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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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Why not track sex offenders?

Posted on February 22, 2011
Tracking "Watermen" is not necessarily legal, a read of this story tells us, whoever boarded the boat to install the mysterious device (Here revealed) has violated Maritime Law as to when a boat may be boarded. The silence of the ACLU may very well signify they are working on a waterman case and a possible lawsuit...

Woman admits she lied to feds

Posted on February 22, 2011
This is proof of the harm caused by sex offender registries to families and relationships. The world knows why the fellow maybe didn't report a address change, and yes that is a problem. However, the police said the boyfriend was already out the rear window before she answered the question at the front door, 5 minutes had elapsed, therefore she did not lie to the police...

Officials: Sex offender law has few problems

Posted on February 22, 2011
With respect to the police mentioning where "residency restrictions" came from, this is absolute proof they have no idea what is from the Adam Walsh Act, and what comes from the minds of state lawmakers. Residency restrictions DO NOT come from the AWA federal law, what has happened is, state lawmakers, when enacting AWA requirements, coupled their own requirements which have nothing to do with AWA, then blame the federal law...

Offender unhappy about mapping website

Posted on February 21, 2011
2-18-2011 Wisconsin: JANESVILLE ? Brenda McIntyre wasn?t happy when she saw her name and picture on a Janesville police website listing felony drunken-driving offenders. ?I just thought it was kind of bizarre and crazy,? she said. ?We?re not sex offenders...

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'Romeo-Juliet' off Sex Offender List?

Posted on February 18, 2011
2-18-2011 Michigan: Sen. Jones wants action after Target 8 stories LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) - The chairman of the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee expects to introduce legislation the week of Feb. 21 that would revamp the state's sex offender registry, allowing users to more easily identify predators on the list...

Man killed by car while crossing street

Posted on February 17, 2011
Given Jessica's Law has forced so many to be homeless (transient) I wonder if Jessica's law may have played a part in this death?2-17-2011 California: FOUNTAIN VALLEY ? A 50-year-old man was struck and killed while crossing Brookhurst Street on Wednesday night, authorities said...

Man shot to death, found in Facility Drive duplex

Posted on February 17, 2011
2-17-2011 North Carolina: A man was killed in a volley of gunfire Wednesday afternoon that broke out along Ramsey Street near the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fayetteville police said. The victim, Patrick Donte Lloyd, 27, of White Oak, was found dead in a duplex at 108 Facility Drive after patrol officers found the back door of the home open and entered, police spokesman Sgt...

One-size-fits-all laws for sex offenders miss the mark

Posted on February 17, 2011
The Claim "The registry serves a good purpose." The real problem is, no one can answer how it serves any public safety purpose. Consider, does the public feel safe not knowing about murders, those that steal from homes, the 1,500 or so annually that kill young children, domestic violence offenders, those who abuse the elderly, and the list goes on and on...

Va House fixes sexual predator commitment bill

Posted on February 17, 2011
2-17-2011 Virginia: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Legislators have amended a bill that some said was unconstitutional and threatened a program to hold sexual predators for treatment after they are released from prison. The Senate had passed a bill pushed by the Attorney General's office to allow sexual predators awaiting annual civil commitment reviews to be held with jail inmates...

Cops: Sex Offenders Living In Woods To Be Evicted

Posted on February 17, 2011
2-17-2011 Florida: ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police will serve eviction notices Thursday to more than two dozen sex offenders living in the woods of an Orlando neighborhood. Officers stopped by a camp off John Young Parkway Wednesday. They said the group will be forced out of the area by the end of the month...

Could Sen. Scott Brown file charges against his alleged sexual abuser?

Posted on February 17, 2011
2-17-2011 Massachusetts: FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Now that Sen. Scott Brown revealed he was sexually abused as child at a religious camp in Cape Cod, there are lingering questions, some of which we may not get answers to. Who is the man who allegedly assaulted the senator? Legally, could any charges be brought in this case? Here in Massachusetts the Statute of Limitations is complicated...

Subcommittee approves bill to restrict limits on photographing children

Posted on February 16, 2011
As written, and amended, this bill still infringes on constitutional rights. The bill is not narrowly focused. 2-16-2011 Georgia: ATLANTA -- A subcommittee gave its approval Tuesday to a bill that would allow people to take photographs of children without a parent?s permission as long as they?re not on the state?s sex-offender registry...

Wyoming teen sex registry bill moves forward

Posted on February 16, 2011
2-16-2011 Wyoming: CASPER, Wyo. ? A bill that would require teenagers who commit violent sex crimes to register as sex offenders cleared a state legislative committee Monday. Under the legislation, neighbors, school officials and law enforcement would be notified of certain juvenile sex offenders living in the community...

Parents: New Lynn sex offender law not strong enough

Posted on February 13, 2011
2-13-2011 Massachusetts: LYNN - Ingalls parents were not happy to hear Tuesday that a revamped local sex offender law set to be enforced starting Friday exempts more than 200 local offenders, including 60 classified by the state as ?likely to reoffend...

Some say proposal could threaten constitutionality of Va's program to detain sex offenders

Posted on February 13, 2011
2-13-2011 Virginia: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? A proposal to allow sexual predators awaiting annual civil commitment reviews to be held with jail inmates has some lawmakers calling the measure unconstitutional and a threat to the treatment program. Virginia law bans mingling those held after their prison sentences for treatment with those serving active sentences...

