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Friends in Low Places: With the proliferation of the Internet has come a new phenomenon: prisoner blogs and requests for pen pals. The ACLU has championed this as a development for free speech, while victims' rights groups argue that it causes distress for victims' families and permits convicts to maintain too much freedom despite their incarceration. Tim Reiterman has the story for the LA Times. Schillaci Charged for Molesting Pen Pals' Son: Being a convict's pen pal is a bad idea on general principle; inviting a convicted sex offender to live in your home certainly is. Jon Schillaci, a registered sex offender, was allowed to live with his pen pals after his release from prison, and even gave their five-year-old son piano lessons. Not surprisingly, he sexually assaulted the boy, and has been rearrested...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).