex crimes...

Divided SJC bars new probation limits on some sex offenders

Posted on September 18, 2010
9-18-2010 Massachusetts:A divided Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that new probation restrictions cannot be imposed on sex offenders ? such as wearing a GPS device or banning them from playgrounds -- until after they violate the rules.The 4-3 ruling came in the case of Ralph W...

Pentagon to investigate hundreds of suspected child pornography fans in its ranks

Posted on September 17, 2010
9-17-2010 Washington DC:In a reversal, the Pentagon says it will reopen hundreds of cases of alleged purchases of child pornography by Department of Defense employees that Pentagon officials previously declined to investigate, The Upshot has learned.Earlier this month, The Upshot reported exclusively that in 2007, investigators for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service obtained a list of

SMASHED FROG has moved - UPDATE bookmarks

Posted on September 17, 2010
9-17-2010 Florida:From Smashed Frog's NEW HOME comes the story as to why the old Frog Site disappeared, it goes like this:A year ago, [Frog] decided to buy a domain name from Google for ten dollars.All went well until a couple of months back. Google emailed me a notice to renew as I had not selected automatic renewal via a credit card with my initial purchase...

Indiana girl loses 14th Amendment argument to show us her breasts

Posted on September 17, 2010
Unclear is, whether these acts will cause one to register as a sex offender, whether a minor or an adult?9-17-2010 Indiana:A girl accused of exposing her breasts on an Indianapolis street cannot argue that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution gives her the freedom to do it, the state's appeals court ruled today...

Just Busted Magazine Sued For Sex Offender Listing

Posted on September 17, 2010
This is the likely result of local registries that fail to update EXACTLY when the state updates. Further, the iPhone type Apps (Offender Locator, etc) who use private data bases may also see lawsuits because of their private data bases. In fact, all Secondary Disseminated sites are now targets for lawsuits!9-17-2010 Tennessee:The magazine "Just Busted" that prints photos of recent local

NH court: sex offender can't attend church

Posted on September 17, 2010
Hummm, I'm not so sure their decision is correct.9-17-2010 New Hampshire:CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ? The New Hampshire Supreme Court has denied a sex offender's request that he be allowed to go to church with a chaperone.Jonathan Perfetto of Manchester was convicted in 2002 of possessing child pornography...

John Stouffer, 25, was stabbed to death in his room in a Ohio rooming house in 2009

Posted on September 15, 2010
See our earlier coverage of this case in 2009. 9-14-2010 Ohio:John Stouffer, 25, was stabbed to death in his room in a Ohio rooming house in 2009. Mr. Stouffer was a RSO and ultimately four people were arrested in connection with his death. One of those arrested was his ex-girlfriend...

Police say IPhones can store a treasure trove of incriminating evidence

Posted on September 15, 2010
9-15-2010 National:DETROIT -- Got an iPhone in your pocket? Then you might be storing even more personal information than you realize. And some of it could be used against you if you're ever charged with a crime. A burgeoning field of forensic study deals with iPhones specifically because of their popularity, the demographics of those who own them and what the phone's technology records during

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