Criminal Law

Sexual Sin - John Piper

Posted on January 10, 2011

VA - A Place on the Sex-Offender Registry for a Crime That May Be Off the Books

Posted on January 10, 2011
Original Article 01/10/2011 By ADAM LIPTAK [name withheld] has been living in a homeless shelter and in his truck in Asheville, N.C. He would rather be with his wife, [name withheld], who has a place nearby, but the couple says he has been hounded from their last several homes because he is a registered sex offender...

Hypocrite Barbara Ochoa (aka PetraLuna) is "On a mission from God?"

Posted on January 10, 2011
Online Harassment: Her song "I Love You Jesus": I guess she thinks she is "On a mission from God?" Go and sin no more! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Force Government to Honor the Constitution

Posted on January 09, 2011
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CO - E-mail addresses of registered sex offenders now harder to find

Posted on January 09, 2011
Original Article 01/09/2011 By Felisa Cardona Sex offenders don't want the government to know what they are doing online or posting on news and social-networking sites and intend to challenge e-mail registry requirements to the U.S. Supreme Court. Colorado and other states are taking notice of legal challenges to sex-offender registry database requirements and recently scaled back e-mail information that was previously available for the public to view...

TN - Records: Disturbing Trend In Loss Of Teacher's Licenses

Posted on January 08, 2011
Original Article 01/07/2011 NASHVILLE - When your kids go off to school, you expect them to be safe. But records from the Tennessee Board of Education show a disturbing trend. The top reason Tennessee educators lost their license to teach in 2010 was having sex or inappropriate contact with their students...

FL - Broward jail employees arrested for having sex with inmates

Posted on January 08, 2011
Original Article 01/07/2011 FORT LAUDERDALE (WSVN) - An overhaul of security measures are underway at the main Broward County jail following a surprising investigation. Broward Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating reports of unlawful and inappropriate activity inside BSO's jail facilities, which has led to seven arrests so far, among them four employees and three inmates...

OFF TOPIC - Obama to hand Commerce Dept. authority over cybersecurity ID

Posted on January 08, 2011
Original Article FCC adopts net neutrality rules 01/07/2011 By Declan McCullagh STANFORD - President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today...

ME - Reworking Sex Registry

Posted on January 08, 2011
Original Article 01/08/2011 State and federal laws appear to be on a collision course when it comes to sex offenders. Federal laws have become increasingly strict and demanding, while the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has raised serious concerns about some requirements in existing state law...

PA - Teen charged with abusing herself for posting nude photos online?

Posted on January 08, 2011
Original Article So instead of warning this girl, and possibly sentencing her to a light sentence, they'd rather label her a sex offender and ruin her life before it has even started?  Insane! 01/03/2011 By Dan Boniface PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 15-year-old girl has been arrested for taking nude photographs of her self and posting them on the Internet, police said...

NC - Former police officer (Kurt Marcus) offered plea deal in child sex case

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article 01/07/2011 HUNTERSVILLE - Two local mothers said they feel disappointed after learning of a potential plea deal in Lincoln County for a former police officer who is accused of indecent liberties with minors. Kurt Marcus, a former police lieutenant, is charged with four counts of indecent liberties with a minor...

WA - Bail set for former cop (Ryan Graichen) accused of sex crimes

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article 01/07/2011 By Kristin M. Kraemer A Benton County judge reduced bail Thursday for a former police officer accused of offering girls money to perform sex acts but refused to go as low as a defense attorney wanted because "these are terrible offenses...

CA - Ex-deputy (Thomas Terry Triplett) pleads guilty in child sex crime case

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article 01/06/2011 By Raul Hernandez A former Ventura County Sheriff?s Department deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of a lewd act on a child. Thomas Terry Triplett, 41, of Camarillo, also pleaded guilty to two counts of oral copulation with a child younger than 16 years old...

FL - PC Commissioners Debate Effectiveness Of Sex Offender Restrictions

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article Like the general public, they hear the words "sex offender," and immediately they assume the worse and do not listen to experts or the facts, just their own personal feelings, or, they don't want to look "soft" on crime. This is not a debate! 01/06/2011 Panama City - Do residency restrictions prevent sexual offenders from committing new crimes? - No...

NY - Mike Spano talks about Megan's Law

Posted on January 07, 2011
I am not sure when this video was taken or the issue discussed. From the intro to the video, on the board, it shows 1995. So it may be from that year. I am not an expert, but the way he figits with the microphone and the story itself, sounds to me like it was made up, but I could be wrong...

