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US v. Comstock: Will the U.S. Supreme Court Uphold the Federal Government's Power to Commit Sex Offenders, or Invoke Principles of Federalism?

Posted on February 08, 2010
2-8-2010 National:Currently pending before the Supreme Court is an important case, United States of America v. Comstock, that will test whether Chief Justice Roberts and the Court's conservative majority are willing to extend the protections of federalism even to sex offenders...

What can be done to stop predators?

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 National:'Some can be easily treated, some can't... and you've got the whole group in between,' says Fred Berlin, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins UniversityChris Hansen spoke to Dr. Fred Berlin, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine...

Michigan court: Homeless sex offender OK not registering

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 Michigan:LANSING ? The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court?s decision that a homeless sex offender shouldn?t be punished for not registering an address or giving his whereabouts to law enforcement.The opinion of the three-judge panel was released Tuesday...

Man murders alleged rapist nephew

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 Dubai:A man murdered a nephew who raped his daughter and refused to marry her when she became pregnant, Dubai Criminal Court heard yesterday.A lawyer representing Arab defendant TB, 47, called on the court to reduce any sentence to the lowest possible level because of the circumstances of the case...

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Legal experts have differing opinions on sexual predator law

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 Wisconsin:Opponents question fairness; proponents say society is saferThe impetus of Wisconsin's sexual predators law is a 36-year-old case.Gerald Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing 9-year-old Lisa French of Fond du Lac in 1973...

McGinty: Prostitution bill would help young victims

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 Georgia:Imagine the worst.Imagine your 12-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and, when she's finally found, she's been forced into a child prostitution ring. Imagine that she's kept in a drug-induced haze and raped repeatedly. Imagine the horror, grief and shock that would overwhelm you and your family as you dealt with that situation, and the work you'd be eager to do to heal your

Man Dies After Being Tasered by Police

Posted on February 07, 2010
2-7-2010 Virginia:ARLINGTON, Va. - There are new questions after a man died during a struggle with police at a busy Metro stop. Officers used a Taser on the man after he wouldn't cooperate at Pentagon City. Arlington police are investigating their first-ever police-involved death involving a Taser...

Sex Offender Loses Bid for Tax-Exempt Status

Posted on February 06, 2010
2-6-2010 Iowa:A company formed by a convicted sex offender for the purpose of legalizing child pornography doesn't qualify for tax-exempt status, the U.S. Tax Court ruled, because its goals are "contrary to public policy and would encourage illegal activity...

Penn State researchers receive money for new prison study

Posted on February 06, 2010
2-6-2010 National:Penn State researchers making end-of-life care for prison inmates are the focus of a $1.27 million grant.Researchers are using the National Institute of Nursing Research grant to develop a comprehensive toolkit of tailored resources for end-of-life care in prisons, assistant professor of nursing Susan Loeb wrote in an e-mail...

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited

Posted on February 06, 2010
If lawmakers are so concerned over WHO MAY BE BREAKING A LAW, lets do this, enact a law so that, all vehicle speedometers will IMMEDIATELY report anyone exceeding the speed limit whereever they are driving. Costs prohibitive? Well John Q. Public already is spending billions on a law to know where former sex offenders sleep for a few hours of the day, whats the difference? 2-6-2010 Global:

Are New Laws Making Sex Offender Tracking Tougher?

Posted on February 06, 2010
In 2010 there will be a census taken by the federal government, it is estimated to cost $11 billion dollars. Having the polcie do a monthly/quarterly census of registered persons may eventually reach a cost to make it prohibitive. So, Mr. John Q. Public how much money do you want to divert from your children's education (or some other worthy cause Health Care or Seniors) to know where former sex

Are States Harassing Sex Offender Registrants?

Posted on February 06, 2010
2-6-2010 Virginia:Something is going on in Virginia which warrants our attention. Apparently state law requires the State Police to produce -annually- the following report: "MONITORING OF OFFENDERS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS: A Report to the Governor, House Appropriations Committee, And Senate Finance Committee...

Oregon sex offender terms apply to nonoffenders

Posted on February 05, 2010
2-4-2010 Oregon:PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled the state parole board can treat some inmates like sex offenders after release from prison even if they were not serving time for any sex crime convictions.The court ruled Thursday that the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision can base those sex offender conditions on an inmate's criminal history and

Michigan appeals court: Homeless sex offenders don't have to register

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-4-2010 Michigan:The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that homeless sex criminals don?t have to comply with Michigan?s Sex Offender Registry Act.Thats not exactly what the court said, it said, the legislature did not provide a procedure for the homeless to register...

Bestiality ban to cut video source

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-4-2010 Netherlands:AMSTERDAM (Reuters) ? The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.The new law bans human sex with animals, including in private situations where the animals are not injured, and prohibits the production or distribution of animal pornography, a summary of the law posted

Freed inmate must go back to Tuttle hell

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-4-2010 Florida:Vindication gets Eduardo Galego out of prison and back into the netherworld where Miami-Dade sequesters sex offenders.The Third District Court of Appeal reversed Galego's 2008 probation revocation last week. The three-judge panel decided that a sick diabetic checking himself into a hospital emergency room was not the same as a convict willfully jumping probation...

Justice Kennedy laments the state of prisons in California, U.S.

