Convicted Sex Offender Fights to Keep Real Estate License, August 31, 2011:
Maryland’s top court considers whether decision to revoke license was fair
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-ar-real-estate-agent-20110831,0,4771391.story
Attorneys General Challenge Backpage.com, August 31, 2011:
http://fairfaxnews.com/police-and-crime/attorneys-general-challenge-backpage-com
Young Love Gets Help From Law Change (TX), August 30, 2011:
http://www.newswest9.com/story/15363155/young-love-gets-help-from-law-change
Part 2: Sex Offenders and the City (Austin, TX), August 30, 2011:
http://www.kvue.com/news/Part-2-Sex-offenders-and-the-City-128706733.html
Father Behind Megan’s Law Runs Against NJ Senator, August 30, 2011:
http://www.app.com/article/20110830/NJNEWS10/308300033/Father-behind-Megan-s-Law-runs-against-NJ-senator
Couple Can Sue Laptop-Tracking Company for Spying on Sex Chats, August 30, 2011:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/08/absolute-sued-for-spying/
Pastor Compares Atheists To “Terrorists, Sex Offenders,” Suggests National Registry, August 30, 2011:
http://www.care2.com/causes/pastor-compares-atheists-to-terrorists-sex-offenders-suggests-national-registry.html
Part 1: Sex Offenders and the City (Austin, TX), August 29, 2011:
http://www.kvue.com/news/defenders/Part-1-Sex-offenders-and-the-City-128615753.html
Child Predators: Is Our Punishment Misguided? (Virginia), August 29, 2011:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/child-predators-is-our-punishment-misguided/2011/08/26/gIQAZZAQlJ_blog.html
Editorial: Follow Evidence, Not Gut Feeling, on Sex Offenders, August 28, 2011:
Far from protecting children from predators, public notification can increase recidivism
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/08/28/follow_evidence_not_gut_feeling_on_sex_offenders/?s_campaign=8315
Kids on the Sex-Offender Registry: A Marie Claire Survey, August 26, 2011:
http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/news/teens-on-sex-offender-registry?click=rel
Cardinal Launches Accused Clergy Sex Offender Site, August 25, 2011:
The Archdiocese of Boston is upgrading its Web site today to include one-stop shopping for information on past and present clerics already publicly accused of sexually abusing minors.
The new site can be likened to a sex offender registry for priests and deacons.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1361360
Class Claims Credit Reporter Misidentified ‘Hundreds or Thousands’ as Sex Offenders, August 25, 2011:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/25/39264.htm
Anatomy of How a Boy’s Rape Lie, and the Media’s Rush to Judgment, Can Turn an Innocent Life Upside Down, August 25, 2011:
http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/2011/08/anatomy-of-how-boys-rape-lie-and-medias.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFalseRapeSociety+%28The+False+Rape+Society%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Opinion: Broad Online Restrictions for Sex Offenders Don’t Protect Children, August 24, 2011:
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/08/broad_online_restrictions_for.html
Northside ISD: We Can’t Keep Sex Offenders from Living by Bus Stops (TX), August 24, 2011:
http://www.kens5.com/news/School-districts-cant-do-much-when-it-comes-to-sex-offenders-near-bus-stops-128358513.html
Judge Removes Man From Sex Offender Registry (MI), August 24, 2011:
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/28967192/detail.html
Red Letter Days, August 23, 2011:
Alex Woodward on the revision of Louisiana’s crime-against-nature laws … and why they don’t do anything for those already convicted.
