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Murrieta police seeking ?angry? sex offender who authored letter

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-11-2010 California:On June 9, several residents in Murrieta received a detailed anonymous letter sent to them individually through the U.S. mail.Murrieta police are trying to find the author of an anonymous letter that was sent to some residents near an elementary school where a registered sex offender was forced to move because of public pressure, said Lt...

Panel discusses sex-offender registry

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-11-2010 Texas:Adam Walsh compliance also taken up by senatorsAUSTIN (KXAN) - The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met at the Texas State Capitol to hear public and invited testimony regarding the efficiency and fairness of the current sexual offender registry system, as well as the issue of compliance with the Adam Walsh Act ...

New York AG Suing Social Network Tagged.com for Child Porn

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-11-2010 New York:New York?s attorney general Andrew Cuomo accused the social networking site Tagged.com on Thursday of not responding to user reports of child pornography and sexual solicitation of minors, which has allowed the popular site to become a place where sexual predators can exploit children...

Update: Prosecutor: RI sex-offender registry bill on hold

Posted on June 11, 2010
6-10-2010 Rhode Island:PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill that would have required Rhode Island to comply with a federal law requiring changes in the way states classify and register sex offenders appears to be on hold. The bill, (S-2897) introduced by Sen. James E...

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Is jailing debtors the same as debtors jail?

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Indiana: Some legal experts say the practice violates state constitutional bans on debtors prisons.Herman Button listened in stunned silence as a judge in Perry County, Ind., threatened him with jail time unless he agreed to pay $25 a month toward an eight-year-old housing debt...

Waukesha man petitions for release from sexual predator restrictions

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Wisconsin:Jun. 8--WAUKESHA -- Dennis C. Marth, who in September 2007 was released to live in Waukesha with strict supervision under the state's sexual predator law, has asked a judge to free him from the law's restrictions. A trial on Marth's petition is scheduled for 9 a...

Links to defamatory content in email made sender liable, says US court

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Texas:A US bankruptcy court has said that a man committed defamation just by forwarding an email with links in it to online material that was defamatory. The court said that the man 'published' the blog to his email recipients.The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas was dealing with the bankruptcy of William Perry...

Committee discusses paying for offenders? legal counsel

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Nebraska:The Judicial Process Committee of the North Dakota Legislature met at the North Dakota State Hospital Wednesday to take reports and discuss pending legislation planned for the upcoming legislative session. The Judicial Process Committee of the North Dakota Legislature met at the North Dakota State Hospital Wednesday to take reports and discuss pending legislation planned for

ACLU calls proposed child safety zones 'unlawful'

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Connecticut:A proposal to establish ?child safety zones? in town that would bar registered sex offenders from places like playgrounds and sports facilities has been called a violation of civil rights by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)...

Conn. Judge Accused of 'Empathy' Toward Sex Offenders Gets Senate Panel OK

Posted on June 10, 2010
6-10-2010 Connecticut:The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the Circuit Court nomination of a controversial judge assailed by Republicans for his "empathy" toward sex offenders and intervention in the high-profile case of a serial killer...

High Court (U.S. Supreme Court) Asks if Sex Offender Case Is Moot

Posted on June 08, 2010
6-7-2010 Washington DC:CN) - The [U.S.] Supreme Court on Monday asked the Montana Supreme Court for guidance on whether a juvenile can challenge national requirements to register as a sex offender. The state court's answers will help the justices decide if the case is moot...

House Judiciary Hearing Wednesday: Collateral Consequences

Posted on June 08, 2010
6-8-2010 Washington DC:Dear Friends,On June 9th, I will be testifying at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Barriers to Reentry for the Formerly Incarcerated." You can download an advance copy of my testimony here...

CA State Assembly Pass New Sex Offender Law

Posted on June 08, 2010
There is still time to fight this bill, but it will be in the Senate. see below6-8-2010 California:As we have discussed, Chelsea's Law would lock up some child molesters for life, without the possibility of parole. The new sex offender law recently cleared the California State Assembly...

Juvenile Sex Registry Loss May Cost State $5M

Posted on June 08, 2010
With the way the feds are dumping money into the Byrne Grant Fund, its getting harder and hader for states to ignore the 10% reduction in federal funding if they do not enact AWA.6-8-2010 Tennessee:Tenn. Must Add Registry To Comply With Federal Adam Walsh ActNASHVILLE, Tenn...

Sex offender reacts to new law

Posted on June 08, 2010
6-8-2010 Georgia:AUGUSTA, Ga. - Governor Sonny Perdue signed a new sex offender law that erases restrictions for some convicted sex offenders, making it harder for law enforcement to keep track of them. 26 News spoke with one sex offender about the law and how it will make his life easier...

State police upgrading systems to meet stricter U.S. guidelines

Posted on June 08, 2010
6-8-2010 Pennsylvania:Pennsylvania State Police are upgrading their computer system to meet stricter federal requirements for sex offenders to register their residences.States are required to implement the upgraded tracking systems under the federal Adam Walsh Act by July 2011...