Stoddard County sex offender may have been incorrectly charged

Posted on February 12, 2011
2-12-2011 Missouri: BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County's prosecuting attorney says he received bad information that led to a Bloomfield man potentially being wrongly accused of a felony. On Feb. 2, Gerald Barker, 38, was arrested and charged with being a registered sex offender residing within 1,000 feet of a preschool facility in Bloomfield...

Sex offender pleads guilty to networking

Posted on February 12, 2011
This is absolute bounder dash, nonsense, social networking sites ARE NOT OWNED by children nor are they designed ONLY for minors. The law is over-breadth, if anything, states should force social networking sites to build in blocking mechanisms for minor accounts...

Vt. mulls ban on aliases online for sex offenders

Posted on February 12, 2011
It never ceases to amaze me how short sighted Lawmakers are, its like they live life with blinders on. Has anyone considered, two people could have the same name, or that this bill is obvious proof Lawmakers have no idea how the Internet works. BUT, as written it will make a great basis for a lawsuit to stop such nonsense and make Lawmakers look like fools...

Bill passed in state house to toughen Megan's Law

Posted on February 12, 2011
The requirements of this bill will make a wonderful lawsuit for unequal treatment under the laws, and likely get class-action status. "Where they eat?" Makes no sense whatsoever... 2-12-2011 Pennsylvania: State Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, a Democrat from Berks County, said the House unanimously passed legislation that would close a loophole in state law to require convicted sex offenders who are homeless to register with Megan's Law...

Our View: Cost, risk are central concerns on sex offenders

Posted on February 11, 2011
2-11-2011 Minnesota: There are few issues as serious as the risk of how to handle the 600 or so sex offenders in Minnesota treatment facilities, and the expected near doubling of this population in the next decade. Yet, so far, there doesn?t appear to be a lot of serious consideration among lawmakers and others of what to do...

No Facebook for inmates under S.C. bill

Posted on February 11, 2011
I can maybe understand preventing inmates using computers within a prison system from setting up such accounts, but I think this bill goes WAY OVER THE LINE! Stop someone in the general public from expressing beliefs, if those beliefs are those of someone within a prison? Religious, Political just where do they intend the limit is? Nothing like trying to isolate folks so they cannot reintegrate into society; the state way!2-11-2011 South Carolina: Inmates could not join Facebook or other social-networking sites, nor could their friends create memberships for them, if a new measure in the South Carolina Legislature becomes law...

Loopholes Plague State Sex Offender Registry

Posted on February 11, 2011
2-11-2011 New Mexico: This is the first in a three-part series examining the state's sex offender registry When Richard Hill, 67, was sentenced last July on charges that he sexually molested a young girl, his victim told state District Court Judge Stephen Pfeffer she had been used ?like a tool...

Hydra Lacy's family speaks to 10 News for the first time

Posted on February 10, 2011
2-10-2011 Florida: St. Petersburg, Florida - Five members of Hydra Lacy Jr.'s family spoke to 10 News for the first time on Wednesday. While the family says they're deeply sorry about the pain he caused they say they're hurting too and have a lot of unanswered questions...

Murder suspect tells how, why he killed sister, another woman and a deputy

Posted on February 10, 2011
AT the point this happened this man was ACCUSED of a sex offense! 2-10-2011 Florida: CROSS CITY ? John Kalisz, his gun loaded and mind set, walked into his sister's home and didn't waver. "I shot everybody till the bullets ran out," he told investigators 13 days later...

Inmate: Prison knew of my past

Posted on February 10, 2011
2-10-2011 California: Man suspected in cellmate slayings says he was abused An inmate charged with murdering his cellmate at Tracy's Deuel Vocational Institution last year blames prison officials for putting him in the situation that turned deadly...

Cops begin enforcing homeless laws again

Posted on February 10, 2011
Wonder what will they do if the person is a former sex offender? 2-10-2011 California: SAN DIEGO -- The city of San Diego has reached an agreement that will let police ticket and arrest homeless people who sleep on the street for the first time in about five years, city officials said Wednesday...

Senate panel considers sex offender bill

Posted on February 10, 2011
2-10-2011 Kansas: When a convicted sex offender from California moved 200 feet from Scarborough Elementary School last year, it upset an entire Olathe neighborhood. Neighbors mobilized to get the man to move away and see that a similar situation didn't happen somewhere else...

Weighing wisdom of law forcing sex offenders into homelessness

Posted on February 09, 2011
2-9-2011 California: In 1995, Jaymar Brown, then a member of the Conway Gangstas street gang, participated in a gang rape and murder. He didn't pull the trigger, but he was an accessory. Now Brown, having served a 14-year prison sentence, is out on parole...

Dead deputy cleared of sex claim

Posted on February 09, 2011
2-9-2011 Florida: DELAND -- Four days after a Volusia County sheriff's deputy shot himself dead, an internal affairs investigation concluded the groping accusations a Deltona woman made against him were unfounded. But the inquiry, finished Tuesday, did reveal that deputy Carl "Pete" Willard, 55, didn't follow department policy when he failed to call for a female deputy to search Lisa Lopez, 44, of Deltona or have another deputy present when he searched Lopez, reports revealed...

Child gets wrong-number sexting message

Posted on February 09, 2011
I'd love to be in the court and hear how he explains this to a Judge.2-9-2011 Florida: FORT MYERS: A nine-year-old got a pornographic photo sent to his cell phone of a woman performing a sex act on a man. We spoke to the boy and his grandmother and found out the excuse the man on the other line had for pressing send...

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