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/red-letter-days/Content?oid=1868559
U.S. Marshals Raid East Texas Home, August 23, 2011:
http://www.kltv.com/story/15319259/us-marshals-raid-east-texas-home
Illinois Pulls Health Care Licenses of Sex Offenders, August 22, 2011:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/22/illinois-pulls-health-care-licenses-sex-offenders/
Appeal Likely in Maine Sex Offender Ruling, August 22, 2011:
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Appeal-likely-in-Maine-sex-offender-ruling-2135753.php
Governor Reviewing Options After Court Ruling on “Time Served” (IA), August 22, 2011:
http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/08/22/governor-reviewing-options-after-court-ruling-on-time-served/
Pennsylvania Misses Key Federal Sex Offender Deadline, August 22, 2011:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_752686.html
Missouri Teacher Sues State Over ‘Facebook Law,’ Says She Can’t Contact her Own Child Online, August 22, 2011:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/missouri-teacher-sues-state-over-facebook-law-says-162158139.html
Missouri Teachers Fight to be Facebook Friends with Students, August 21, 2011:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/missouri-teachers-fight-to-be-facebook-friends-with-students/2875
Professors Warn About New Sex Offenders Law (AL), August 21, 2011:
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110821/NEWS/110829994/1011/NEWS?Title=Professors-warn-about-new-sex-offenders-law
Georgia’s Sex Offender Law Creates Confusion, August 21, 2011:
http://www.times-herald.com/local/Sex-offender-law—-creates-confusion–1803016
Are Kids at Risk Near Sex Offenders? August 21, 2011:
http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2011/aug/21/menewso1-are-kids-at-risk-near-sex-offender-ar-251941/
Sentencing Disparities in Child-Sex-Assault Cases Point to Double Standard, August 21, 2011:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18726100
Opinion: Sex Offender, The Last Pariahs, August 20, 2011:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/sex-offenders-the-last-pariahs.html
(A MUST Read!)
State Sex Offender Registry (Maine) Upheld as Constitutional, August 20, 2011:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/state-sex-offender-registry-upheld-as-constitutional_2011-08-20.html
Where to Put Oregon’s Homeless Sex Offenders? Well, the Salem Walmart Parking Lot is Out, August 20, 2011:
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/08/where_to_put_oregons_homeless_sex_offenders_well_the_salem_walmart_parking_lot_is_out.html
Police: Summertime Sting Unearthed Would-be Sex Predators (FL), August 20, 2011:
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110820/NEWS01/108200324/Police-Summertime-sting-unearthed-would-sex-predators?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CLocal%20News
Prison Ruling Spurs Call for Legislative Fix (IA), August 20, 2011:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110820/NEWS10/108200312/-1/gallery_array/Prison-ruling-spurs-call-legislative-fix
Hundreds of Iowa Inmates Could be Released on Ruling, August 19, 2011:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110819/NEWS10/108190312/-1/SPORTS12/Hundreds-Iowa-inmates-could-released-ruling
Judge Refuses to Block La. from Enforcing New Law Limiting Sex Offenders’ Internet Access, August 19, 2011:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/53023aff112e4ca48bb4e22e4ecd6c3f/LA–Sex-Offenders-Facebook/
Judge Wants Proof Match.com is Screening Members, August 19, 2011:
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18720499
Convicted Sex Offender from Westlake Altered Driver’s License (LA), August 19, 2011:
http://www.sulphurdailynews.com/newsnow/x386667580/Convicted-sex-offender-from-Westlake-altered-drivers-license
Delaware Judge Refuses to Halt Eviction of Sex Offenders Living Near Wilmington Daycare Center, August 19, 2011:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ba4efa54d24b46409ecc38012b83a8fe/DE–Sex-Offenders-Eviction/
How a Bad Drug Deal Put a Mother and Son on the Sex Offender List, August 18, 2011:
Illinois law requires those convicted of several crimes against children to also register.
http://glenellyn.patch.com/articles/how-a-bad-drug-deal-put-a-mother-and-son-on-the-sex-offender-list
The False Hope of Sex Offender Registries, August 18, 2011:
An effort to combat predators comes up empty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-0818-chapman-20110818,0,1917719.column
http://reason.com/archives/2011/08/19/a-false-remedy-for-sex-offende
(A MUST Read!)
Loophole Allows Sex Offenders to Live Next to Church Daycares, August 18, 2011:
A loophole in Missouri’s sex offender regulations allow offenders to live as close as they want to religious childcare centers.
http://www.kspr.com/news/local/kspr-loophole-allows-sex-offenders-to-live-next-to-church-daycares-20110818,0,4514135.story
McDonnell’s PAC Targets Four Democratic Senators (Virginia), August 18, 2011:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-politics/2011/aug/18/tdmet01-mcdonnells-pac-targets-four-democratic-sen-ar-1245770/
Judge: ‘To Catch a Predator’ is Entrapment, August 18, 2011:
http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/08/18/judge-to-catch-a-predator-is-entrapment/
Man Arrested in ‘To Catch A Predator’ Sting Acquitted, August 17, 2011:
Five years after appearing in one of Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” stings, a 26-year-old California man has been acquitted of the charge against him.
