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Plain View for Computer Searches Generates Two Circuit Splits in Two Days: United States v. Williams and United States v. Mann

Posted on January 22, 2010
1-22-2010 National:Should courts adopt a new set of Fourth Amendment rules to regulate how the police can search computers for evidence? In particular, does the fact that so much electronic evidence outside the scope of a warrant can come into ?plain view? during a computer search require a different approach to whether that evidence outside the scope of the warrant should be admitted? Some

Bill shuts notification loophole on sex offenders in nursing homes

Posted on January 21, 2010
Things are getting out of hand, first everyone wanted a public registry, now everyone wants PERSONAL NOTIFICATIONS. This request is another form of secondary dissemination which could easily pass on erroneous information, and without the WARNINGS required by the Adam Walsh Act, to protect the RSO...

Miami-Dade further restricts sex-offender laws, eases others

Posted on January 21, 2010
1-21-2010 Florida:Sex offenders and predators will be further restricted in Miami-Dade County, but possibly face lesser residency restrictions in other cities, under an ordinance passed by the County Commission Thursday.The changes to its current ordinance affect where molesters can live and loiter within the county and the 24 separate municipalities and unincorporated areas within its

NCSL Law and Criminal Justice Committee SORNA Teleconference

Posted on January 21, 2010
1-21-2010 National:A quick note to let folks know that this Conference is not for the general public. See e-mail below:From: Donna Lyons Subject: conference callTo: eadvocate@yahoo.comDate: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:46 PMI am aware that group ConstitutionalFights...

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Judges Trim Jail Time for Child Porn

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 National:Data Show Trend Toward Leniency for People Who View Images but Aren't MolestersMore federal judges are showing leniency toward individuals who view child pornography but who aren't themselves molesters, according to recent data on prison sentences...

Grievance filed against Bruning

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 Nebraska:LINCOLN (AP) -- A Lincoln attorney has filed a grievance against Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, accusing Bruning of abusing his position and making personal attacks on a judge and a lawyer during a radio show interview.Korey Reiman said Tuesday that he believes Bruning violated professional rules of conduct with comments he made about Lincoln County District Judge John

Ala. House passes bill to seize property of sex offenders who use computer to lure victims

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 Alabama:MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ? Adults using a computer to solicit a juvenile for sexual activity could find themselves without a home, car or computer.The Alabama House voted 95-0 to pass a bill by Democratic Rep. Ken Guin of Carbon Hill that allows authorities to confiscate the property of a person convicted of using a computer to lure a young person to meet for sexual reasons...

If Your Kids Are Awake, They?re Probably Online

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 National:The average young American now spends practically every waking minute ? except for the time in school ? using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation...

Lawmakers discuss sex offender law

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 Maine:High court sets revision deadline AUGUSTA, Maine ? State lawmakers reopened the books on Maine?s controversial sex offender law on Wednesday in the wake of a recent court ruling questioning the constitutionality of aspects of the registry...

Julia Tuttle homeless longing for shelter

Posted on January 20, 2010
Shelters prohibit registered sex offenders access even in sub-zero temperatures. Lawmakers nationally fail to resolve this issue.. We urge folks to contact your local lawmakers and shelters, and ask them to resolve this issue before another freezes to death...

Panel: Rethink lifetime supervision for sex offenders

Posted on January 20, 2010
1-20-2010 Iowa:Lawmakers should revise state law to limit the number of sex offenders subject to lifetime supervision, focusing the state's scarce resources on the highest-risk offenders, a state panel recommended Tuesday.The move comes after a Des Moines Register probe in July showed Iowa's experiment with lifetime monitoring of sex offenders would cost at the very minimum about $168 million

State's DNA letter to felons may yield future setbacks in court

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 Wisconsin:A letter being sent by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections that orders released felons to submit DNA samples or face prosecution may exceed the state's authority and undermine future cases, legal experts, defense attorneys and even one prosecutor say...

Dyersville's sex offender ordinance stays intact

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 Iowa:DYERSVILLE, Iowa ? One of Iowa?s strongest municipal sex offender ordinances will remain on the books.The Dyersville City Council decided not to take action Monday on a resolution that would repeal its ordinance passed in 2005, which bans all sex offenders from residing within city limits...

Predators and the Constitution

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 National:The feds usurp another area of state law. Sex offenders are the least sympathetic of legal plaintiffs. Still, we were dismayed last week to see so many Supreme Court Justices during oral arguments apparently willing to let the federal government take over an area of law governing criminals that the Constitution grants to the states...