OFF TOPIC - Beautiful by Mercy Me

Posted on January 07, 2011
LYRICS: Days will come when you don't have the strength And all you hear is you're not worth anything Wondering if you ever could be loved And if they truly saw your heart They'd see too much You're beautiful, You're beautiful You are made for so much more than all of this You're beautiful, You're beautiful You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His You're beautiful Praying that you have the heart to fight Cuz you are more than what is hurting you tonight For all the lies you've held inside so long But they are nothing in the shadow of the cross You're beautiful, You're beautiful You are made for so much more than all of this You're beautiful, You're beautiful You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His You're beautiful Before you ever took a breath Long before the world began Of all the wonders He possessed There was one more precious Of all the earth and skies above You're the one He madly loves Enough to die! You're beautiful, You're beautiful In His eyes You're beautiful! You are made for so much more than all of this You're beautiful! You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His You're beautiful! You are made for so much more than all of this You're beautiful! You are treasured You are sacred You are His

OH - Ohio Senate Candidate Eric Deaton Indicted For Sexual Conduct With A Minor

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article This is a little old, but still relevant. If what they say is indeed false, then whomever pressed the charges should be charged with making a false statement and receive the punishment he would receive, if convicted. 09/01/2010 By Jon Bershad Eric Deaton, an Ohio candidate for Senate running for the Constitution Party, has been indicted for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor...

GA - Georgia watches as justice decays

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article 01/06/2011 By Wyc Orr Justice is a right purportedly so highly prized in Georgia that we have emblazoned the word on the official state seal, which also proclaims ?wisdom? and ?constitution? as hallmarks of what we cherish as citizens...

DC - Child Porn Probe Leads To FBI Headquarters

Posted on January 07, 2011
Original Article 01/05/2011 Target claims inquiry is just a ?misunderstanding? The government?s pursuit of suspects trafficking in child pornography recently led federal agents to a familiar address--the FBI?s Washington, D.C. headquarters, where a bureau official is the subject of an ongoing criminal probe, The Smoking Gun has learned...

Civil Commitment Videos

Posted on January 06, 2011
Most of these videos are from the Coalinga State "Hospital" in California, but more will be added as we find them on YouTube. NOTE: The first video is NOT private, so I am not sure what the problem is. Hopefully YouTube will fix it shortly. See Also

CA - Can sexual predators be rehabilitated?

Posted on January 06, 2011
Original Article (Listen) 01/06/2011 By Jude Joffe-Block and Amanda Dyer Right off the I-5 freeway nearly halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles sits a unique facility in California's Central Valley. It's Coalinga State Hospital - a hospital with a unique set of patients...

CA - Convicted child molester from San Gabriel killed in prison

Posted on January 06, 2011
Original Article In jail, sex offenders are segregated from the rest of the population, not sure about prison, but this seems like it was planned to me. 01/05/2011 By Hector Gonzalez ARCADIA - A registered sex offender convicted of assaulting a 5-year-old girl inside an Arcadia bookstore in 2008 and sent to prison in September was killed by his cellmate, prison officials said Wednesday...

TX - Texan Declared Innocent After 30 Years in Prison

Posted on January 06, 2011
Innocence Project

OH - First Reading Of Residency Restriction

Posted on January 06, 2011
See Also | Ohio Justice and Policy Center Do they fear all the other dangerous criminals that live around them? No! Why don't we push for the inclusion of ALL criminals on the registry and rename it to the "SINNERS ONLINE PUBLIC REGISTRY?" Then we can all live in fear of each other! It doesn't matter where a person lives because a vast majority of the studies show that sexual abuse happens in the victims own home, by their own mother, father or family...

CA - Punishing sex criminals: a conversation with the author of Chelsea's Law

Posted on January 05, 2011
Original Article (Listen) 01/05/2011 By Rina Palta California sends about 2% of its imprisoned sex offenders to Coalinga State Hospital for rehabilitation, even after their sentences are complete. However, most sex offenders are released on parole once they've served their prison term...

GA - Officer (Quevius Thornton) Accused In Underage Sex Charge

Posted on January 05, 2011
Original Article 01/05/2011 DEKALB COUNTY - A DeKalb County police officer was arrested Tuesday in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl, police said. Information brought to the DeKalb Police Department earlier this week led to a criminal probe, DeKalb County police spokesman Jason Gagnon said in a news release...

TN - Law Leaves Little Room For Sex Offenders

Posted on January 05, 2011
Original Article 01/04/2011 By Dennis Ferrier NASHVILLE - A new Tennessee law that was supposed to stop sex offenders from living together may have created a more dangerous situation. In Nashville alone, 106 sex offenders are homeless, many because of a law in Tennessee that allows just two sex offenders per halfway house, so the halfway houses fill up quickly, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...

OFF TOPIC - Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone

Posted on January 05, 2011
Original Article Using their own analogy, now, if they pull you over for speeding or anything else, since your car is part of your person/property, they can search it without a warrant? Or maybe your house next? 01/04/2011 By Bob Sullivan The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you...

CA - Tustin approves tougher sex offender laws

Posted on January 05, 2011
Original Article 01/05/2011 By ELYSSE JAMES TUSTIN ? Registered sex offenders have fewer places they can go in Tustin after the City Council passed a sex offender residency ordinance Tuesday night. Registered sex offenders in the city already are not allowed to live within 2,000 feet of a school or park and must wear GPS tracking devices...

US Tax Money Funds Bacha Bazi (Sex with kids) - WikiLeaks

Posted on January 05, 2011
YouTube Video Click here to read another story Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) shares the latest revelation from WikiLeaks regarding US taxpayer money going to fund sex with underage boys in Afghanistan. The now infamous Wikileaks recently released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U...

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