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Hate crimes HR 1913 (Various issues under the bill)

Posted on May 01, 2009
2009 US House: Various Issues Under This Bill:There just might be a problem with adding "Sexual Orientation" as a new basis for hate crimes. The debate on this is heated! Further, the issue of "Religious Speech" possibly being curtailed, I think is overblown...

CA- Fresno drops GPS sex offender plan

Posted on May 01, 2009
5-1-2009 California:City's initiative to monitor beyond parole on uncertain legal legs.An hour after she took office in January, Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin announced her first major initiative -- a plan to use GPS devices to track the city's convicted sex offenders even after they finish their parole...

NE- High court rules on rapist parole

Posted on May 01, 2009
5-1-2009 Nebraska:LINCOLN ? Accused rapists are entitled to a jury trial to determine whether they have committed a crime that warrants parole supervision for the rest of their lives, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.The high court, in a unanimous opinion written by Judge Kenneth Stephan, ruled that the Nebraska Legislature increased the punishment for certain sex offenders when it passed

SC- Inmate dead after fight

Posted on April 30, 2009
4-30-2009 South Carolina:An Aiken County detention center inmate is dead and another has been charged with his murder on allegations the suspect, late Tuesday, punched the victim in the face causing him to fall backward and hit his head on a concrete floor...

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Female Sex Killers: The Devious Predators

Posted on April 30, 2009
4-30-2009 National:They are the world?s most elusive hunters. Using their looks, their status, and their personalities, female sex killers can be the most difficult to catch. I have studied serial killers all of my adult life and am the only profiler to interview a large group of female serial killers and create their profiles...

IN- The Indiana Supreme Ct - under certain circumstances- Declares Sex Offender Registration an Ex Post Facto Violation

Posted on April 30, 2009
4-30-2009 Indiana:In Wallace -v- Indiana (No. 49S02-0803-CR-138) 54-30-2009 the high court held:Richard Wallace was charged, convicted, and served the sentence for his crime before the statutes collectively referred to as the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act were enacted...

FL- Mom Finds Porn on New PSP

Posted on April 29, 2009
4-29-2009 Florida:TAMPA, Fla. - Like most kids, Eliso Tovar loves video games. So his mom, Tamatha, bought him a PlayStation Portable for a late Christmas present at a Wal-Mart in Manatee County, Fla. What happened next would shock the entire family.Saturday, when the 6-year-old boy turned on the PSP for the first time, he said a naked woman appeared on the screen saver...

IA- Your Capitol Voice: Nothing good happened after midnight in Iowa House

Posted on April 29, 2009
Another Laurel & Hardy "Now look what you got me into" mess by the Iowa legislature with the revised sex offender law bill. As with its forerunners it does nothing to protect children nor does it make anywhere more safer for children.4-29-2009 Iowa:Last week was simply exhausting...

UT- Woman sent to jail for texting in court

Posted on April 29, 2009
4-29-2009 Utah:TOOELE -- A Utah woman is in jail for sending a text message. She's being held for contempt of court. Susan Henwood, a mother of four, has been sentenced to 30 days in the Tooele County Jail because she sent a text message about a court hearing she was observing...

How Should Teens' "Sexting" ? the Sending of Revealing Photos ? Be Regulated?

Posted on April 29, 2009
4-29-2009 National:Recently, the Wall Street Journal and its law blog reported on a Pennsylvania controversy over "sexting" ? the practice of sending nude or semi-nude photos of oneself or others via cellphone. After some "sexted" photos were confiscated from students at a high school, the local District Attorney threatened to file broad child-pornography charges if the teens were not willing to

MI- Flint Journal Editorial: Law, civility lag behind 'sexting'

Posted on April 29, 2009
4-29-2009 Michigan:Most adults would agree that teenagers who engage in "sexting" play a foolish game that could haunt them in the years ahead, if not sooner. But even the most disapproving critics of this raging fad must be taken aback at Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton's threat to lodge felony charges against at least one youthful "sexter...

PA- Wyoming County DA appeals ?sexting? charges ban

Posted on April 29, 2009
Hummm, kinda sounds like the DA is correct; this time. He just may win this appeal.4-29-2009 Pennsylvania:The Wyoming County district attorney has appealed a decision by a federal judge to temporarily bar him from charging three teens involved in a ?sexting? scandal that has grabbed headlines around the nation...

CA- Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal defends city on sex offenders

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 California:LONG BEACH - Second District Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal appreciates the passion of her constituents in Alamitos Beach, but she takes "umbrage" when she is criticized for not doing enough when it comes to the issue of the clustering of sex offenders in the neighborhood...

UK- Children behind bars: The young murderers, arsonists and rapists at Britain's forgotten jails

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 England:They are Britain's forgotten jails, housing some of the country's most serious criminals.The difference between these institutions and normal prisons, however, is that the criminals housed in these jails are still just children. For more than 40 years, there have been secure units in Britain to contain the tiny minority of children who commit the very worst crimes...

Alleged rapist dies after mob beating

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 South Africa:A man who lured an eight-year-old girl from a party and then raped her was beaten to death by an angry mob in Wyebank, near Kloof.The man, whose identity is not known, had to be rescued from the mob who beat him to a pulp on Saturday evening...

