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VT- Lawmakers quintuple size of Internet sex registry

Posted on May 09, 2009
If needles represent pedophiles in Vermont, and before this change in the law it was easy to find them, I challenge folks to find the needles in the new quintuplized registry. Good luck, do you now feel safer?5-9-2009 Vermont:MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill quintupling the size of the state's Internet sex offender registry...

Witch Hunt - Well worth your time to see

Posted on May 09, 2009
5-9-2009 National:On the night John Stoll was roused from his bed and carted off to jail, his attitude bordered on the cavalier. "Aren't you worried?" His lawyer wondered. "Hell no, I ain't worried," John answered. "I didn't do this. You can't convict me of something I didn't do...

TX- Problems With the Texas Sex Offender Registry

Posted on May 09, 2009
5-9-2009 Texas:Unlike most areas of the criminal justice system, judges are given no discretion in regards to the Sex Offender Registration Program. For the justice system to live up to its name, judges should be given discretion over the terms of registration...

AL- New bill to restrict sex offenders near campuses

Posted on May 08, 2009
5-8-2009 Alabama:MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature has given final approval to a bill to prevent convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a college or university.The House gave final approval on an unanimous vote to the bill sponsored by Republican Rep...

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MD- Attacks on homeless become hate crime in Md.

Posted on May 08, 2009
5-8-2009 Maryland:Maryland has become the first state in the nation to protect homeless people under a hate-crimes law.Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Thursday that explicitly outlaws targeting people for crimes because they are homeless.The bill was sponsored by a conservative state senator who opposed extending hate-crime protections to gays and lesbians...

OH- Mansfield sex offender loses reclass appeal

Posted on May 08, 2009
Unbelievable, now every sentence handed out in any criminal matter can be modified LEGALLY (errrr, according to this court) claiming, the modification is to prevent future offenses. Humm, that doesn't change the fact that the sentence is being modified, and that is precisely what ex post facto clauses are supposed to prevent...

Commentary: Internet Law and Your Rights

Posted on May 08, 2009
5-8-2009 National:Internet communication necessitates sharing content and data with third parties. The voluntary transfer of such content and related data to third-party Internet communication facilitators reduces or eliminates First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Internet users...

CA- California Sex Crime Conviction Reversed

Posted on May 08, 2009
I don't believe he was even charged, but it must have been a prosecutor gone wild again.California Court of Appeal Reverses Conviction of Defendant Found Guilty of Sex Crime for Showing Harmful Matter to a MinorA jury in California found a defendant guilty of California Penal Code Section 288...

NJ- Area officials say towns should be able to decide where pedophiles live

Posted on May 08, 2009
Restricting where registrants live is not going to prevent new sex crimes, the Supreme court is correct in nullifying local ordinances. Local officials refuse to review how crimes are committed instead settling for sounds-good ordinances for which there is no proof they make anyone safer...

CA- Convicted Sex Offender's Online Activities Scrutinized

Posted on May 08, 2009
What I glean from this article is that, the powers that be are upset over the release -by one civilly confined- "conditions of confinement" in the facility where he is being held; Coalinga. Further, constitutional rights do not end when one is incarcerated, and this person is entitled to protections under 1st amendment freedom of speech...

Cops: Mother Used Sex Ads on Craigslist to Retaliate Against Daughter's Rival

Posted on May 08, 2009
5-8-2009 National:It's one thing for a mother to stick up for her daughter ? quite another thing for a mother to retaliate against her daughter's rival by sending sex clients to the rival's mother through a fraudulent Web ad.Yet that's exactly what one New York mother is accused of doing, following a dispute between her 9-year-old daughter and another girl...

ME- Vote on sex-offender registry delayed

Posted on May 08, 2009
5-8-2009 Maine:AUGUSTA - The stalemate among Maine's three branches of government over the state's sex-offender registry continued Thursday as legislators postponed a vote on a bill aimed at satisfying judicial and executive branch concerns.The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is questioning the constitutionality of a 2005 law that forces sex offenders convicted as far back as 1982 to register on

CA- 3 years in prison sought for MySpace hoax

Posted on May 07, 2009
5-7-2009 California:Prosecutors argue mother ?coldly conceived of a scheme to humiliate?LOS ANGELES - A Missouri mother should serve three years in prison for her role in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday...

VT- Parents told how to protect kids from predators

Posted on May 07, 2009
5-7-2009 Vermont:BRATTLEBORO -- When Scott French is released from prison on May 12, he has the right to live anywhere he wants, said Eugene Wrinn, Brattleboro's chief of police. "He has served his time," said Wrinn. "He is free when he walks out that door...

MN- Minn. Lawmakers Curb Sex Offender Web Access

Posted on May 07, 2009
Something is missing from this news article because -as written- it is an unconstitutional act to so restrict ALL such offenders. I'll bet it only applies to those on parole or probation, later I'll find the bill and let folks know. Stop back!5-7-2009 Minnesota:The highest-risk sex offenders will face limits on their Internet access under a bill the Minnesota Legislature voted unanimously to

OH- Search warrant of ex-cop?s home staying sealed

Posted on May 07, 2009
Typical, misconstrue what the RSO has said, what other way can a prosecutor make this case?5-7-2009 Ohio:A Lake County judge has refused to unseal the affidavit that allowed law enforcement to search the Wickliffe home of a former Lorain police officer last year...