After six days of testimony, a Judge threw out the case against Joseph Roisman and criticized the tactics used by Dateline’s partner, Perverted Justice for engaging in entrapment.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/man-arrested-in-to-catch-a-predator-sting-acquitted_b80928
Residents Upset Sex Offenders Are Moving In (FL), August 17, 2011:
http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/28899645/detail.html
Township Repeals Sex Offender Residency Ordinance (PA), August 17, 2011:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/doylestown/township-repeals-sex-offender-residency-ordinance/article_3958ebfb-ca2f-571a-b27f-a6fe2727c63f.html
State Budget Doubles Cost to Counties to Commit Sex Offenders (MN), August 17, 2011:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/17/county-cost-committed-sex-offender/
Opinion: Reducing Recidivism: The Challenge of Successful Prisoner Re-Entry, August 17, 2011:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-heroux/reducing-recidivism-the-c_b_929510.html
D.C. Sex-Offender Registry Deemed Constitutional, August 16, 2011:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/08/16/d-c-sex-offender-registry-deemed-constitutional/?mod=google_news_blog
Sex Offenders Banned from Facebook? August 16, 2011:
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Sex-offenders-banned-from-Facebook/N0ZUKgp8Vkib9FRm9Zoz2A.cspx
Giving Former Sex Offenders “the Ability to Learn, Adapt, Grow, and Change”, August 16, 2011:
http://centretownnewsonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2520&Itemid=104
Some Texas Parolees Freed of Sex Offender Label, August 16, 2011:
After losses in court, state changes how it deals with those not convicted of sex crimes.
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/some-texas-parolees-freed-of-sex-offender-label-1752700.html
ALCU of Louisiana: Sues Over Limits on Sex Offenders’ Web Access, August 15, 2011:
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=348&NewsID=1004554&CategoryID=20366&on=1
The complaint: https://www.laaclu.org/PDF_documents/Doe_v_Jindal_081511.pdf
State to Defend Sex Offender Law (LA), August 15, 2011:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20110816/NEWS01/108160316
Family Members of Sex Offenders Organize Lawsuit Against Colorado’s Indeterminate Sentences, August 14, 2011:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18677345
ACLU of Delaware: Don’t Evict Sex Offenders, August 14, 2011:
Suit seeks to stop Wilmington from ejecting men from safe houses near day care
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110814/NEWS01/108140353/ACLU-Don-t-evict-sex-offenders
School Puts Parolees at Vacaville Apartment Complex in Tough Spot (CA), August 14, 2011:
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_18679812
Device Finds Child Porn on WiFi, August 14, 2011:
http://www.katu.com/news/local/127686448.html
Remedy an Injustice: Too Many Names on Sex Offender Registry, August 12, 2011:
http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_18667566
Full Internet Ban for Sex Offenders Ruled Unlawful (UK), August 12, 2011:
http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2011/08/12/full-internet-ban-for-sex-offenders-ruled-unlawful/
Missouri Man Charged In Hammer Attack On Sex Offender, August 12, 2011:
Suspect told police he was “doing God’s work”
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-mo-sex-offender-hammer-attack-20110812,0,5625820.story
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/12/38939.htm
Opinion: Sex Offender Label for Streetwalkers is Misplaced (LA), August 12, 2011:
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2011/08/sex_offender_label_for_streetw.html
Neighborhood Watch Steps up Patrols Near Sex Offenders’ Home (OH), August 12, 2011:
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20110812/NEWS01/108120308/Neighborhood-watch-steps-up-patrols-near-sex-offenders-home
Bill Would Turn Internet Providers Into Snoops, August 12, 2011:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-08-12/business/29879092_1_law-enforcement-internet-service-provider-subpoena
(HR1981- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1981 )
Defendant’s Parents Angered Over ICE Agents’ Conduct (CA), August 12, 2011:
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-news-defendants-parents-angered-over-ice-agents-conduct-20110812,0,242096.story
Court: Child Porn Not Enough for Offender Status (MA), August 11, 2011:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20110811court_child_porn_not_enough_for_offender_status/srvc=home&position=recent
