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A proposed register for child sex offenders could increase their chances of re-offending by isolating them from society, organisations with concerns about the plans say. Full Article
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Nov
2015
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Nov
2015
Nearly one in every 1,000 Britons is a registered sex offender, it was revealed last night. Ministry of Justice figures show there are 50,000 sex offenders – including rapists, paedophiles and other sex attackers – on the national register. That total has increased by more than 60 per cent in less than a decade from just 30,000 in 2006. It means there are now...
One of the scariest things about our over-the-top sex offender laws is how easy it is for a teenager with a girlfriend, boyfriend or sophomoric sense of humor to get labeled a “sex offender,” with all the legal and social ramifications this engenders. That’s why I nominate the probation and parole officer profiled in Sunday’s Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, Michelle Reese, as educator of...
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Nov
2015
PROVIDENCE — Enforcement of a newly revised state law that prohibits high-risk sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school has been temporarily blocked by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell. On Friday afternoon, McConnell granted a restraining order allowing Level III sex offenders who live within 1,000 feet of a school in Rhode Island to stay in their homes for...
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Nov
2015
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The number is unquestionably an undercount because it represents only those officers whose licenses to work in law enforcement were revoked, and not all states take such action. Full Article Related A 50-state look at officer decertification for sex incidents (on CA RSOL) Sex-offender cops exploit broken system, AP investigation reveals (OC Register) Same AP Article on SF Chronicle
MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Behind razor wire and locked metal doors, hundreds of men waited on a recent morning to be counted, part of the daily routine inside a remote facility here that was built based on a design for a prison. But this is not a prison, and most of these men — rapists, child abusers and other sex offenders — have completed...
Should a person be ordered to register as a sex offender for sending explicit video to a minor (sexting), but never physically touching the victim? The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says yes. Full Article
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The new law forbidding Level 3 sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school in Rhode Island is not constitutional, the Rhode Island ACLU said in a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence. Full Article
The boy was 11 when he was abducted while riding home on his bike. An Annandale man charged with possessing child pornography is a person of interest in the case, authorities said. Full Article Related Wetterling Family Statement
An Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct by law enforcement officers in the U.S. identified some 1,000 in six years who lost their licenses for sexual assault or other sex offenses or misconduct, including possession of child pornography, voyeurism and sex on duty. The findings are based on an analysis of state records for an administrative process called decertification, but the AP found that...
A local registered sex offender is speaking out about what many parents call 'Halloween's biggest danger': kids trick-or-treating at a registered sex offenders home. From the media coverage to police sweeps, the registered sex offender who does not want to be identified says fearing sex offenders on Halloween is being afraid of a problem that doesn't exist. "The facts don't match the hype," he...
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Oct
2015
Cambridge, Mass.—RSOL, Inc., a civil rights organization that advocates for evidence-based laws and the civil rights of law-abiding, registered citizens, calls for law enforcement entities to end the huge expenditure of tax dollars which are needlessly squandered each Halloween on a problem that experts in the field insist simply does not exist. (1) This year, a letter will be printed and sent to all...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced in federal district court its decision to withdraw a statewide requirement that sex offender parolees post a sign on the front door of their residences on Halloween. Immediately following that announcement, CA RSOL withdrew its request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). "This is a significant victory for more than 10,000 registered citizens and...
A UN special envoy Monday, October 26, called on Japan to ban cartoon images featuring "extreme" sexualized images of children, after Tokyo last year fell into line with other G7 nations by criminalizing possession of child pornography. Full Article
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Oct
2015
Zach Anderson of Elkhart is off the Indiana sex offender registry after a months-long court battle over a criminal sexual conduct case. Anderson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal sexual conduct earlier this year after having sex in December with a 14-year-old Niles, Mich., girl who told him she was 17. Anderson’s sentence included 25 years on the sex offender registry — a punishment his...
A long campaign to reduce the exorbitant sums that inmates are charged to speak to friends and family on the phone just notched a major victory, with the Federal Communications Commission voting 3–2 to aggressively regulate an industry that until recently was, in the words of the Prison Policy Initiative’s Peter Wagner, “a dark little backwater of telecommunication that the FCC was not paying...
CDCR Withdraws Halloween Sign Requirement Statewide - more details to follow. First Media Reports: Decision made over requirement that paroled sex offenders post signs on Halloween (10News) Sex Offenders on Parole Will Not Have to Post Signs on Door: Dept. of Corrections NBC Sex offenders not required to post signs on Halloween CBS No door signs required for parolees on Halloween Union Tribune For...
Brodie Leap was 5 years old when he told what he now calls The Lie. He says he knew it was a lie the second he said it. He is 31 now, living in Oakview in Clay County, and he has known his entire life that it wasn’t true. Full Article