Sex Offenders Worried About Future (OK), April 30, 2011:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110430_12_A12_OKLAHO504032
Church to Offer Worship for Sex Offenders (OK), April 29, 2011:
A local pastor who has conducted a prison ministry says his faith requires him to create a church service for former sex offenders.
Pastor Delbert Hawpe, pastor at For His Glory Church for 18 years, will begin adults-only services at 9 a.m. Sunday in Room B at the Muskogee Civic Center.
“I thought it was hypocritical for me to lead these men to Christ while they were incarcerated and yet not allow them to attend church when their sentence has been served,” Hawpe said. “To comply with the law and to be able to minister to these men, I decided to have separate services that are adults only, so there is no possibility of a parole violation either real or imagined.”
“All of us need love and forgiveness, and these guys were not getting it,” he said. “Christ died for sex offenders as well as for liars and adulterers.”
Being sincerely involved in a church is the best way for sex offenders to straighten out their lives, Hawpe said.
“Most of the sex offenders I have counseled with were molested when they were young and then became molesters,” he said. “The gospel is the only thing that will break this cycle. These men need to find forgiveness for their past, but Jesus is also interested in their future.”
http://muskogeephoenix.com/local/x833653595/Church-to-offer-worship-for-sex-offenders
ATSA Issues Call for Change in Sex Offender Policy, April 29, 2011:
http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2011/04/atsa-issues-call-for-change-in-sex.html
Florida House Votes to Lower ‘Sexting’ Penalties, April 29, 2011:
http://www.bradenton.com/2011/04/29/3154532/florida-house-votes-to-lower-sexting.html
Wrongly Accused Man (Haynesworth) Has New Job – and Outlook on Life (Virginia), April 29, 2011:
http://www.wtvr.com/wtvr-thomas-haynesworth-wrongly-accused-man-who-spent-27-years-in-prison-has-new-outlook-on-life-20110429,0,6329102.story
Thomas Haynesworth has Job at the Office of the Attorney General (Virginia), April 29, 2011:
Brian J. Gottstein, a Cuccinelli spokesman, said Cuccinelli sent out a notice to the staff when Haynesworth started, stating the reason for hiring him:
“In the OAG, we have an obligation to see that justice is done in every case, regardless of which side of the courtroom that justice may fall. Here, unlike the vast majority of cases handled by this office, our duty was not to defend a defendant’s conviction, but to prove his innocence. Justice demanded it.
And although we can never restore the 27 years of freedom that Thomas lost, we in this office — as representatives of the commonwealth — have an opportunity to give something back to him: a job and a chance to start rebuilding his life.”
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/local-news/2011/apr/29/tdmet01-thomas-haynesworth-has-job-at-the-office-o-ar-1004225/
Internet Lets a Criminal Past Catch Up Quicker, April 28, 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/us/29records.html
Editorial: Sex-Offender Residency Laws – A Pointless Effort, April 28, 2011:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/editorials/sex-offender-residency-laws-a-pointless-effort/article_21a2d577-0c74-53ac-82ff-4a5874b39082.html
Consensual ‘Sexting’ by Teens Can Be Criminal, April 27, 2011:
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/188929/40/Consensual-sexting-by-teens-can-be-criminal
Internet Porn Has Transformed Sexual Desire, Study Finds, April 27, 2011:
A new book, which analyzes a billion web searches from around the world, highlights the way in which the Internet apparently revolutionized sexual desires, making tastes once regarded as deviant more widespread.
“A Billion Wicked Thoughts,” by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, is billed as the first massive research in the field of collective sexual identity since the Kinsey Reports in the mid-20th century, the New York Post reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/27/internet-porn-transformed-sexual-desires-study-finds/
Oklahoma House OKs Bill Targeting Sex Offenders’ Housing
The measure would break up a south Oklahoma City mobile home park where more than 250 men who are registered sex offenders live.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-house-oks-bill-targeting-sex-offenders-housing/article/3562305
(eAdvocate’s commentary is correct, this bill is “Legislative Vigilantism”!)
