Criminal Law

KY - 14-year old child pornographers? Sexting lawsuits get serious

Posted on March 05, 2011
Original Article 03/04/2011 By Nate Anderson If a middle-aged man meets a 14-year-old girl, coerces her to film a 10-second clip of herself masturbating, then intentionally releases that clip on the Internet, the man could clearly be charged under US federal law against the ?sexual exploitation of children...

AL - Controversial signs on front lawn target sex offenders

Posted on March 05, 2011
Original Article I wonder if this man is part of Westboro Baptist Church? 03/04/2011 By Margo Gray HUNTSVILLE (WAFF) - How far does free speech really go? Signs out in front of a Huntsville mans home is creating quite the commotion. The signs have the power to create a traffic jam, plenty of conversation and even stir up emotion...

MN - Nonprofit Might Offer Pathway to Re-Entry for Violent Sex Offenders

Posted on March 04, 2011
Original Article 03/02/2011 By Bruce S Trachtenberg Can sex offenders thought to be too dangerous, even after serving time in prison, ever be allowed to re-enter society? In Minnesota, state officials hope to find out through a program they're initiating with help from a nonprofit...

NY - Scott Wood's Climb Through Tough Times

Posted on March 04, 2011
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IL - Lawmakers Reject Sex Offender Registry Bill

Posted on March 04, 2011
Original Article See Also (Related Video) Just wait until one of their own son or daughter gets busted for having sex while underage, and gets put on the registry, I'm sure they'll see things differently then. 03/03/2011 By Emily Finnegan WSIL TV -- The Illinois House rejected a bill Thursday that would have removed some sex offenders from the state's registry...

WA - Convicted sex offender sues mother of victim over blog post

Posted on March 04, 2011
Original Article 03/03/2011 TACOMA - A convicted sex offender is suing the mother of a child he had inappropriate contact with because he says she wrote negative things about him on her blog. [name withheld], 26, plead guilty in 2007 to a gross misdemeanor for contact with a minor for immoral purposes...

Documentary - Sentencing the Victim

Posted on March 04, 2011

CA - Salinas police youth leader (Scott Callan) gets prison for sex with 15-year-old, but will NOT be on the registry?

Posted on March 04, 2011
Original Article How many of the over 700,000 ex-sex offenders in this country would love to get the same sweet deal? Probably about 99% of them. 03/04/2011 By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY A former police youth leader was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for having sex with a 15-year-old girl...

Underage Kids on Facebook - Is the Internet safe for 8-year-olds?

Posted on March 03, 2011
Original Article 03/03/2011 By Jolee Cano It hit me like a ton of bricks the other day when I noticed a friend of mine had been ?friended? by an 8-year-old from my children?s school ? yes, an 8-year-old. So, out of curiosity I started checking out how many kids were on any of my friends? ?friend? lists, and there were quite a few...

RI - Palumbo says there are 500,000 registered sex offenders in U.S. and 100,000 are unaccounted for

Posted on March 03, 2011
Original Article So, when is someone going to do an actual study, and show the outcome and how they came to those conclusions, for everyone to see? 01/25/2011 For several years, state Rep. Peter G. Palumbo has worked to revise the way Rhode Island registers and monitors convicted sex offenders...

AU - They were sacrificial lambs led to the slaughter

Posted on March 03, 2011
Original Article Once again, kids being kids, and only the males get crucified while the willing female, walks free. 03/04/2011 By Aja Styles The families of four boys convicted over a "sexting" scandal involving an underage girl will fight to have their sons' names removed from a sex offender register...

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Posted on March 03, 2011

CA - Sex Offender Legislation

Posted on March 03, 2011
Video Description: At a press conference held today at the County Administration Building, Supervisor Bill Horn and State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced a bill to help you find out about sex offenders in your area. Video Link

NH - Bill would put more scrutiny on airport screeners

Posted on March 02, 2011
Original Article 03/01/2011 By Lauren Collins The state of New Hampshire is considering a bill that will put more scrutiny on airport passenger screeners. If the bill passes, security agents could be charged with sexual assault. Necessary security measures, or an invasion of your privacy? "I don't like the idea of somebody touching me," says Concord, NH resident Darren Tapp...

IL - Illinois law may take East Moline man off sex offender registry

Posted on March 02, 2011
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OH - Justices Could Rule On Sex Offender Cases

Posted on March 02, 2011
Original Article 03/01/2011 Listen - The Ohio Supreme Court considered two cases involving sex offenders Tuesday. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports they could decide once and for all what happens to sex offenders who are caught up in a sea of changing legislation...

NY - Are Sexual Offense Laws Too Harsh? And Do They Work?