Mansfield Officials Say They Knew Nothing about Transitional Housing Unit (OH), August 11, 2011:
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20110811/NEWS01/108110305/Mansfield-officials-say-they-knew-nothing-about-transitional-housing-unit?odyssey=mod|mostcom
Legal Case Highlights Injustice to Women on Louisana Sex Offender Registry, August 10, 2011:
http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/08/10/legal-case-women-lousiana-offender-registry/
Bronx Supreme Court Highlights Sex Offender Confinement Controversy, August 10, 2011:
http://bronx.ny1.com/content/top_stories/144794/bronx-supreme-court-highlights-sex-offender-confinement-controversy
With Nowhere to Go, Sex Offenders File Suit (DE), August 9, 2011:
Under Delaware law, certain sex offenders are not permitted 500 feet from a school, even if the school opens after the registered sex offender began living there.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110809/NEWS01/108090342/With-nowhere-go-sex-offenders-file-suit
Collecting DNA From Arrestees Is Unconstitutional, California Court Says, August 9, 2011:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/08/dna-arrestees/
Augusta Sex Offender Asks to Get off State List (GA), August 9, 2011:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2011-08-09/augusta-sex-offender-asks-get-state-list?v=1312933449
Bronx Judge Finds Constitutional Defect in Sex Offender Law (NY), August 9, 2011:
A Bronx judge has ordered the state to release a potentially dangerous sex offender because of a constitutional defect in the Mental Health Law.
Supreme Court Justice Colleen Duffy held in State v. Enrique T., 2011 NY Slip Op 21269, that the law empowering New York to civilly manage sex offenders after they have completed a criminal sentence unconstitutionally requires confining them before there has been a trial to determine if civil confinement is even necessary.
Justice Duffy found that the law is rendered facially unconstitutional by the fact that it does not permit any less restrictive remedy. Her decision follows a federal court decision in March by Southern District Judge Deborah A. Batts that
http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202510392672&Bronx_Judge_Finds_Constitutional_Defect_in_Sex_Offender_Law&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
Fallon Man Sentenced for Brutal Beating (NV), August 9, 2011:
http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20110809/NEWS/110809918/1055&ParentProfile=1045
The ‘Just in Case You’re a Criminal Someday’ Act, August 9, 2011:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/minority-report-precrime-real-house-bill-online-life/story?id=14258575
(HR1981- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1981 )
LC Sex Offender Registration Law Blocked for Now (LA), August 8, 2011:
http://www.kplctv.com/story/15228602/lc-sex-offender-registration-law-blocked-for-now
New Facebook Sex Game “Smash or Pass” Gaining Popularity, August 8, 2011:
http://www.kltv.com/story/15229037/new-facebook-game-smash-or-pass-gaining-popularity
Prosecutor: Inmates Believed Beating Victim was Child Molester (CA), August 8, 2011:
Prosecutors say five defendants acted as “judge, jury and executioner” when they killed John Chamberlain at the Theo Lacy facility, while the defense tells jurors that a former sheriff’s deputy approved the attack.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/chamberlain-311306-inmates-defense.html
10 Year Old Poses Suggestively in Vogue Magazine, August 8, 2011:
Wearing an extremely low-cut blouse and provocatively sprawled out on a bed, a 10 year old French Vogue model has received world wide attention.
http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=649085
Child Porn Bill Cloaks Fed Data Grab, August 8, 2011:
http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2011/08/08/child-porn-bill-cloaks-fed-data-grab/
(HR1981- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1981 )
Could this Legislation Kill the Internet? August 8, 2011:
I’ve noticed two things when studying elected officials. First, many seem to know almost nothing about technology. Second, when you say the words “protecting children” they tend to turn their brains off and support whatever comes next.
http://fcw.com/articles/2011/08/05/protecting-children-bill-could-kill-internet.aspx
(HR1981- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1981 )
Rape Charge Dropped, but Houston Man’s ‘Whole Life is Ruined’, August 8, 2011:
Harris County DA’s decision possibly tied to DNA evidence
“There was no evidence and no witnesses. I had to prove my innocence instead of them proving my guilt.”