Minnesota’s Failed Civil Commitment Program For Sex Offenders, April 27, 2011:
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/247pr/209852
Bill Targets Out-of-State Violent Youths (SC), April 27, 2011:
http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/27/1794103/bill-targets-out-of-state-violent.html
Panel Cautious About Expanding Online Sex-Offender List (OR), April 27, 2011:
Last week, bill passed Senate with no debate
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110427/STATE/104270438/1042/Panel-cautious-about-expanding-online-sex-offender-list
Lebanon Approves Sex Offender ‘Buffer Zone’ (OH), April 27, 2011:
Sex offenders will not be allowed within 300 feet of schools. The buffer also applies to places such as playgrounds, YWCAs, YMCAs, libraries, youth campgrounds, youth sports facilities, parks and skating rinks during times the facilities are used by children.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110427/NEWS0108/104280304/Lebanon-approves-sex-offender-buffer-zone-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
(“During times the facilities are used by children”, that would be ANYTIME they are open)
Should Iowa’s Sex Offender Law Be Amended? April 26, 2011:
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Should_Iowas_Sex_Offender_Law_Be_Amended_120718554.html?ref=554
Gun Registry Bill Clears Legislature’s Judiciary Committee (CT), April 26, 2011:
Just as those convicted of sex offenses must check in with local authorities, gun offenders would be required to register with local police. But unlike the sex-offender registry, the information on gun offenders would be accessible only to law enforcement officials.
The records would be expunged after four years.
http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2011/04/gun-registry-bill-appears-to-c.html
Sex-Offender Bill Advances in Senate (CO), April 26, 2011:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17927037
Federal Investigators in Detroit mine Facebook for Crime Info, April 26, 2011:
Search warrants let them access photographs, cell phone numbers, possible accomplices
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110425/BIZ04/104250338/1013/Federal-investigators-in-Detroit-mine-Facebook-for-crime-info
N.J. Senate to Vote Thursday on Legislation to Allow Towns Restrict Where Sex Offenders Live, April 25, 2011:
The bill (S837), sponsored by state Sen. Fred Madden (D-Gloucester), would let towns keep moderate or high risk sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a school, playground or child care center.
School boards would also not be able to put a bus stop within 250 feet of a sex offender’s home.
Over 100 New Jersey towns used to have ordinances restricting where sex offenders could live. But they were struck down by a 2009 state Supreme Court decision that said the strict language of Megan’s Law bars them from enacting their own restrictions. Megan’s Law requires neighbors to be notified when a sex offender lives nearby, and allows parole officers to decide where the offenders live.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/nj_senate_to_vote_thursday_on.html
State Law Puts More Restrictions on Sex Offenders (AK), April 25, 2011:
http://www.asuherald.com/mobile/news/state-law-puts-more-restrictions-on-sex-offenders-1.2551809
McDonnell’s Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board (Virginia), April 25, 2011:
http://www.nbc29.com/category/175568/video-landing-page?clipId=5788567&autostart=true
1,000 Cops May Face Discipline for Viewing Sex Case Reports (IL), April 25, 2011:
http://www.suntimes.com/4986489-417/1000-cops-may-face-discipline-for-viewing-sex-case-reports.html
Minn. Supreme Court Excludes Civil Commitment Proceedings from Cameras-in-Courts Pilot Project, April 25, 2011:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/bd72a6c7a92149ac849ba4b76c49e133/MN–Cameras-in-Courts/
Judge: Jessica’s Law Doesn’t Violate Rights (CA), April 25, 2011:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/25/judge-rules-jessicas-law-does-not-violate-constitu/
MySpace Derelict in Removing Sex Offenders, According to Filing, April 25, 2011:
http://americanindependent.com/171202/myspace-derelict-in-removing-sex-offenders-according-to-filing
Norfolk Four Deserve Freedom (Virginia), April 25, 2011:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/norfolk-four-deserve-freedom