Posted on March 02, 2011
Original Article 03/02/2011 New Book by UB's Ewing looks at the laws' legal effectiveness BUFFALO - University at Buffalo Law School Professor Charles Patrick Ewing has added to his series of critically acclaimed books on some of the most unsavory but attention-grabbing aspects of the law, this time with a book questioning the legal logic and effectiveness of the country's increasingly harsh sex offense laws...

CA - City of Bell Shells Out $750,000 To Settle Sex Assault By Former Police Officer (Feliciano Sanchez)

Posted on March 02, 2011
Original Article 03/01/2011 In December, former police officer Feliciano Sanchez, 35, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to forcing the woman to perform a sex act during a May 2007 traffic stop and violating her civil rights...

TN - Memphis Man Says He Was Wrongly Arrested During A Police Sex Offender Roundup

Posted on March 02, 2011
Original Article 03/01/2011 By Alex Coleman Will The Real [name withheld] Please Standup? Memphis - [name withheld]'s just been released from jail. [name withheld] said, "Take a look at his picture. They say that's me, but that's not me." [name withheld] who admits he's had trouble with the law before says this time he was mistakenly arrested by Memphis police because they thought he was the other guy...

Our America - State of Sex Offenders (Lisa Ling)

Posted on March 02, 2011
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NC - $1,800,000 In Public Money for IFC Shelter, But Nowhere For Sex Offenders To Find Shelter?

Posted on March 01, 2011
The following was sent to us via email. Today we are releasing a video that highlights a serious consequence of the backroom deal to site the homeless shelter. Please take a few minutes to watch, comment on, and share this video PLEASE MARK MARCH 21ST ON YOUR CALENDAR AND LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR PRESENTATION GROUP Throughout our campaign for A BETTER SITE for the men's shelter in Chapel Hill, some advocates of the Interfaith Council (IFC) proposal to locate a facility at Homestead and MLK have sought to cast us as "NIMBY" (not in my backyard) neighbors, as one local media source put it...

MD - GPS for Sex Offenders

Posted on March 01, 2011

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Posted on March 01, 2011
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VA - Legislature passes sexual predator bill

Posted on March 01, 2011
Original Article 03/01/2011 FRONT ROYAL - A bill sponsored by Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr. that makes it tougher for sexually violent predators to be released back into society passed in both the House and Senate of the General Assembly. "It requires before a circuit judge can release someone who is civilly committed as a sexual violent predator that [they] must have a psychiatrist who will certify to the court that the individual is no longer a danger to children," said Athey, R-Front Royal...

NE - South Sioux City may change sexual predator ordinance

Posted on March 01, 2011
Original Article 02/28/2011 By Katie Gannon SOUTH SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Recent changes to the way the state of Nebraska classifies sex offenders means local police departments have to make changes too. South Sioux City is no exception. The state's January first change removes "risk level" classifications in Nebraska's Sex Offender Registration Act and replaces that with just two classifications; sexual offenders and sexual predators...

MN - Finding new homes for sex offenders

Posted on March 01, 2011
Original Article 02/28/2011 By Nick Halter Minneapolis leaders want state lawmakers to stop the trend of concentrating Minnesota?s sex offenders in the city Minneapolis is home to nearly half of all Level III sex offenders in Minnesota, even though the city?s population is only 7 percent of the state?s total...

CA - City Official (Mario Sierra) Charged With Sex Crime

Posted on March 01, 2011
Original Article 02/28/2011 By PAUL KRUEGER and LINDSAY HOOD The city's new "Street Czar" pleaded not guilty Monday to molesting a child under the age of 14. The prosecutor in the case claims Mario Sierra, 47, had the female victim put her hand on his penis and says there is independent evidence that confirms the alleged victim's story...

NY - Clean-up from sex offender panic goes on

Posted on February 28, 2011
Original Article 02/27/2011 By Carl Strock In the past few years the sex-offender residency restrictions passed by Albany County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County and Rockland County have all been overturned by courts on the grounds that they infringe on the prerogatives of the state, which is the level of government that properly regulates the lives of sex offenders...

GA - House passes change to sex offender law

Posted on February 28, 2011
Original Article 02/28/2011 ATLANTA ? A bill that would prohibit registered sex offenders from photographing children without a parent's permission has passed the Georgia House. - Not exactly true, see highlighted below. Rep. Ann Purcell, R-Rincon, who sponsored the bill, said the measure will clarify a state law adopted last year...

FL - Landowner Forces Sex Offenders Out Of Campsite

Posted on February 28, 2011
Original Article See Also See the video at the link above. This is just another "Bookville" being shut down, where the very laws being passed forces sex offenders inito encampments like this. At least if they are in these camps, police know where they are, now they will be roaming the streets...

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