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7689241.html
Offenders Must Move from Vacaville Complex (CA), August 7, 2011:
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_18633935
Cameras Scan License Plates in Harlingen (TX), August 6, 2011:
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=648760
Prosecutors Find Glitches in Human Trafficking, Sexting and Domestic Abuse Laws (TX), August 6, 2011:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/06/3273840/prosecutors-find-glitches-in-human.html
National Post Editorial Board: Even the Lowest of the Low Have Rights, August 6, 2011:
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/06/national-post-editorial-board-even-the-lowest-of-the-low-have-rights/
Kids See More Sex on TV than Online, Research Suggests, August 6, 2011:
Michele Ybarra, president and research director of the nonprofit research organization Internet Solutions for Kids finds that exposure to sexual material is highest with TV, at 75%, followed by music, at 69%, she says. The Internet is the least common way kids are exposed to sexual material, at 16% to 25%.
http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/story/2011/08/Kids-see-more-sex-on-TV-than-online-research-suggests/49843626/1
Mass. High Court Says Ban on Sex Offenders Living in Nursing Homes is Unconstitutional, August 5, 2011:
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/08/mass-high-court-overturns-ban-level-sex-offenders-living-nursing-homes/twUwuy8GkMeJESi17DJU6M/index.html
A Partial Step Toward Justice (Virginia), August 5, 2011:
The Norfolk Four
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/partial-step-toward-justice
Charges Dropped, Norfolk Four Member Cleared (Virginia), August 5, 2011:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/charges-dropped-norfolk-four-member-free-man
Opinion: In Sex Crimes, the Punishment is an Offense, August 4, 2011:
http://poststar.com/news/opinion/columns/wdoolittle/in-sex-crimes-the-punishment-is-an-offense/article_f530c712-bed2-11e0-8bcc-001cc4c002e0.html
10-Year-Old Model’s Grown-Up Look: High Fashion or High Risk? August 4, 2011:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_MindBodyResource/10-year-models-grown-high-fashion-high-risk/story?id=14221160
Smash or Pass Facebook Pages Could Be Dangerous For Your Kids, August 3, 2011:
http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/top-stories/Smash-or-Pass-Facebook-Pages-Could-Be-Dangerous-For-Your-Kids-126740743.html
Quincy Lawmaker Pushes to Monitor Sex Offenders Online (MA), August 3, 2011:
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x1158635092/Quincy-lawmaker-pushes-to-monitor-sex-offenders-online
Missouri ‘Facebook Law’ Bans Teachers from Using Social Media with Students, August 3, 2011:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/missouri-facebook-law-bans-teachers-using-social-media-students
Could Okla. Sex Offenders Fall Off Registry List? August 2, 2011:
Oklahoma Supreme Court Set To Consider 2007 Ruling
Eyewitness News 5′s Wendell Edwards reported Monday night that the law, passed in 2007, established three levels of sex offender — with Level 3 resulting in having to register as a sex offender for life.
http://www.koco.com/r/28744502/detail.html
Father Sent to Prison Over Bounty for Daughter’s Beau, August 2, 2011:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/08/father-sentenced-/1
New State Law Addresses Sex Offenders on College Campuses (IL), August 2, 2011:
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_49c9c738-bd2f-11e0-b20a-001cc4c03286.html
Congress Out to Spy on Your ‘Puter, August 1, 2011:
If Congress had to name laws honestly, it would be called the “Forcing Your Internet Provider to Spy On You Just In Case You’re a Criminal Act of 2011″ — a costly, invasive mandate that even the co-author of the Patriot Act, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), says “runs roughshod over the rights of people who use the Internet.”
But because it’s disguised as the “Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act,” the House Judiciary Committee approved it last week by a wide margin — even though it’s got little to do with child porn and won’t do much to protect kids.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13500
(HR1981- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-1981 )
Why We Need to Protect Ex-Con Job Seekers from Discrimination, August 1, 2011:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2086114,00.html