NY Child Pornography Case Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Dangers, April 24, 2011:
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/24/ny-child-pornography-case-underscores-wi-fi-privacy-dangers/
You’re Not as Kinky as You Think, April 24, 2011:
Massive Internet study finds that we’re all sexual deviants
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/you_re_not_as_kinky_as_you_think_PLXiPzN4aUnTjKK1asmWMK/0
Effort to Privatize Florida Prisons Raises Questions of Cost, April 23, 2011:
The Legislature is moving to privatize many prisons in the state to save money, but how much privatization really saves is an unanswered question. (GEO Group)
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/23/2181158/effort-to-privatize-florida-prisons.html#ixzz1RiWEz2p7
(See Bulletin Board #358)
Palin’s ‘Fight Like a Girl’ Quip Endorses Female Violence, April 22, 2011:
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roberts/110422
Proposed Law Would Tighten Sex Offender Requirements (AL), April 22, 2011:
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20110422/NEWS/110429914/-1/OPINION01?Title=Proposed-law-would-tighten-sex-offender-requirements
States Seek to Make it Safer to Find Love Online, April 21, 2011:
http://www.nbc12.com/story/14487560/states-seek-to-make-it-safer-to-find-love-online
Posturing Against Pornography, April 21, 2011:
The government should stop trying to censor the Internet.
http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/21/posturing-against-pornography
Crystal Mangum Getting her Just Deserts, April 21, 2011:
The Duke lacrosse players’ rape accuser, has been charged with the murder of her live-in boyfriend, Reginald Daye.
http://www.examiner.com/bible-verse-of-the-day-in-durham/crystal-mangum-getting-her-just-deserts
Editorial: Mismatch.com How Carole Markin Hoodwinked America, April 20, 2011:
Carole Markin is a Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College. She earned her MBA at the Anderson School at UCLA. Ms. Markin was also a directing fellow at the American Film Institute. Ms. Markin is a producer, screenwriter and author with more than 20 years experience in entertainment.
Ms. Markin is creator and executive producer of a reality series currently optioned by Conrad Riggs, which is being sold internationally and set up in China, as a joint venture.
Ms. Markin has authored two books, Bad Dates: Celebrities and Other Talented Types Reveal Their Worst Nights Out and a sequel, More Bad Dates: And Other Tales of the Dark Side of Love.
http://once-fallen.blogspot.com/2011/04/mismatch-dot-com-how-carole-markin.html
(We agree with this opinion piece. Ms. Markin’s accusation of a crime, her David vs. Goliath lawsuit and then “coming out” to the morning parade of talk shows and her personal press release is a great plot for book #3 on “dates from hell”. A coincidence or a well though out plot?)
Reconsidering Match.com’s Sex Offender Ban, April 20, 2011:
http://www.salon.com/life/sexual_abuse/?story=/mwt/feature/2011/04/20/sex_offenders
Gov. Tim Kaine and Camille Cooper Met to Discuss Child Protection (Virginia) April 20, 2011:
http://www.protect.org/tools/newswire/161-national/1342-gov-tim-kaine-and-camille-cooper-met-to-discuss-child-protection
Appeals Court in Va. Clears 1 of ‘Norfolk 4′, April 20, 2011:
A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a judge’s decision overturning a former sailor’s rape and murder convictions in the slaying of an 18-year-old woman in Norfolk.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a defense attorney’s failure to try to suppress a confession violated Derek Tice‘s constitutional rights. Tice and three other sailors, known as the “Norfolk Four,” claimed after being convicted of the 1997 slaying of Michelle Moore-Bosko that their confessions were coerced.
Tice and two other members of the Norfolk Four were released from prison in 2009 after then-Gov. Tim Kaine granted conditional pardons. The fourth man had already been released after serving more than eight years in prison.
Kaine’s decision left the convictions intact, however, and Tice — who like the others was required to register as a sex offender — persisted in trying to clear his name. A few weeks after the governor’s action, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams overturned Tice’s conviction. The state attorney general’s office appealed, leading to Wednesday’s decision.