VA- State Police Powder Scare

Posted on May 07, 2009
Probably some wiseguy sending a message to the registry folks because they ticked him/her off somehow. Hopefully they didn't lick the envelop when sealing it. This is one the police will follow up on and prosecute, if they can find the person. Video here:5-7-2009 Virginia:At about 2:00 p...

NM- Group offers help for sex offenders

Posted on May 07, 2009
There is something very disturbing about comments of the Sheriff, instead of inciting the public (proven by the reader comments at the news site), the sheriff is supposed to be neutral and maintaining order when handling all issues under the guise of the Sheriff's dep't...

MN- Shutting the door to sexual predators

Posted on May 07, 2009
Reading the comments at the news site tell me that the general public does not understand this bill or who it covers, and for how long. Again, the public is bamboozled.5-7-2009 Minnesota:A new law will require that sex offenders' computer use be monitored and will bar access to social network sites...

MA- High court overturns GPS monitoring for sex offense suspects

Posted on May 07, 2009
5-7-2009 Massachusetts:The state's highest court has ruled that it's illegal for authorities to use a GPS system to monitor alleged sex offenders who are released into the public while they await trial.The Supreme Judicial Court said today that the law that allows GPS monitoring of people "on probation" for certain sex offenses applies only to offenders who have been placed on probation after

FL- Lawyer: Jupiter Christian teacher charged with "sexting" was subject of boy's crush

Posted on May 07, 2009
5-7-2009 Florida:WEST PALM BEACH ? The husband of a former Jupiter Christian teacher charged with sending sexually explicit text messages to a 14-year-old boy is standing by his wife.Matthew Henry, 28, was in court this morning as Geneva Henry, the mother of his three children, faced a judge on charges of lewd and lascivious conduct...

NJ- N.J. high court nullifies sex offender residency restricitons

Posted on May 07, 2009
5-7-2009 New Jersey:The New Jersey Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling invalidating ordinances in Cherry Hill and Galloway Township that severely restricted where registered sex offenders could live.The decision ( G.H. v. Township of Galloway (A-64/65-08)) nullifies similar hundreds of ordinances passed in townships around New Jersey...

FL- Sex offenders live in legal limbo

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Florida:OUR OPINION: Unfair laws create dangerous communities of outcastsIn three years, the number of people living in legal limbo on a spit of sand under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has grown to 66 from seven. They are there because state and local elected officials have acted with willful ignorance and fear-mongering to perpetuate the illusion that isolating sexual offenders somehow

MA- Auditor blasts state criminal records system as outdated, inaccurate

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Massachusetts:A scathing audit today condemned the state's criminal records system as flawed and woefully obsolete, preventing law enforcement agencies from obtaining current information and saddling some innocent people with false criminal records...

Few residents respond to the sex offender registry

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Cayman Islands:The period allowing for public comment on the draft of Cayman?s new Sex Offender Registry Bill concluded in April with only five people providing a response. At the beginning of the consultation period, Minister of Health and Human Services Hon Anthony Eden had said, ?Through this public consultative process, my ministry welcomes greater collaboration with government and

CO- GET NAKED, THE ACLU IS ON YOUR SIDE

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Colorado:The ever-vigilant ACLU, notorious for defending indefensible fringe behaviors, has a new cause c�l�bre--public nudity. Last time I checked, my common sense said public nudity is not normal or practical.This latest ACLU lunacy stems from last year?s Halloween high jinks on the part of ?Naked Pumpkin Runners,? 12 Boulder, CO pranksters running around nude with nothing but

OH- Lawmakers weigh reduced penalty options for teen 'sexting' messages

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Ohio:Columbus -- Teens would be prohibited from sending nude photos of themselves to others via cell phones but would face lesser potential penalties for doing so, under legislation introduced at the Ohio Statehouse.Senate Bill 103 "brings needed balance to Ohio law to hold teenagers accountable for their actions, without having to charge them as sexual offenders, and will raise

TX- De-registration bill for consensual sex offenders passes House

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Texas:Sex offenders who were convicted despite having consensual sex with their victims would be allowed to petition for removal from the state's sex offender registry, under a bill the House passed on Wednesday. The bill allows offenders who were no more than four years older than their victims - and whose victims were at least 13 years old - to ask a judge to remove them from the sex

VT- ACLU-Vermont challenges Barre sex offender residency restrictions

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Vermont:MONTPELIER - The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont has filed a lawsuit against the city of Barre on behalf of a man who has been told that he cannot live with his wife and children in the city solely because of his criminal record...

DC- Prison Awaiting Hostile Bloggers

Posted on May 06, 2009
5-6-2009 Washington DC:Proposed congressional legislation would demand up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to ?coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person.?Instead of prison, perhaps we should say gulag...

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