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-4-2010 California:Speaking to L.A. lawyers, the Supreme Court jurist blasts the prison guard union's influence, calling it 'sick' but sidesteps questions about the ruling he wrote last month on campaign spending.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M...

Sex Offenders' recovery group raises concerns in Chandler

Posted on February 04, 2010
Lincoln County man says he?s providing ?a second chance? CHANDLER ? These days, a simple Bible verse about helping others brings Tom Wright to tears. The Lincoln County man thumbs through the red, leather-bound book he keeps handy at his desk, finding his favorite passage in Matthew...

Michigan Homless and Sex Offender Registration: Court Decision

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-3-2010 Michigan:Today the State Court of Appeals -on remand from the State Supreme court- issued its decision in the case of a homeless person who was charged with failure to register (FTR).In essence, the trial court dismissed the charge of FTR and the prosecutor appealed the decision, then the prosecutor missed a filing deadline, and the court of appeals would not hear the case...

N.J. considers transferring jailed sex offenders to East Jersey State Prison

Posted on February 04, 2010
2-3-2010 New Jersey:WOODBRIDGE -- New Jersey is quietly discussing plans to transfer at least 160 jailed sex offenders to East Jersey State Prison in Woodbridge, officials said today.The proposal is already generating fierce local opposition. The state is required to move the civilly committed sex offenders ? those who have completed their prison terms but are judged too dangerous to be released

Mother accused of killing infant son invokes Fifth Amendment

Posted on February 03, 2010
2-3-2010 Ohio:HAMILTON ? A Hamilton mother accused of killing her 5-week-old son and throwing his body in the trash told the judge today, Feb. 3 she was evoking her right to remain silent when he began to ask about her competency to stand trial.Asuncion ?Suzie? Avila-Villa, dressed in bright orange jail garb, looked down and appeared to be reading when she told Butler County Common Pleas Judge

Aristotle Calls for NewsCorp to Sell MySpace and Disclose Any Liability Risk from Contacts Sex Offenders May Have Had With Children Using Service

Posted on February 03, 2010
If there is any truth to "NewsCorp 'Not Fit' to Manage Sensitive Data" -as reported below, what about the fact that they have access to ALL RSOs' data which was given to them by Congress? 2-2-2010 Global:NewsCorp 'Not Fit' to Manage Sensitive DataWASHINGTON, Feb...

Burnt car victim 'witness to pedophile murder'

Posted on February 03, 2010
2-3-2010 Australia:It has been revealed that a man found dead in a burnt-out car in NSW bushland was a police witness in a pedophile murder trial. The Illawarra Mercury reports Matthew Digby was serving a sentence for motor vehicle theft in a regional prison in September 1998 when he claimed to have witnessed the murder of a man jailed for child sex offences...

Fresno Water Tower off Limits to Sex Offenders

Posted on February 03, 2010
2-3-2010 California:FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Just before Christmas the City of Fresno installed floodlights to show off the historic water tower in downtown. But now the tower has become a beacon for homeless sex offenders on parole. They say it's one of the only places they can go to stay on the right side of the law...

Pornography, and an Issue of Restitution

Posted on February 03, 2010
2-3-2010 National:When Amy was a little girl, her uncle made her famous in the worst way: as a star in the netherworld of child pornography. Photographs and videos known as ?the Misty series? depicting her abuse have circulated on the Internet for more than 10 years, and often turn up in the collections of those arrested for possession of illegal images...

Federal study finds sharp drop in serioous child abuse between 1993 and 2006

Posted on February 02, 2010
All advocates need to notice, this IS NOT a report on sex offenses, it is a report of child abuses (maltreatment). Within maltreatment one form of maltreatment is sexual abuse (and that is not sexual offenses), and neglect, physical abuse, mental abuse, etc are other forms of maltreatment...

Breast cancer bracelets cause stir at middle school

Posted on February 02, 2010
2-2-2010 California:SANTA CLARA, CA (KGO) -- A breast cancer awareness bracelet is causing controversy at a Santa Clara middle school. Administrators say it is a good cause, but the message on the bracelets is distracting the students. "This one, it starts out, it says, 'I love boobies,'" 13-year-old Sarah Garaci explained...

Remains found in 2008 identified as that of Dayton sex offender

Posted on February 02, 2010
2-2-2010 Ohio:EATON ? The skeletal remains of a man found in July 2008 on an abandoned property near West Alexandria are those of a registered sex offender from Dayton, the Preble County Sheriff?s Office reported Tuesday, Feb. 2.Sheriff Mike Simpson said his office is investigating the 54-year-old white male?s death as a homicide...

Man Under Fire For Housing Offenders

Posted on February 02, 2010
2-2-2010 Oklahoma:Tom Wright Says He's Doing Work Of GodCHANDLER, Okla. -- A Lincoln County man is under fire for housing registered sex offenders near a camp where children stay.However, Tom Wright told Eyewitness News 5 that he's doing the work of God by helping people nobody else would...

Kids web sites asked to check NY sex offender list

Posted on February 02, 2010
While my comment should not be interpreted as supporting that RSOs should be allowed on kids Internet sites, it has to be said that the NY AG is now stalking the Internet to banish RSOs from it. The Internet's sole purpose is not for children but for society in general and there are places on the Internet that RSOs can navigate without constantly being accused of wrongdoing when there is none.

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