“We’re thrilled by the 4th Circuit’s decision,” said Desmond Hogan, one of Tice’s attorneys. “This is yet another rebuke to the commonwealth’s case against Derek and the other former servicemen who were wrongly charged and convicted.”
Tice’s father, Larry Tice of Clayton, N.C., had a similar reaction.
“We’re very happy for that decision, naturally but it just confirms what we’ve been saying all along — that Derek is innocent, and the others who make up the Norfolk Four are innocent, too,” he said.
The attorney general’s office was “disappointed but not surprised by the ruling,” spokesman Brian Gottstein said. He said no decision has been made on whether to appeal the decision.
Hogan said he hopes the state will not appeal, and that prosecutors will not seek to retry Tice.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Appeals-court-in-Va-clears-1-of-Norfolk-4-1345478.php
How a ‘Tough-on-Crime’ State Became Smart on Crime, April 19, 2011:
Kentucky’s overhaul of its criminal justice system this spring is a textbook example of genuine bipartisanship.
http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/articles/2011-04-how-a-tough-on-crime-state-became-smart-on-crime
Regional Sex Crimes Task Force Retains Detective (Virginia), April 19, 2011:
http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2011/apr/19/regional-sex-crimes-task-force-gets-another-detect-ar-983267/
Girls, 11 and 12, May be Charged with Cyberstalking, April 19, 2011:
Facebook proves to be dangerous playground for sixth graders
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42672501/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Unclear and Unconvincing Evidence in SORA Hearings, April 18, 2011:
“The fact that the Act uses past crime as the touchstone, probably sweeping in a significant number of people who pose no real threat to the community, serves to feed suspicion that something more than regulation of safety is going on; when a legislature uses prior convictions that outpace the law’s stated civil aims, there is room for serious argument that the ulterior purpose is to revisit past crimes, not prevent future ones.
Widespread dissemination of offenders’ names, photographs, addresses, and criminal history serves not only to inform the public but also to humiliate and ostracize the convicts. It thus bears some resemblance to our shaming punishments that were used earlier in our history to disable offenders from living normally in the community.”
“Sex offenders” have replaced drug addicts as the scapegoat for society’s anxieties about raising children in a complex world. A few years ago the bogeyman was the drug dealer hanging around schoolyards getting your child addicted to drugs. Before that, it was the Communist brainwashing your child to take orders from Moscow. Before that, it was the witch in the gingerbread house. How much easier to rail against “sex offenders” than deal with the more intractable and controversial problems of parenting, health care or education.
http://www.legal-aid.org/en/mediaandpublicinformation/inthenews/unclearandunconvincingevidenceinsorahearings.aspx
http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202490069728&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
Why Match.com Effort to Screen Sex Offenders Won’t Work, April 18, 2011:
http://www.livescience.com/13770-matchcom-sex-offenders.html
Should Online Dating Services Be Required To Run Client’s Name Against A Database Of Sex Offenders? April 18, 2011:
http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/04/18/should-online-dating-services-be-required-to-run-client%e2%80%99s-name-against-a-database-of-sex-offenders/
N.Y. Domestic Violence Registry Proposal Met With Big Concerns, April 18, 2011:
Plan Said To Be Well-Intentioned, But Could Impact Fed Funding
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/18/n-y-domestic-violence-registry-proposal-met-with-big-concerns/
Match.com Bans Sex Offenders – Feel Safe Now? April 18, 2011:
http://www.salon.com/life/sexual_abuse/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/04/18/match_offenders
Match.com to Begin Checking for Sex Offenders in Wake of Lawsuit, April 18, 2011:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/18/match.rape.lawsuit/
Not All Sex Offenders Are Equally Dangerous, April 18, 2011:
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=40228
D.A.: No Social Net for Sex Offenders (PA), April 18, 2011:
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/377252
Sex Law Change Too Late for Some (MI), April 17, 2011:
Justin Fawcett was only 20 when his parents found him dead of an overdose in his bedroom at their West Bloomfield home.