2010 Annual MnATSA Conference

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 Minnesota:2010 Annual MnATSA ConferenceNorthland Inn and Executive Conference CenterApril 14 - 16, 2010Choose an option belowView Conference Workshop Details ? Download Conference BrochureRegister to Attend the ConferenceMnATSA Members ? Non-MnATSA Members ? Full-Time Students

National Conference of State Legislatures Law and Criminal Justice Committee SORNA Teleconference

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 National:NCSL Law and Criminal Justice Committee SORNA TeleconferenceFriday, January 22, 1:00 p.m. ETThis conference call will provide an opportunity to hear from new Office of Justice Program's SMART Office officials about SORNA compliance and will include brief updates by NCSL state issues and federal relations staff...

The Digital Riddle: When Sex Laws Meet the Internet, Confusion Reigns

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 Global:Predictability is important when it comes to the law. Citizens should know what sort of punishment they should expect for engaging in criminal behavior. If offends our notions of justice when wildly different sentences are handed down for similar crimes...

3rd Circuit Panel Mulls if Teen 'Sexting' Is Child Pornography

Posted on January 19, 2010
1-19-2010 Pennsylvania:As the nation's first case involving criminal prosecutions of teenagers for "sexting" made its way to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, all three judges seemed skeptical of the prosecutor's claim that child pornography laws are violated when a teen transmits a nude image of herself...

Man's penis removed from pipe

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 United Kingdom:A man who went to casualty with his penis stuck in a steel pipe had to be cut free by firefighters using a metal grinder. Medics at Southampton General Hospital could not get the man's penis out of the stainless steel pipe because the restricted blood flow had caused it to become aroused...

Ill. soldier's family says pictures aren't porn

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 Military - Afghanistan:CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The family of an Illinois National Guard soldier said Friday that he's been charged with possession of child pornography in Afghanistan over innocent snapshots of a 4-year-old relative in a swimsuit...

North Carolina unprepared for sex offenders from federal prisons

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 North Carolina:If states are left with the responsibility of monitoring sexually dangerous inmates turned loose from federal prisons, North Carolina isn't ready.The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to prohibit federal officials from committing those offenders deemed sexually dangerous after they serve their sentences...

66% of Government Agencies Use Social Networking

Posted on January 18, 2010
Given the wording of some sex offender laws which restrict or prohibit use of social networking sites, those folks would be denied access to these govermental sites. That clearly affects the registrants right to political input and information provided by these sites...

Man wanted by RCMP--NOT!

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 Canada:Penticton RCMP are seeking the publics assistance in identifying the persons responsible for posting defamatory posters that have appeared in the City over the past three weeks. These posters have a photo of a local resident, with captions reading "Convicted Sex Offender" and "rapist, wanted by police...

Effort to prevent sex crimes is misplaced

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 Delaware:The horrible crimes allegedly committed by Dr. Earl Bradley rightly incense us and elicit a passionate desire to do something. State Rep. John C. Atkins has proposed a bill that would require chemical castration, special license plates, and increased penalties for certain sex offenders...

Sex offenders behind bars: How long?

Posted on January 18, 2010
1-18-2010 California:Using the civil commitment process to lengthen a criminal sentence is dishonest and dangerous.When we learned that the Supreme Court was reviewing a law that allows the federal government to confine prisoners indefinitely even after they have completed their prison sentences, we naturally assumed that the legal issue involved due process for the prisoner...

Lack of birthdate connects Oklahoma city, county public employees, offenders

Posted on January 17, 2010
1-17-2010 Oklahoma:More than 250 Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County employees? names match those of registered sex offenders. Nearly half of those employees work in public safety: 43 are police officers, 42 are firefighters and 27 work in the county sheriff?s department, according to a computer-assisted comparison of city and county employee rosters to the state sex offender registry...

Goshen teen pleads guilty to burglary, but not having sex with horses

Posted on January 17, 2010
1-17-2010 New York:GOSHEN ? ___ admitted everything Tuesday in Orange County Court, except the part about having sex with horses.The 18-year-old from the Village of Goshen pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary, a felony, admitting he burglarized the Goshen Historic Track for the purpose of committing a crime last year...

U.S. Supreme Court: Throwing away the key for sex offenders?

Posted on January 17, 2010
1-17-2010 Washington DC:WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, after hearing argument last week, is set to decide whether the U.S. government has the power to commit indefinitely any federal prisoner who shows signs of being a sexual predator...

Prison Survival Guide - An Inmate Tells You How To Live Behind Bars!

Posted on January 17, 2010
1-17-2010 National:So you are looking at doing some federal prison time and don't know how to survive in a jail atmosphere. I will teach you some very valid techniques on how to survive prison using these ways to survive jail tips that are coming from actual former inmates...

Boulder DA wants state to ease up on streakers

Posted on January 16, 2010
1-16-2010 Colorado:Garnett: 'Everyone who does something goofy' shouldn't be named a sex offenderIf Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett gets his way, anyone convicted of streaking in Colorado -- including the unabashed Halloween revelers known for running naked with pumpkins on their heads in Boulder -- no longer will be forced to register as sex offenders...

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