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By Corey Rayburnyung

How Appealing reports that a divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel has recently ruled that "[d]ouble jeopardy prevents a criminal defendant from being convicted for the federal offenses of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography when the conduct underlying both offenses is the same."  You may view the ruling here. A Kansas man who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 4-year-old rottweiler was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender. The man's attorney argued that the state's sex offender registry law was designed to protect humans, not "livestock, domestic pets or anything else," but the judge was not convinced. The Deseret News has an article discussing the efficacy of Utah's sex offender registry...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).