But David and Gayle Fawcett believe that, in his own mind, their son’s life had ended a month earlier, when Justin’s probation officer told him he’d likely spend the next 25 years on Michigan’s public sex offender registry for a consensual relationship he’d had years earlier with a 14-year-old classmate at Bloomfield Hills’ Andover High School.
Last week, a little more than seven years after Justin Fawcett’s death, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a series of bills that will allow some teenagers prosecuted for their involvement in so-called Romeo and Juliet cases like Fawcett’s to escape the humiliating and life-stunting stigmatization that stalks those listed on Michigan’s sex offender registry.
The changes will place those convicted of committing sexual offenses when they were younger than 17 on a nonpublic list available only to police. They will also allow some older offenders — especially those who can satisfy the court that their underage sex partners were not coerced — to be removed from the list, or escape registration altogether.
Some of those who may benefit have already spent years on the public registry.
http://www.freep.com/article/20110417/FROMPRINT01/104170573/Sex-law-change-too-late-some
Sex-Offender System Casts Wide Net, April 17, 2011:
Judges and prosecutors say Minnesota needs a less costly and more flexible program.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/120031999.html
Editorial: Modify National Sex Offender Act, April 17, 2011:
Forcing states to join a federal registry mandated by the Adam Walsh act is creating headaches, including here in Colorado.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_17850614
Eric Holder Accused of Neglecting Porn Fight, April 16, 2011:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53314.html
Governor Signs Victims’-Rights Bills (Virginia), April 16, 2011:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/apr/16/TDMET01-governor-signs-victims-rights-bills-ar-976122/
6 Plead Guilty to Beating Man with Hammer (PA), April 16, 2011:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_732554.html#ixzz1LOSATsPS
Senate OKs Barring Teen Sex Offenders from Schools, Parks, Daycare Centers (IL), April 15, 2011:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/4840706-418/senate-oks-barring-teen-sex-offenders-from-schools-parks-daycare-centers.html
Team to Tackle Child Abduction Cases, April 15, 2011:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_732363.html
Defense for the Unwitting? (TX), April 15, 2011:
What if you really did think she was 17?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2011-04-15/defense-for-the-unwitting/
Police: Suffolk Sex Offender Sought Victim on Facebook (Virginia), April 15, 2011:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/police-suffolk-sex-offender-sought-victim-facebook
Senate Approves Measures to Alter Sex Offender Laws (TX), April 14, 2011:
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/04/senate-approves-measures-to-al.html
(Sexting)
Woman Sues Match.com Over Sex Assault, April 14, 2011:
Lawsuit Seeks to Get the Site to Screen for Sex Offenders; Match.com Says That’s Not Possible
http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-sues-match-sex-assault/story?id=13378401
Minnesota DOC says “Pew Center Recidivism Report is INCORRECT”, April 14, 2011:
http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2011/04/minnesota-doc-says-pew-center.html
Public May be Tuning Out High-Risk Sex-Offender Alerts (Canada), April 14, 2011:
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Public+tuning+high+risk+offender+alerts/4617108/story.html
News 7 Explores Differences in Punishment for Local Sex Crime Cases, April 14, 2011: Are Virginia courts fair with how they sentence sex offenders? Two local cases involved the same crime, but ended with very different punishments
http://articles.wdbj7.com/2011-04-14/crime-cases_29419794
Sex Offenders Living Mostly in Black Neighborhoods (IL), April 13, 2011:
http://www.austinweeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3215
Bill to Require Special IDs for Sex Offenders Defeated (CA), April 13, 2011:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110413/NEWS08/110413019/Bill-require-special-IDs-sex-offenders-defeated
Official: Female Sex Offenders Not the Norm (IN), April 13, 2011:
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/duneland/article_62cfa939-b8d9-5a35-9ec1-ee0154372d9a.html
Life on the List, April 12, 2011:
Does publicly posting names of convicted sex actually reduce the number of sexual offenses?
