Criminal Law

AL - AG King will seek re-election - So he is busting out the sex offender issues, like clockwork!

Posted on March 13, 2009
View the article here You see, election time, bust out the sex offender issues! 03/13/2009 By Sebastian Kitchen Attorney General Troy King will forgo a run at the state's top office to pursue a second term as attorney general. King, a Republican, announced Thursday at the monthly meeting of the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans Club that despite encouragement from supporters to run for governor, he will run for re-election as the state's top law enforcement officer in 2010...

IL - Elgin teen says he was 'terrified' into pleading guilty to rape

Posted on March 13, 2009
View the article here 03/12/2009 By Josh Stockinger An Elgin teen convicted of raping an 8-year-old girl now claims his attorney "terrified and coerced" him into pleading guilty. _____, 17, made the allegations in recently filed court papers requesting a new trial in Kane County Circuit Court...

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Debate - 03/10/2009

Posted on March 13, 2009
Click the above SORNA-Debate label for all the related articles. This video is about 2 hours and 20 minutes long! U.S. Congress Hearing on Adam Walsh Act / SORNA from Thomas Jefferson on Vimeo. My CommentsMR POE (starts around 21:20) Around 22:30 Mr...

NE - Just another ignorant politician who is buying the lies propagated by his peers, media and others, to further his career!

Posted on March 13, 2009
I guess this jerk isn't thinking very much. Many people's drivers license numbers is the same as their social security number. And if this information was put online, identity thiefs will have a field day! But then again, did I expect someone in politics to think? Of course not! Just another person exploiting sex offenders for political gain! Tom White (Contact) has a plan to keep better track of sex offenders online...

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MN - Minneapolis to go after 'Johns' to fight prostitution

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here In my opinion, prostitution should be legal, after all, it's sex among consenting adults.  Just another endless "war" on sex, and another useless waste of time and money.  It's not going to deter it. 03/11/2009 By ABBY SIMONS, Star Tribune Fed up with men seeking sex in Minneapolis, city and police leaders will use a billboard directing people to see the mug shots online...

WI - Well-meaning Amber Alerts stoke fear of a rare danger

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Yet more proof that most kids are kidnapped by their own family or close friends and not some stranger hiding in the bushes.  Also, something I've wondered, these Amber Alerts, when they are put out, wouldn't that alert the kidnapper that someone is looking for them, and they then try that much harder to get away or go into hiding?  Seems kind of counterproductive to me...

FL - Banishment to bridge hurts city's image

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Sweet, you can't beat this kind of media coverage! And I'd like to know when the media is going to jump on the bandwagon, that sex offender laws do not, and are not working? And also a good quote from Abraham Lincoln: "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly...

Sex Offender Statistics by A Voice of Reason

Posted on March 12, 2009
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AZ - Alleged Child Molester Kills Himself

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here 03/11/2009 By H. Hughes - NBCSanDiego.com An Oceanside man suspected of child molestation has been found dead in an Arizona hotel room. 62-year-old _____, who had worked as a barber in Oceanside, was already a registered sex offender when he came under investigation last month for allegedly molesting a relative, under the age of 14, at his home...

SORNA Conference (03/10/2009) - Witness Testimony - Amy Borror

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here | PDF I will leave my comments once I get all the testimonies added to this blog! U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM, AND HOMELAND SECURITY HEARING ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT (SORNA) TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009 WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF: AMY BORROR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OFFICE OF THE OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER Chairman Scott and Members of the Subcommittee on Crime, thank you for this opportunity to testify about the barriers to states? implementation of the Adam Walsh Act?s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, the potential legal ramifications of the Act, and Ohio?s experience attempting to comply with the Act?s requirements...

SORNA Conference (03/10/2009) - Witness Testimony - Detective Bob Shilling

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here | PDF I will leave my comments once I get all the testimonies added to this blog! Testimony: Detective Bob Shilling House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) March 10, 2009 Mr...

GA - Norcross Man: Officer Forced Me To Perform Sex Acts

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here 03/11/2009 ATLANTA - _____ of Norcross says he will never forget what happened to him last Tuesday inside a room at the Georgia World Congress Center. _____, a former convention center employee, told Channel 2 Action News reporter Eric Philips that an officer with the Georgia World Congress Center Police Department crossed the line by inquiring about his sexuality and forcing _____ to perform sexual acts while _____ was being questioned on suspicion of having a stolen cell phone in his possession...

MD - Shank seeks end to sex offender "loophole" (Violating his oath of office and the Constitution, and calling it a "loophole!")

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here So when did violating ones "oath of office" to uphold the Constitution, thus violating ex post facto and due process become a loophole? 03/10/2009 By ERIN CUNNINGHAM ANNAPOLIS ? _____?s father began sexually abusing her when she was just 5 years old...

NY - Sex Offender Law Enforcement Begins in a Year in East Rochester

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Related article and video 03/11/2009 By Patrice Walsh East Rochester - Sex offenders in East Rochester have been notified that they cannot live within 2,000 feet of places where children congregate such as schools and playgrounds...

