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Sex offenses, sex offender issues in prison, jail, civil commitment and the community including residency laws. Adam Walsh Act, recidivism, dangerousness, tiers, community issues, harassment, vigilantism, sex offender therapy issues.
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CO- No Boulder Bikers Ticketed For Nudity

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-14-2009 Colorado:BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ? Boulder's version of the World Naked Bike Ride was a little less revealing this year. That's because police decided for the first time to ride a little rougher on the cheeky bikers.For five years Boulder residents had to "bare" witness to the annual naked bike ride through town...

NY- Ruling allowing Taser use to get DNA may be nation?s first

Posted on June 15, 2009
My gut tells me if appealed this will be overturned. Clearly torture, which reminds me, will International laws and protections be applicable?6-15-2009 New York:LOCKPORT ? It is legally permissible for police to zap a suspect with a Taser to obtain a DNA sample, as long as it?s not done ?maliciously, or to an excessive extent, or with resulting injury,? a county judge has ruled in the first case

NY- Beyond sick: Rapist sells tales

Posted on June 15, 2009
This guy and his enterprise needs to be stopped, this is harassment of the families and he should be so charged criminally. Further, whatever income he has derived should be confiscated to pay for the costs of incarceration. I cannot believe NY has no laws to stop or prevent this...

CA- Sex offender convicted of threat to Calif TV crews

Posted on June 15, 2009
There is no way this man should have been convicted, he was provoked past human breaking points. This country needs some kind of laws to stop the aggressiveness of the media; many celebs will stand behind that platform! When the media acts as it did here, that is media vigilantism!6-15-2009 California:OAKDALE, Calif...

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TX- Sex offender registry update may pose risk to offenders

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-14-2009 Texas:Texas' sex offender registry received upgrades this year allowing residents to track offenders through workplaces, schools and e-mail notifications, but offender advocates say the upgrades downgrade chances of rehabilitation."Rick," who declined to have his name published, is self-employed and a sex offender...

VA- Child molester David C. Trainum to remain in state custody

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-4-2009 Virginia:WAYNESBORO ? A child molester who left a trail of victims in his wake and was civilly committed by the state after serving out his prison term was denied freedom Wednesday during an annual review in Waynesboro Circuit Court.Last June, David C...

NH- Slow Justice is no justice

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-15-2009 New Hampshire:Justice served? Not even close.A 43-year-old convicted rapist who served 22 years in prison for his crime is back in jail again following charges that he assaulted a woman at his Portsmouth apartment. The alleged assault took place while Charles Paul was free on bail on other charges...

GA- Exonerated man chooses forgiveness over bitterness

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-15-2009 Georgia:Calvin Johnson motivated to ?give back? to othersLeaning into a curve on a Georgia mountain highway, tearing through the wind like a bullet, Calvin Johnson can forget about the shackles that he wore.He and his friends ride their motorcycles for fun, for fellowship and because they just love the machines...

UT- Trial set for woman accused of blackmailing man over rape charge

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-15-2009 Utah:FARMINGTON -- A woman accused of blackmailing a man at Hill Air Force Base over a rape allegation will go on trial next month. The 31-year-old woman appeared in 2nd District Court on Monday where she was expected to tae a plea deal. However, her attorney announced that she would like to take the case to trial...

Living Beyond The Label: Level 3 Dreams Come True

Posted on June 15, 2009
6-15-2009 National:A daunting list of goals left no time for activism these last few months, but what a time it?s been! Dreams I once thought were lost for me are now amazing realities?and one profound truth stands out: society?s darkest label cannot define us, no matter what we?ve done, or what the ?official? record says, unless we give up; unless we fail to pursue our greater selves and

FL- Jury calls renderings child porn

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 Florida:BARTOW - Although a jury convicted a former Polk County school principal on child pornography charges Friday, appeals courts likely will have the last word on whether his actions were a crime.Prosecutors say John Stelmack superimposed the faces of two girls on photos of nude women to make it appear as if the girls were in lewd poses...

MS- Felon jailed in Moss Point murder case

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 Mississippi:MOSS POINT ? A convicted felon was in jail Friday, accused in the May 30 shooting death of convicted sex offender Silas Miller, 65, outside his home on Barnett Street.Moss Point Police Chief Sheila Smallman said Henry Lee Craig, 35, of Moss Point, was arrested late Thursday night through a joint effort between the Police Department and agents with the FBI Safe Streets Task

FL- Sex Offender wants title dropped

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 Florida:Virgil McCranie and his wife Misty have been married for ten years.They have four kids, but it hasn't' been a fairy-tale marriage."I was drinking one night and things just kind of happened," McCranie said.That was before the couple was married...

NH- Nothing civil about civil commitments

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 New Hampshire:With the civil commitment of convicted sex offender William Ploof, New Hampshire has joined the nearly 20 states that have gone down an extremely expensive, marginally useful and legally dubious path. Ploof, who has already served his full sentence for his crime, was ordered last week to spend up to five years in a section of the secure psychiatric unit that operates

Glenn Beck Denies Ever Talking About FEMA Concentration Camps

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 National:Glenn Beck has been popping up on FNC outside of his own program, including last night?s O?Reilly Factor to claim that he never mentioned the conspiracy theory of FEMA concentration camps, the problem for Beck is that in March he did mention that he couldn?t debunk the FEMA concentration camps theory...