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=life_on_the_list
Senate Approves Bill to Put More Sex Offenders’ Data Online, April 12, 2011:
Oregon State Police would greatly expand the list of convicted sex offenders posted on the Internet under a bill that won unanimous approval Monday from the Oregon Senate.
Senate Bill 67, which moves to the House, would allow the state police to post information about all adult sex offenders and juvenile offenders who are not under active supervision. If enacted, the bill could boost the number of sex offenders posted online from about 700 to more than 14,000.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110412/STATE/104120314/Senate-approves-bill-put-more-sex-offenders-data-online?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNews%7Cp
Bill Aims to Change Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry, April 12, 2011:
http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=287783&cID=2
Gov. Rick Snyder to Sign Bill to Change Sex Offender Registry Rule (MI), April 12, 2011:
http://www.freep.com/article/20110412/NEWS06/110412009/Gov-Rick-Snyder-sign-bill-change-sex-offender-registry-rule
Tougher Sex Offender Laws (NY), April 12, 2011:
http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2011/04/12/opinion/doc4da3d6575ce0d848435716.txt
Past Murder Didn’t Bar Man from Portsmouth Complex (Virginia), April 12, 2011:
If Bruce Williams had ever manufactured methamphetamines, he would not have been allowed to live at Effingham Plaza, a public housing complex for senior citizens and disabled residents.
Likewise, he would have been banned for life if he were a registered sex offender.
But the fact that Williams strangled a woman in 1990 did not prevent him from living at the complex.
Last week, he was charged with the stabbing death of Linda Gay Carroll, 64, one of his neighbors in the apartment building
http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2011/04/prior-murder-conviction-no-bar-living-portsmouth-apartments
College Sex Offender Laws May be Toughened (LA), April 11, 2011:
http://www.lsureveille.com/news/college-sex-offender-laws-may-be-toughened-1.2539196
Burlington Considers Child Safety Zones – Move to Restrict Where Sex Offenders Can Go (WI), April 11, 2011:
http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_aa14b160-642f-11e0-b77f-001cc4c002e0.html
Editorial: Law and Consequences (NV), April 11, 2011:
Legislature has to Find Appropriate Balance to Deal with Rise of ‘Sexting’
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/apr/11/law-and-consequences/
Letter to the Editor: Man’s Background Not Appropriate in Article, April 11, 2011:
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/535151/Man-s-background-not-appropriate-in-article.html?nav=5007
Tennessee Bill Would Shield Juvenile Sex Offenders Registry from Public, April 10, 2011:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/10/youth-offender-registry-debated/
NC Man Exonerated, but State Won’t Give Him Pardon, April 10, 2011:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/9416812/
Families Focus on Hope at 10th Annual Missing Persons Day, April 9, 2011:
http://saratogian.com/articles/2011/04/09/news/doc4da10c93ae0c3660255819.txt
States Resist Federal Sex-Offender Registry, April 9, 2011:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576245451255268570.html
Councilman Upset Funds Being Used to House Sex Offenders (OH), April 9, 2011:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/councilman-upset-funds-being-used-to-house-sex-offenders-1132290.html
Judge Skips Issue of Ban on Offenders, April 8, 2011:
Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan declined Thursday to rule on the constitutionality of a law banning registered sex offenders from Facebook or Myspace, but said the law had been fairly applied by Durham police.
Morgan said deciding the constitutionality of the law is beyond his jurisdiction.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/04/08/2206933/judge-skips-issue-of-ban-on-offenders.html
Judge Says Baltimore Gun Registry Unconstitutional, April 8, 2011:
The city judge also called the program, created in 2007, “unconstitutionally vague and overly broad.” Among the data registrants must provide, according to a list, is “any other information required by the rules and regulations adopted by the Police Commissioner,” language that Nance said appeared to give police “limitless discretion.”
