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Judge commits George Edenfield to mental hospital in Barrios slaying

Posted on August 04, 2010
Original Story HERE 8-4-2010 Georgia:BARRIOS CASE Doctors have 90 days to further evaluate his mental ability. NO DONE DEAL If his status changes, he could still face trial in boy's killing.BRUNSWICK - Convicted child molester George Edenfield won't stand trial anytime soon in the sexual abuse slaying of 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr...

Federal officials tout new strategy to crack down on child predators

Posted on August 03, 2010
The latest federal trend is a mixed bag of offenders, now being drawn into sex offender registries. These crimes are very different than those committed by family, friends and close acquaintances of victims. A goodly portion of these "Sex Trade" type crimes can be termed predatory, as offenders often travel to commit them...

Man Found Dead In Car Was Sex Offender

Posted on August 03, 2010
8-3-2010 Florida:JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The man found shot to death Sunday night in a vehicle parked near a Westside park was a registered sex offender who was released from prison less than two years ago.Police said the body of 35-year-old Isaac Bradley was found in a vehicle in Melvin Park, off Jade Drive West...

Missing Sex Offenders: Numbers Grow According to Senate Committee

Posted on August 02, 2010
8-1-2010 Washington DC:In a Senate Report (111-229) supporting S-3636 "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011" we find this new FEAR-BASING comment from the Senate Committee on Appropriations:Sexual Offender Apprehension- The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) gives the U...

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Not all sex offenders the same, advocates of changing Texas list say

Posted on August 02, 2010
8-2-2010 Texas:Richard Calderon was a 23-year-old student teacher in 1994 when he made "the most regrettable decision in my life." He became sexually involved with a 14-year-old female student. He was sentenced to five years' probation for sexual assault of a child...

International Megans law EXPOSED! Now, hear the truth about HR 5138

Posted on August 01, 2010
7-30-2010 Washington DC: International Megans Law (IML) (HR 5138) sailed through the House based on a few speeches on "Sex Tourism" and "Human Trafficking," horrible crimes that are being committed, but, by who?If you listened to the House speakers on July 27, 2010 they would have you believe thousands of folks on the U...

National sex offender registration struggles to take hold

Posted on August 01, 2010
8-1-2010 National:Earlier this month, the state of North Dakota received another extension from the federal government, putting off for another year compliance with a 2006 law setting national standards for sex offender registration. Earlier this month, the state of North Dakota received another extension from the federal government, putting off for another year compliance with a 2006 law

With open arms and open eyes, churches minister to sex offenders

Posted on August 01, 2010
8-1-2010 National:Within days of attending a Sunday service at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, a Johnson County man received an unexpected e-mail.Security officials at the Leawood megachurch wanted to see him immediately. They told him this summer that some rules needed to be set if he wished to come back to worship...

Restriction on sex offenders makes us less safe

Posted on August 01, 2010
8-1-2010 Florida:The problem of sex offenders who lived in a shantytown under the Julia Tuttle bridge in Miami-Dade County -- before getting housing that most now are about to lose -- demands resolution.Contrary to Homeless Trust Chairman Ron Book's claim that there is no answer to this problem, there is a simple step that the County Commission can take -- without spending a penny of taxpayer

International Megans law EXPOSED! Now, hear the truth ...

Posted on July 31, 2010
7-30-2010 Washington DC: International Megans Law (IML) (HR 5138) sailed through the House based on a few speeches on "Sex Tourism" and "Human Trafficking," horrible crimes that are being committed, but, by who?If you listened to the House speakers on July 27, 2010 they would have you believe thousands of folks on the U...

Sexual offender is jailed after her eviction:Attorneys say woman has no other options for living arrangements

Posted on July 30, 2010
Who should be jailed? Seems to me that Probation has failed, it is their job to help their charges not give up, no matter how long it takes!7-29-2010 Ohio:A registered sex offender who was evicted from her Shalersville home was sentenced to 18 months in prison because there is nowhere else for her to go, a judge ruled...

Lubbock man's case challenges federal sex offender law

Posted on July 29, 2010
Folks may remember the issues raised in the recent Supplemental Guidelines "ACTION ALERT: Supplemental Guidelines - Section II (C Acknowledgement Forms)" this lawyer has the same opinion. 7-28-2010 Texas:Does the Texas Sex Offender Registry violate a Lubbock man's Constitutional rights? The office of Federal Public Defender argues that yes, it does...

New Bill in Congress: Passports of Registered Sex Offenders are Under Attack!

Posted on July 29, 2010
7-29-2010 California, National:Readers will think this bill is crazy, I would agree, in any court I would hope judges agree, but facts of each case may tell a different story.OK, what am I talking about: HR-5870 which has "No Name" just a description of its purpose "To restrict passports of certain sex offenders, and for other purposes...

Sex offender nabbed seeking computer service facing new charges

Posted on July 29, 2010
OK, let no one misconstrue my point, I do not support child porn, but study this article closely. Guy takes computer to store for repair, rather than repairing the computer, the employee spent his time SEARCHING whatever pictures were on the computer...

"America's Most Wanted" Host John Walsh gives inspirational speech in Reno (CMentioning new type of crime "Bus Surfing")

Posted on July 28, 2010
It appears the old cliches are not working and the public is getting wise to folks like John Walsh, so he comes up with something new: "Bus Surfing" allegedly committed by ALL pedophiles, where they follow school buses to attack children. I wish I had such a creative mind; in reality stalking would be the crime, but Walsh wants a buzz-word to back NEW legislation! (See also Walsh's Interview

DPS launches online sex offenders registry

Posted on July 26, 2010
7-25-2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI):THE Department of Public Safety finally uploaded the profiles of sex offenders on its website on Friday afternoon, days before the deadline for compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...