CA- Court upholds sex offender mental health detentions (Civil Commitment), but orders hearings for some

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 California:A key 2006 Jessica's Law section allowing open-ended state mental hospital placement for sexually violent predators is constitutional, but defendants who fought re-commitment as the law took effect deserve a court hearing, appellate judges ruled...

PA- Doubt cast on whether residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders keeps children safer

Posted on June 14, 2009
6-14-2009 Pennsylvania:Middletown Borough in Dauphin County has joined a list of other Pennsylvania communities that restrict where convicted sex offenders can live. The problem is, several studies seem to show, such laws don't keep children safer. Lauren Taylor is executive director of the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, which evaluates everyone accused of a sex crime to determine their risk

RI- Would-be bounty hunters not backed up by R.I. law

Posted on June 13, 2009
6-12-2009 Rhode Island:PROVIDENCE ? The two ?bounty hunters? who tangled with the police and ended up under arrest after they plied their new trade in Woonsocket by allegedly forcing their way into a woman?s apartment and handcuffing her have a problem with state law, the attorney general?s office said Thursday...

VT- Judge reviews Barre's curbs on sex offenders

Posted on June 13, 2009
6-13-2009 Vermont:MONTPELIER ? Christopher Hagan still has a home and the City of Barre still has a Child Safety Ordinance.For now.One of those two truths could change ? at least temporarily ? when Judge Helen Toor finally weighs in on a dispute that pits Hagan, a convicted sex offender, against a city that doesn't want him living within 1,000 feet of any of its schools, parks or

OH- Psychologist: Sex offenders can't be trusted with social media

Posted on June 13, 2009
The issue that is being raised is, sex offenders and social media sites. Now Dr. Orlando claims to have counseled hundreds of sex offenders and feels they cannot be trusted on social media websites, ""It's way too tempting for them. It would be like an alcoholic taking a job as a bartender...

NJ- Former Hunterdon officer convicted of sex crime can hold public office, court says

Posted on June 13, 2009
6-13-2009 New Jersey:A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that a former Hunterdon County Sheriff's officer who pleaded guilty in January 2008 to fourth-degree criminal sexual contact can hold public office according to a report in the Courier News...

Bill in Congress - HR-2612 and S-1146

Posted on June 12, 2009
5-29-2009 National:`Sex Offender Registration Tips Program Act of 2009' or the `SORT Act of 2009'Two bills contain essentially the same thing:Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3]Introduced 5/21/2009 HR-2612Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY]Introduced 5/21/2009 S-1146 The STATED intent of the bill is:To direct the Attorney General to provide grants and access to information and resources

VT- Judge to decide whether Barre can limit where sex offenders live

Posted on June 12, 2009
6-12-2009 Vermont:(Host) A Superior Court judge must decide whether the city of Barre has the authority to limit where sex offenders can live. The case is the first in Vermont to challenge local ordinances aimed at keeping sex offenders away from schools and playgrounds...

DC- US Supreme Court Blog: Petitions to watch

Posted on June 12, 2009
6-12-2009 U.S. Supreme court:Petitions to Watch Conference of 6.18.09This edition of ?Petitions to Watch? features cases up for consideration at the Justices? private conference on June 18, the penultimate conference of this Term. As always, the list contains the petitions on the Court?s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted: See earlier action on this case

MN- Men convicted in Sartell bar incident must register as sex offenders

Posted on June 11, 2009
Is this really the type of crime that registries were enacted for? As I see it this further dilutes the registry into a meaningless former criminal registry. Further, to call these men "Predators" is absurd, study the facts and ask yourself: Did these men seek out a bar to commit this type of crime, where are the predatorial facts? BTW, under the Adam Walsh Act this will be lifetime registration

WA- Honking horn not constitutionally protected

Posted on June 11, 2009
6-11-2009 Washington:As free-speech cases go, Monday's ruling against Helen Immelt may not qualify as a landmark, but it does clear up one question: The prolonged honking of your car's horn in front of your neighbor's house in the wee hours of the morning isn't a constitutionally protected First Amendment right...

MI- Mothers need to protect their children from sexual predators

Posted on June 11, 2009
A close review of this article will reveal that everyone believes that the horrible death of this child was due to a sexual predator. Folks are drawing that conclusion because the mother befriended two different previously convicted sex offenders. So far, I have not seen anything in the news to indicate that "sex crime" was committed here, even though that may ultimately prove to be the case.

Sen. Grassley Webcast- How a bill becomes a law, Part 1

Posted on June 11, 2009
As he publishes more of these we will add them to this series.eAdvocate

CT- Safety zone? Sex offender law ?dead on vine?

Posted on June 11, 2009
This is a roomful of misguided people at work, they have 4 RSOs and want a proximity law allegedly to protect children. Are they expecting a Woodstock? Whether or not a law is in place, its presence is not going to stop someone from committing a new sex offense...

PA- To charge vigilante neighbors or not: Rape of Philly girl, 11, incited mob to beat suspect

Posted on June 11, 2009
Personally I do not see the issue here. Why? Consider this, if I were to take aim at someone I hated and shoot hime, but miss him and kill someone else, should I be allowed to go free just because I say "Opps I shot the wrong guy." People must be held accountable for their actions, no matter who their actions are against...

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