Officer Faces Sex Charges On Minors – Jacksonville News Story – WJXT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville police officer was arrested Friday on six counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and one count of capital sexual battery on a minor. The sex charges involve two victims, police said. Richard Cannon, a 25-year [...]
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New sex offenders law may backfire? – Decaturdaily.com
New sex offenders law may backfire? – Decaturdaily.com. New sex offenders law may backfire? By M.J. Ellington MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s new sex-offender reporting law is supposed to make the public safer by increasing oversight of those who commit sex crimes. But two researchers studying the effect of similar measures in other states say if the [...]
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Recidivism rates for sex offenders – Anderson Cooper 360 – CNN.com Blogs. 04:20 PM ET Recidivism rates for sex offenders Phillip Garrido is a registered sex offender, listed as having been convicted of forcible rape. AC360° The 18-year mystery surrounding the kidnapping case of Jaycee Dugard ended this week when a sex offender admitted to [...]
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Covington man agrees to reduced rape charge after girl’s family asks for leniency | NOLA.com. Donavon Lace: Comments in RED By Claire Galofaro, The Times-Picayune Follow Share Email Print The charges against a Covington man who had sex with a 13-year-old family friend were reduced Monday at the request of the girl’s family, who told [...]
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NY Times on Sexual Predator Laws: Do They Really Protect Children? | The Liberal OC. August 22, 2011 By Dan Chmielewski With a number of Orange County cities placing new laws on the books to ban sexual predators from city parks in addition to county parks raises some interesting questions — the most important being: [...]
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New Sex Offender Law Prohibiting Social Networking Is Unconstitutional :: West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog. New Sex Offender Law Prohibiting Social Networking Is Unconstitutional Posted On: August 22, 2011 by Richard Tendler | Share There is a new law in effect this week in Louisiana that prohibits convicted sex offenders whose victim was a [...]
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NJ Case Raises Questions About Meghan’s Laws – ABC News. By KATIE WALMSLEY July 27, 2011 Legislators in states across the country rushed to enact laws to register sex offenders after some horrific cases that involved the abuse of youngsters at the hands of adults. But the laws have also been applied to cases that [...]
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Donavon Lace: Comments in Red via D.C. Sex-Offender Registry Deemed Constitutional – Law Blog – WSJ. By Nathan Koppel The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a constitutional challenge to a Washington, D.C. law that requires certain people to register as sex offenders and authorizes the police to publicize a person’s status as an [...]
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Pete Townshend put on sex offenders register | UK news | The Guardian. Donavon Lace: Comments in RED I found to be a very interesting story. Pete Townshend put on sex offenders register Townshend placed on sex offenders register Thursday 8 May 2003 09.00 BST The rock star Pete Townshend was yesterday cautioned by [...]
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Court decision frees more inmates early | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com. The Iowa Department of Corrections will have to parole or discharge hundreds and possibly thousands of Iowa inmates early — some of them dangerous — because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, a state official confirmed Thursday night. Fred Scaletta, a [...]
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