TX- Texas man who died prison officially cleared of rape charge

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 Texas:A judge in a Travis County courtroom has formally cleared the name of a man wrongfully convicted of rape.Timothy Cole died in prison in 1999 ? 13 years into a 25 year sentence for the sexual assault of a Texas Tech University student.Family members of Tim Cole said after Tuesday's hearing they?re pushing for new laws to be enacted at the State Capitol, as they mark the end of a

Man denies Mountjoy Prison murder

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 Ireland:A 25-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of fellow prisoner Gary Douche in Mountjoy Prison.Stephen Egan of Belcamp Crescent, Coolock, Dublin, denied the murder of Mr Douche in a holding cell on 1 August 2006.The jury will have to decide whether he is guilty of murder, or guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility...

KY- Nursing home staff took inappropriate photos of residents

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 Kentucky:Bluegrass Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lexington has been cited by state officials who allege that the staff used personal cell phones to "inappropriately photograph and make audio recordings" of residents without their knowledge, according to documents from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services...

SC- Full appeals court to hear sex offender case

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 South Carolina:ATLANTA ? The full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of an Alabama man who failed to register as a sex offender after being convicted of sending obscene material to minors over the Internet.An appellate panel split 2-1 in January, ruling Matthew Mason Dodge was not required to register because his particular crime was not on the federal list mandating

VA- The vindication of Ting-Yi Oei, an assistant principal at Freedom High School, in South Riding, Va.,

Posted on April 28, 2009
This is a followup of an earlier report: "My Students. My Cellphone. My Ordeal."4-28-2009 Virginia:NPR Story: Please listen to this..When Ting-Yi Oei, an assistant principal at Freedom High School, in South Riding, Va., tried to investigate a sexting incident at his school, he never imagined that ultimately, he would be arrested and charged with possession of child pornography...

NH- Sex offender wants trial moved

Posted on April 28, 2009
Notice how the media is affecting the person's right to a fair trial, and the vigilantism comments from area residents.4-28-2009 New Hamshire:Lawyer cites news media 'maelstrom'Lawyers for the first sex offender to stand trial under the state's new sexually violent predator law want their case moved out of Manchester because of the news media "maelstrom" they say followed the recent dismissals of

Is It a Violation of Privacy Law to Reproduce a MySpace Posting in a Context Where the Very People It Targets Will See It?

Posted on April 28, 2009
4-28-2009 National:Is It a Violation of Privacy Law to Reproduce a MySpace Posting in a Context Where the Very People It Targets Will See It? A California Court Says No, But Allows An Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claim to StandEarlier this month, a California appellate court issued an interesting ruling in a case in which a plaintiff's online writing was republished -- without

OH- Proposed law would ensure nursing homes be informed when a sex offender moves in

Posted on April 28, 2009
This proposed law makes no sense because it puts the onus on law enforcement to do something (administrative clerical type work) that takes them away from law enforcement work. To take time to personally notify nursing homes when a registered sex offender moves into an address which is classified as a nursing home...

SD- 'Sexting' case in hands of authorities

Posted on April 27, 2009
These parents have no idea what they have done to their children. Clearly they should have handled it without involving the police as these cases should be handled, absent further dissemination of pictures.4-27-2009 South Dakota:BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) Authorities in Brookings say the parents of two teenagers reported their children after the young people were caught using their cell phones to send

FL- For innocent convicts in Florida, legal project is a lifeline

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 Florida:TALLAHASSEE ? The letters come, sometimes eight to 10 a day, filled with everything from indignation to outrage to humble pleas for help. Amy Kochanasz, a 25-year-old graduate student, retrieves them from her mail slot in the laid-back law office where she works...

Woman to woman: Consequences for sexting could be missing the mark

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 National:Should we decriminalize the sending of racy photos via call phones by teenagers?Good news. Our courts are going after child pornographers with a vengeance, using technology such as cell phones and social networking sites to locate and trap these heinous criminals and throw the book at them...

MA- Court rejects appeal in pedophile priest killing

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 Massachusetts:The highest court in Massachusetts has rejected an appeal by an inmate convicted of killing a priest at the center of the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal.Joseph Druce strangled John Geoghan (video of guards trying to get into cell during attack) in his prison cell in August 2003...

VT- Man denies guilt in offender registry case

Posted on April 27, 2009
What is interesting here is, apparently in Vermont if one is homeless they are required to check-in with police DAILY which is totally absurd. Consider this, if one is NOT homless and on the registry, the police allegedly know where he MAY BE sleeping (his registered address), but the police do not know where he is any other time of day...

MI- Another murder by the drunks

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 Michigan:Apparently our system thinks it is a joke to have drunken drivers out there driving. There is no two ways about it, it is murder!! There has to be stiffer penalties for those driving intoxicated. If our lawmakers and our judges don't mind people getting killed on the road, we will continue as we are...

CO- Sexting mom nabs child predator

Posted on April 27, 2009
4-27-2009 Colorado:When 19-year-old Derek Peisert propositioned a pair of 16- and 14-year old girls for sex, their mom wasn?t going to let him get away with it. She obtained his cell phone number and, pretending to be a 14-year-old girl, exchanging text messages with him...

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