States close down youth prisons as reforms take hold, helping them save money in budget crisis

Posted on June 07, 2010
6-6-2010 National:After struggling for years to treat young criminals in razor wire-ringed institutions, states across the country are quietly shuttering dozens of reformatories amid plunging juvenile arrests, softer treatment policies and bleak budgets...

Fault Lines - Dying Inside: Elderly in prison

Posted on June 06, 2010
6-6-2010 National:The US' massive prison population is getting older. Long sentences that were handed out decades ago are catching up with the American justice system.Prisons across the country are dedicating entire units just to house the elderly.During difficult economic times, the issue has hit a crisis point...

Sex offender advised to leave Lansing Council meeting

Posted on June 05, 2010
6-4-2010 Michigan:Meeting was to discuss rental of city facilities by sex offendersA convicted sex offender on probation left a public Lansing City Council meeting Thursday night at the urging of the city parks director, which is an apparent violation of the state Open Meetings Act...

Is Ohio "In Compliance" According to the Adam Walsh Act?

Posted on June 05, 2010
6-5-2010 Ohio:Well the latest Ohio Supreme court decision ( State -v- Bodyke ) may have thrown a monkey wrench into Ohio's ability to dodge being docked 10% of their Federal Byrne Grant funding. However, the Adam Walsh Act has some interesting verbiage on "compliance" where a State's highest court is concerned...

Supreme Court places temporal limits on SORNA

Posted on June 05, 2010
6-5-2010 Washington DC:The Supreme Court recently addressed the question of whether SORNA criminalizes the failure to register as a sex offender, when a registered sex offender in Alabama relocated to Indiana without complying with the Indiana?s registration requirements, before SORNA?s enactment...

Chelsea's Law

Posted on June 05, 2010
A law driven by fear, and founded on theories for which there is not poof that they will make society safer. Finally, fiscally sound, no, taxpayer pocketbooks are raped as well.6-5-2010 California:An Inland Empire lawmaker said today he is seeking the Legislature's swift approval of four bills to bolster Chelsea's Law, the legislation to increase penalties for sex offenders approved by the

Mom fights developmentally disabled son's 'sexual predator' label

Posted on June 05, 2010
6-5-2010 Arizaona:Every weekend this month, Jo Stack will be on a plane en route to Greeley.The Apache Junction, Ariz., resident hasn't even added up her travel bill as her son, Larry Flippo, sits in a Weld County Jail cell awaiting his fate for violating the terms of his probation ? for no other reason than a treatment provider won't sign on to treat him...

Ohio Supreme Court: Give sex offenders old classifications

Posted on June 04, 2010
6-3-2010 Ohio:COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday threw out sections of a new sex-offender law, saying the Legislature violated the constitution when it forced state officials to change convicts' classifications to comply with federal Adam Walsh Act provisions...

Ohio's Attorney General Statement in Response to Ohio Supreme Court Decision in State v. Bodyke

Posted on June 04, 2010
6-4-2010 Ohio:(COLUMBUS, Ohio) ? In a narrowly tailored decision today, the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated two provisions of the Ohio Adam Walsh Act on separation-of-powers grounds. The act was passed by the General Assembly in July 2007 and became effective on Jan...

Tennessee Senate drops juvenile sex offender registry

Posted on June 04, 2010
6-4-2010 Tennessee:NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Senate sponsor of a measure to create a juvenile sexual offender registry has withdrawn the measure because the House decided against funding it.Republican Sen. Diane Black of Gallatin said she was disappointed that the bill won't become law this year...

The Crunch in Federal Prisons

Posted on June 04, 2010
6-4-2010 National:More prisoners are doing federal time than ever, but Congress isn?t allocating enough funds to pay for them. Prison officials and reformers say a rethink of the system is long overdue.While cash-strapped states are responding to the nation?s economic crisis by looking for ways to reduce their prison populations, the federal prison system is heading in the opposite

Action Alert: Supp. Guidelines - Section I (B Internet Identifiers) Part-1

Posted on June 04, 2010
6-5-2010 Washington DC:LAST UPDATE: None!There is much folks need to know BEFORE commenting on e-mail addresses and Internet Identifiers. This Supp. Guideline (SG) flows from a 2008 federal law called "the Kid's Act" also known as "Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators...

Sexual Predators: NOT an Internet Threat to Kids

Posted on June 03, 2010
8-16-2009 National:The actual threat is negligible. Take one newly pervasive communications medium that makes some people apprehensive. Add concern about sexual exploitation of children that makes everyone apprehensive. Stir in a few highly publicized cases of pedophiles luring innocent young kids to horrible fates via email or Facebook...

ARC Talk Radio: Thursday, June 3, 2010 (9 p.m. EST)

Posted on June 03, 2010
6-3-2010 National:Please join us tonight for a very special show regarding today's Ohio Supreme Court decision. The court held that, the Adam Walsh Act's Classification system violated the "Separations of Powers" clause of the Ohio Constitution.Attorney Margie Slagle from the Ohio Justice Policy Center will be joining ARC Talk Radio to discuss the court's decision, and what this means for

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