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Records reveal troubles in Sarah Foxwell's family

Posted on January 10, 2010
1-10-2010 Maryland:SALISBURY -- When Sarah Haley Foxwell was reported as missing two days before Christmas, news of her disappearance spread quickly and spurred Lower Shore residents to action.More than 3,000 mothers, fathers and children east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge held onto hope Christmas Day as they traveled before daybreak to Arthur W...

Retired US justice rules for MI inmate

Posted on January 10, 2010
I love the reason they denied him appointed counsel: "Finally, we deny Mingus?s motion for appointment of counsel pursuant to 6th Cir. R. 34(j)(2)(C). Although the issues raised by this appeal are complex, we find that Mingus has more than adequately represented himself...

Technology to track sex offenders

Posted on January 10, 2010
This is one pile of poppy-cock, there is no way to TRACK sex offenders using IRIS scans although you may be able to IDENTIFY one when s/he is standing in front of you, and after you get a warrant to allow you to do the scan. Anyone who believes this is a viable way to TRACK not IDENTIFY is fooling themselves...

Presentation examines sex offender myths

Posted on January 10, 2010
1-10-2010 Wisconsin:Program takes stand against residency requirementsThe message from a panel of people who work closely with sex offenders was clear on Saturday ? education is key in dispelling myths about sex offenders and helping them reintegrate into society after release from prison...

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Neighboring states take various approaches

Posted on January 10, 2010
1-10-2010 South Dakota:Neighboring states have established a variety of different sex offender registry requirements.Minnesota and North Dakota publicly display only high-risk offenders. Iowa prohibits certain offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or day care...

Chelsea rabbit rapist convicted of cruelty

Posted on January 09, 2010
1-9-2010 Massachusetts:Animal lovers be warned - this report is not for the squeamish.Abel Aguirre, 38, of Chelsea was convicted yesterday of animal cruelty for having sex with his roommate?s rabbit, the Suffolk County District Attorney?s Office said...

New sex offender rules face challenge

Posted on January 08, 2010
Interesting in this article is, we have a Federal Judge who apparently does not want any other judge (a state judge), to disagree with his federal decision already issued. Ignoring the issues of the case for a minute, what makes a Federal Judge so god-like that others should not disagree with him? 1-8-2010 Nebraska:A hearing is scheduled in Lincoln County District Court on Jan...

Court Nixes Juvenile Sex Offender Registration

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Montana: The 9th Circuit rejected as unconstitutional a legal provision requiring juvenile sex offenders to register and report four times a year, saying it could "wreak havoc" on the lives of former offenders who are now law-abiding adults. Congress enacted the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act in 2006 in response to growing concern over sex crimes, particularly

Homeless sex offenders banned from cold-weather shelters

Posted on January 08, 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...

Delayed text messages left sexual predator free to roam for hours in Tampa case

Posted on January 08, 2010
Absolute proof that ACTIVE GPS units WILL NOT PREVENT crimes! Why is Pro-Tech using TEXT-MESSAGES rather than a live phone call esp. under these circumstances (multiple alerts same offender)?1-8-2010 Florida:TAMPA ? Things might have turned out differently if two text messages had reached their target on time early Friday morning...

Lindemeier's sex offender registry law challenge removed to federal court

Posted on January 08, 2010
Hopefully Mr. Lindemeier is aware of the "Doctrine of England" which would stay federal decisions until the state (Nebraska) can decide State issues, which the federal court has NO jurisdiction over.1-8-2010 Nebraska:Bob Lindemeier?s challenge to the new Sex Offender Registry laws filed in Lincoln County District Court has been removed to federal court...

Men reach deal in bestiality case

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Tennessee:Two men accused of having sex with a horse at a Maury County farm were sentenced to probation after reaching plea agreements with the state.James Michael Tait, 58, pleaded no contest Monday to five counts of criminal offenses against animals and was given 10 years probation...

Ruling clouds sex-offender registry

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Indiana:Work is hard to find for Shane Call these days.He still sells cleaning and hygiene products out of his home, but gone are the days when he would hit nearby farmers markets and hawk his goods and generate a nice supply of cash. After someone found his photo on the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry along with the words ?child molesting,? he was no longer welcome...

Survey: State lawmakers support sex registry changes

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 South Dakota:PIERRE -- Many state lawmakers support a plan to change South Dakota's registry of sex offenders so those convicted of less severe crimes get a chance to get their names removed from the list, according to a survey by The Associated Press...

PRESS RELEASE: REP. LAWLOR: STATE NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD ON COMPLETION OF PLANNED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT FACILITY

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-7-2010 Connecticut:State Representative Mike Lawlor (D-East Haven), co-chairman of the Connecticut General Assembly?s Judiciary Committee, is urging the governor to allow the Department of Corrections (DOC) to continue with a plan it initiated in 2008 as required under Public Act 08-1 to construct a staff secure sex offender treatment facility to house sex offenders who are finishing or have

Treatment lags for sex offenders after prison

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Connecticut:HARTFORD ? Leslie Williams was on probation as a convicted sex offender for three weeks when he disappeared from a Hartford homeless shelter one Friday in March 2008.He was captured two days later while driving the car of a New Britain woman whose body had been found that night in a Bristol sandpit...