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-04-08/news/bs-md-ci-gun-registry-judge-20110408_1_gun-offender-registry-gun-crimes-city-judge
NM Governor Signs Ethics, Elections, School Bills, April 8, 2011:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MF1TE81.htm
Should Murderers Have to Register as Sex Offenders Do? (IL), April 7, 2011:
Convicted killers who have served their time would have to reveal their addresses and even Facebook pages to the public under a bill the Illinois House approved Tuesday.
The bill, which passed 97 to 1 with four voting present, would establish a public registry for the nearly 500 people convicted of first-degree murder who were released from prison after at least 10 years.
The bill, now bound for the Senate, would place such convicts with child murderers, sex offenders and arsonists as people who have to submit their addresses to a state-operated registry.
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/4690199-418/should-murderers-have-to-register-as-sex-offenders-do.html
Senate Nixes New Sex Offender Restrictions (ME), April 7, 2011:
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/07/politics/senate-nixes-new-sex-offender-restrictions/
New Law Tracks Transient Sex Offenders (NV), April 7, 2011:
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20110407/NEWS/110409724/1006&parentprofile=1058
Orange County Bans Sex Offenders from Some Parks, Beaches (CA), April 6, 2011:
Offenders who visit any of dozens of public spaces without prior approval from county officials face jail or a fine. Critics say the law will be hard to enforce and seems politically motivated.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sex-offender-ban-20110406,0,2962934.story
(A Must Read!)
Megan’s Law Father in New Jersey Race, April 6, 2011:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576245262328739294.html
Kanka Throws Hat in Ring for 14th District Senate Seat, April 6, 2011:
http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1302068707309871.xml&coll=5
RI Weighs Involuntary Commitment for Sex Predators, April 6, 2011:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/04/06/ri_weighs_involuntary_commitment_for_sex_predators/
Welsh Holds Off on Decision to Make Sex Offenders Pay Fee (LA), April 6, 2011:
http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpnewssum/?p=17516
Sexual Assault in College: Is it Getting Worse? April 6, 2011:
http://www.salon.com/life/sexual_abuse/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/04/06/college_rape
Local Legislator Wants Pedophiles Castrated (AL), April 6, 2011:
Hurst, a Republican from Talladega, has proposed a bill that would require convicted child molesters to be surgically castrated under certain conditions. Specifically, the bill states that anyone more than 21 years old convicted of certain sex offenses against a child 12 years old or younger must be surgically castrated before being released from the state Department of Corrections.
Olivia Turner, executive director of the Alabama chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a Tuesday email to The Star that while Hurst’s intentions are good, he is going too far with his bill.
Turner said the castration bill is based on a false premise that sexual assault is the product of an uncontrollable sex drive.
“The reality is that sexual crimes are about violence, power and the humiliation of a survivor or victim, which is why a castrated sex offender can still be a serious danger,” Turner wrote. “The highest priority for members of the Legislature working to reduce repeat offenses by sex offenders should be an examination of the effectiveness and availability of psychological treatment for sex offenders in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections.”
http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/12644488/article-Local-legislator-wants-pedophiles-castrated?instance=top_center_featured
Privatizing Prisons Could Prove Profitable to Politically-Connected Companies, April 5, 2011:
A South Florida company (GEO Group) that operates private prisons could profit from lawmakers’ plans to outsource corrections operations.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/05/2152587/privatizing-prisons-could-prove.html
(See Bulletin Board #358)
Va. Court Upholds Conviction of Sex Offender Tracked with GPS, April 5, 2011:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/top-stories/DC-Va-Court-Upholds-Conviction-of-Sex-Offender-Tracked-with-GPS-119286204.html
Calif. Must Resolve Sex Offender Disclosure Issue, April 5, 2011:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/04/05/35526.htm
Opinion: Sex-offender Screening Plan Wastes Cash on Imagined Threat (Virginia), April 5, 2011:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/sexoffender-screening-plan-wastes-cash-imagined-threat
Court Vacates Conviction of Megan’s Law Registrant for Failing to Comply with Adam Walsh Act Requirements (OH), April 5, 2011:
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/PIO/summaries/2011/0405/100047.asp
Sheriffs Wary on Sex Offender Bill (NE), April 5, 2011:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110405/NEWS01/704069933
Pasco Parents Want to Push Offenders Further (FL), April 5, 2011:
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/nature_coast/pasco-sex-offender-limits-040511
Online Sting Nets Child Porn Charges (Virginia), April 5, 2011:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04052011/617830
“Sexting” Bill Passes in Senate Committee (FL), April 5, 2011:
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Sexting_Bill_Passes_in_Senate_Committee_Would_Keep_Minors_From_Registering_as_Sex_Offenders_119286794.html
Proposed Law Could Cause Sex Offender to Lose House, Family (IL), April 5, 2011:
Shane Sandborg is a sex offender under Illinois law because, when he was 17, less than five years separated him from his then 16-year-old pregnant fiance when they were having consensual sex.