Sex offenders? info available online

Posted on July 26, 2010
7-26-2010 Korea:Are you concerned that a convicted sex offender is possibly residing in your neighborhood? A new website (www.sexoffender.go.kr) allows you to check your area on an electronic map to access this information. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Monday it launched a website providing detailed personal data about convicted sex criminals in a post-release supervision

New Bill in Congress Affecting Specific Former Sex Offenders

Posted on July 26, 2010
7-26-2010 California, National:Folks, in light of all the foreclosures -nationally- Rep. Waters (D-CA-35) has begun a program called "Stabilizing Neighborhoods Hurt by Foreclosure," and she has introduced a few bills to cover her program.One of her bills affects "SPECIFIC" former sex offenders: HR-5814 introduced 7-22-2010 and co-sponsored by Rep...

More Strapped Litigants Skip Lawyers in Court

Posted on July 23, 2010
7-22-2010 Wisconsin National:The economic downturn has left more Americans with the daunting prospect of fighting court battles without a lawyer.A growing number of people have found themselves in court facing costly financial proceedings such as declaring bankruptcy, fighting foreclosure and litigating employment fights...

Senate votes to move forward on $30B loan fund for small businesses

Posted on July 23, 2010
The bill they are speaking of is HR-5297. That bill contains "Offensive Language" which will deny certain sex offenders the chance to apply for small business loans. Many RSOs use these loans to run private businesses because they cannot get regular jobs...

13 years later, sex predator a free man

Posted on July 23, 2010
7-23-2010 Florida:TITUSVILLE ? Thomas Spioch, a Titusville man once sentenced to more than 300 years in prison, is a free man.Spioch was convicted in 1997 of 28 counts of molesting a 14-year-old boy and plotting to kill seven witnesses in the case, but appeals whittled down his sentence...

Sexual predator costs soar

Posted on July 22, 2010
7-21-2010 Wisconsin:Wisconsin taxpayers pay a steep price ? $51.2 million this year ? to keep sexual predators off the streets.But there is no public clamor to cut funds for the secure treatment facilities that hold those deemed sexually violent, even at a time when state finances are heavily strained...

Change in law will keep Portsmouth sex offender locked up

Posted on July 22, 2010
Most important here is what the prosecutor says:'We don't have to prove a sexual offense is going to be the first crime he commits when he gets out," John McLees, a senior assistant attorney general, told jurors. The likelihood that at some point he would do so was sufficient, he said...

Is Your Boss on the New Sexual Harassment Registry?

Posted on July 22, 2010
7-21-2010 National:Boasting one of the better rhyming straplines I've heard in a while, eBossWatch is a registry for bosses prone to sexual harassment. "Nobody should have to work with a jerk," claims the National Sexual Harassment Agency, and if the testimonies are to be believed, it's the best thing since Dolly did disco...

N.C. appeals court OKs (Lifetime) sex offender tracking

Posted on July 22, 2010
7-21-2010 North Carolina:A North Carolina appeals court says authorities can track the movements of a convicted sex offender by satellite for the rest of his life. The Fayetteville Observer reported today that the state Court of Appeals ruled a judge's order doesn't violate the constitutional rights of sex offenders after their release from prison...

Innocent man may be labeled a sex offender for 'rest of his life'

Posted on July 22, 2010
I'm not sure I get this, but, is he saying that, if, a registered sex offender or everyone on the registry used an alias of say, John Walsh or Chet Edwards (the guy who inserted the objectionable language into major bills), then anyone -anywhere in the nation- with those names would be in trouble because of a sex offender using an alias that matched their name? Whoa, maybe aliases should not

ALERT: The Senate passes HR-4213, bill without offensive language

Posted on July 21, 2010
7-20-2010 Washington DC: Well folks, we all wondered how to kill the offensive provision in HR-5618 (version 4 on Thomas)), one thing not expected was, that the Senate would revive HR-4213 and pass that instead; they did exactly that!HR 4213 does not contain the offensive provision affecting "certain former sex offenders" which would have denied them unemployment benefits...

Jobless benefits extension passes Senate

Posted on July 21, 2010
The bill that passed is HR-4213, without the objectionable language! 7-21-2010 Washington DC 10 PM:NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Senate Wednesday voted 59 to 39 to restore unemployment benefits to 2.5 million jobless Americans, ending a seven-week stalemate...

The greatest "enemy" in our fight -- APATHY

Posted on July 21, 2010
7-21-2010 National:From "Oncefallen" a excellent post:Who is the greatest "enemy" in the fight against these crazy sex offender laws? Pandering Politicians pimping the nlatest ill-conceived laws? Celebrity advocates like John Walsh? Camera-hogging media news analysts? Self-made vigilantes and vigilante groups like Perverted Justice? No...

Study: Nearby sex offenders affect Va. home values

Posted on July 20, 2010
The study mentioned and similar other studies all fail in this respect: They fail to investigate what methods are used to effect a sale. The studies only look to the results of a sale. Everyone knows that politicians use "sex offenders" to advance themselves politically, newspapers use "sex Offender" stories to increase sales as do iPhone applications which provide limited and often

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