NE - Senators Consider Limits for Sex Offenders

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Video is available at the site. 03/12/2009 By Christie Bett State Senators are considering two bills that would further limit sex offenders. In a public hearing Thursday afternoon, two bills were presented by Senator Tony Fulton of Lincoln and Senator Robert Giese of South Sioux City to protect children from class three sex offenders...

FL - ACLU Takes On "The Bridge Issue"

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here 03/12/2009 By Fred Grimm After my most recent column on the outcasts consigned to the Julia Tuttle Causeway, Richard Rosichan, a board member of the Greater Miami Chapter of the ACLU writes: ?We have been fighting these ridiculous residency restrictions, and the "bridge issue," tooth and nail...

NY - Sex Offender Upset by East Rochester Law

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Video is available at the site. 03/12/2009 By: Patrice Walsh East Rochester - By doing their time, some child sex offenders believe they?re ?paid their dues.? But now a new residency law in East Rochester will dictate where registered sex offenders can not live...

MSNBC Joins Sean Penn's Witch Hunt

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here 11/02/2008 By Perri Nemiroff MSNBC is going on a witch hunt. According to Variety, MSNBC Films, with the help of Submarine Entertainment, has picked up the documentary Witch Hunt and plans to air the piece on television after a run in theaters...

Fart Interrupts City Council: Hahahahahahaha!!!

Posted on March 12, 2009
As someone mentioned elsewhere, it seems like politicians would be very familiar with politicians talking out of their asses, they do it all the time. And below, is the child of one of these politicians.

MUMBAI - Dance Ban Forces Girls To Turn Sex Workers

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Mumbai: The trouble with laws that seek to stamp out any form of expression - from dancing, to music to partying - is that they tend to drive those practices underground - as the Mumbai example shows. It's a typical Mumbai Police crackdown on illegal dance bars...

GA - Money Crunch Delays Edenfield Murder Trial

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here 03/12/2009 BRUNSWICK - The first trial resulting from the death of 6-year-old abducted, raped and killed in 2007 has been postponed until the next fiscal year because of a shortage of state funds to pay the expenses of the defense...

OH - Registry lists need to label offenders accurately

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Anything to bloat the registry and keep the fear going! 03/12/2009 Convicted criminals don?t deserve sympathy often, especially those who held people, including children, hostage. But _____ and others like him really don?t deserve the stigma attached to them long after they served their time in prison...

WA - Sex offender kills teen while under GPS monitoring, police say

Posted on March 12, 2009
View the article here Just more proof that the sex offender laws and GPS will NOT prevent a crime, like everyone seems to believe it will. 03/12/2009 By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Patrick Oppmann - CNN VANCOUVER (CNN) -- When 13-year-old Alycia Nipp didn't come home from a trip to Wal-Mart, her family had no idea where she was, but a tracking device was transmitting the location of her alleged killer...

Latest FSR issue, focused on sex offenders, now available on-line

Posted on March 11, 2009
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NC - AG Goes After Social Networking Sex Offenders

Posted on March 11, 2009
View the article here This is the bill 03/11/2009 By Kendall Jones, NBC17 RALEIGH - More than 2100 registered sex offenders in North Carolina were kicked off MySpace, according to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper. - Yep, just more discrimination based on a label and not evidence that they were actually doing something wrong...

SORNA Conference (03/10/2009) - Witness Testimony - Ernie Allen

Posted on March 11, 2009
View the article here | PDF I will leave my comments once I get all the testimonies added to this blog! TESTIMONY OF ERNIE ALLEN President & CEO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN for the UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY ?SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT (SORNA)? March 10, 2009 Mr...

SORNA Conference (03/10/2009) - Witness Testimony - Madeline Carter

Posted on March 11, 2009
View the article here | PDF I will leave my comments once I get all the testimonies added to this blog! Testimony Submitted by Madeline M. Carter Director, Center for Sex Offender Management and Principal, Center for Effective Public Policy to House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security March 10, 2009 Good afternoon Chairman Scott and members of the Committee...

SORNA Conference (03/10/2009) - Witness Testimony - Emma J. Devillier

Posted on March 11, 2009
View the article here | PDF I will leave my comments once I get all the testimonies added to this blog! PREPARED TESTIMONY BEFORE THE HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM, AND HOMELAND SECURITY THE ADAM WALSH CHILD PROTECTION & SAFETY ACT?S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT (SORNA): BARRIERS TO TIMELY COMPLIANCE BY STATES Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Emma Devillier Majority Witness Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division Office of the Attorney General of Louisiana Chief, Sexual Predator Unit P...

Hearing on: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): Barriers to Timely Compliance by States [del.icio.us]

Posted on March 11, 2009

GA - Need A Job? 100+ Employers Set For Career Expo and Job Fair

Posted on March 11, 2009
View the article here 03/10/2009 ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said Monday that the Georgia Department of Labor will sponsor a Career Expo and Job Fair featuring more than 100 employers Wednesday, March 11, at the World Congress Center in Atlanta...

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