Like any Dad, Shane Sandborg is there to help his son off the bus, but unlike most dads Shane has a real fear of losing his family.
“If law goes into play, now we have to worry if churches or office buildings or anything of that nature are too close to my residence now,” said Sandborg.
The law, which was introduced in mid-February, states no sex offender can knowingly live within 500 feet of a child counseling center. The Sandborgs are concerned the Silvis Heights Baptist church, a block and a half away from their home, could cause them to lose their home and each other.
“The law doesn’t specify what could be called a child counseling center,” said Sandborg, “It’s basically for local municipalities to decide.”
http://www.wqad.com/news/sex-offender-shane-sandborg-law-bill-illinois-child-counseling-center-04052011,0,3961354.story
Yakima Bans Sex Offenders from Pools (WA), April 5, 2011:
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2011/04/05/yakima-bans-sex-offenders-from-pools
9th Circuit Could End Retroactive Sex Offender Disclosure, April 4, 2011:
http://diedoardolaw.com/9th-circuit/9th-circuit-could-end-retroactive-sex-offender-disclosure/
Nebraska Lawmakers Eye Rewrite of Sex Registry Law, April 4, 2011:
One amendment would remove designated low-risk offenders from the registry, if they committed the crime before a 2009 law took effect and if they have not reoffended.
The other amendment would return Nebraska to the system used prior to the 2009 law, which was enacted to align the state with federal law.
Judges would have the authority to decide whether an offender belongs on the registry, given the circumstances of the case.
http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=14382017
(YES!)
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Strip Searches Performed on N.J. Man Accused of Unpaid Traffic Fine, April 4, 2011:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/us_supreme_court_to_consider_s.html
Biden to Discuss New Guidelines About Campus Sex Crimes, April 4, 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/education/04violence.html?src=twrhp
Carlsbad Church Emerges Stronger from Media Tempest, April 4, 2011:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/04/carlsbad-church-emerges-stronger-media-tempest/
Visitors to 3 Va. Beach Schools Must Pass Sex-Offender Check, April 4, 2011:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/visitors-3-va-beach-schools-must-pass-sexoffender-check
Opinion: Lawmakers Abuse their Powers (CT), April 3, 2011:
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/editorials/x481348416/Lawmakers-abuse-their-powers#axzz1IZNY1gPH
Maine Rep. Proposes Online Registry of Drunken Drivers, April 3, 2011:
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/03/politics/drunken-driver-website-proposal-stirs-debate/?ref=mostReadBox
Chief Explains Sex Offender Rules (MA), April 2, 2011:
http://grafton.patch.com/articles/chief-explains-sex-offender-rules
(So many restrictions imposed when sex offender recidivism rates are 3.5-7% but yet drug dealers, robbers and murderers recidivism rates are 15-30% and they don’t have a quarter of these restrictions)
Parole Board Can’t Require Admission of Guilt (CA), April 1, 2011:
A murder convict who appears to be rehabilitated after decades behind bars can’t be denied parole merely because he continues to declare his innocence, a state appeals court has ruled.
California law prohibits the parole board from requiring an inmate to admit guilt to be found suitable for release, the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said Wednesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/31/BALE1ING7F.DTL