Commit to States' Rights

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Washington DC:The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in Comstock v. United States. The case represents an opportunity for the Court to help restore federal power to proper constitutional limits.Not many tea-party protesters have heard of Comstock v...

Activity up at shelters, car shops and expected to keep rising as temperature plummets

One of two death-row 'suicides' may not be a suicide, official says

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Georgia:Georgia's top Department of Corrections official has now acknowledged that one of two recent "suicides" on Georgia's death row may not have been a suicide.And while Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens told his board Thursday the GBI is investigating the death, a GBI spokesman on Friday said that was not the case...

Man gets 10 years for killing cousin at 2007 B.C. house party

Posted on January 08, 2010
1-8-2010 Canada:VANCOUVER ? It was supposed to be a scar intended to scare, but it wound up severing familial ties forever and has landed a British Columbia man behind bars for 10 years.Earlier this week, Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C. heard James Curtis Bristol only planned to stab distant cousin Zachary John Douglas in the face to ?make him ugly? and scare him so he would stop sexually

A Convicted Sex Offender Will Not Have To Register Due to Circumstances of His Case

Posted on January 07, 2010
If this decision stands and is not appealed, it means that any registrant whose conviction pre-dates registration laws, will be removed from the registry and will not have to register. The key is this statement: "when the Act contained no such requirement at the time the defendant committed the triggering offense...

Survey: More than 1 in 10 youth inmates say they were sexually abused

Posted on January 07, 2010
1-7-2010 National:Washington (CNN) -- More than one in 10 juvenile detainees in major U.S. facilities say they experienced some form of sexual abuse or sexual victimization while in detention, according to a report Thursday by the Department of Justice...

Feds: Sex Abuse High At L.E. Rader Center In Sand Springs

Posted on January 07, 2010
1-7-2010 National:WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal officials say 13 juvenile detention facilities around the country have high rates of sex abuse and victimization, where nearly 1 out of every 3 inmates reported some type of victimization.The list includes the L...

Rader Center to cut staff, available units

Posted on January 07, 2010
1-7-2010 Oklahoma:SAND SPRINGS ? The Office of Juvenile Affairs will begin closing units at its maximum security facility, cutting the number of staff needed at the L.E. Rader Center. Gene Christian, the agency?s executive director, met Tuesday with staff at the Rader Center in Sand Springs to inform employees of the changes...

Cleveland Serial Killer Suspect Changes Plea

Posted on January 07, 2010
1-7-2010 Ohio:Lawyers for a registered sex offender charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his Cleveland home withdrew their not guilty by reason of insanity plea, Fox8.com reported.A spokesperson for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office told the Ohio station Anthony Sowell's attorneys met with a judge and prosecutors and executed a waiver of a speedy trial until

An ?ornery? judicial view of Mich. sex offender laws

Posted on January 07, 2010
1-7-2010 Michigan:Retiring judge says 'root problem is that our registry includes so many more people than it needs to include'Retiring Van Buren County Circuit Judge William C. Buhl is a rarity among Michigan?s mostly reserved black robe set.?When things bother me, I get tired of people talking and saying this is horrible and not doing anything about it,? he said near the beginning of an

Registered sex offender arrested; child porn allegedly found on computer

Posted on January 06, 2010
1-6-2010 California:A registered sex offender was arrested today in Santa Maria for suspicion of possessing child pornography, police said.___, 51, was taken into custody about 7:10 a.m. in the 1900 block of Evelyn Court.The arrest is the result of an investigation initiated after Scott took his computer to a local company for service, said Santa Maria police Sgt...

Sex offender's probation revoked

Posted on January 06, 2010
This is clear proof that sex offenders will not receive justice in a court of law. This man violated nothing, in fact, if the facts of the article are correct, he went beyond what was necessary to stay compliant. He was railroaded here!1-6-2010 Kentucky:COVINGTON - A judge revoked a registered sex offender's probation Tuesday after authorities said he broke his curfew on Halloween,

State Legislator Calls For Building Of Planned Sex-Offender Treatment Facility

Posted on January 06, 2010
1-6-2010 Connecticut:A leader of the state legislature's judiciary committee said Tuesday that he is committed to the construction of a sex-offender treatment facility that would house convicts upon their release from prison. State Rep. Michael Lawlor, co-chairman of the judiciary committee, plans to call on state officials in a press conference today to get the project back on track...

Lindemeier challeges constitutionality of new sex offender registry requirements

Posted on January 06, 2010
This would be lawsuit number 3. Also, this lawsuit raises many more issues than did #1 and #2.1-6-2010 Nebraska:Bob Lindemeier filed a complaint in Lincoln County District Court seeking a permanent injunction barring enforcement of Nebraska?s new sex offender registry laws...

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