STEVE JACOBS / TIMES UNION , 1/2/09, Albany,NY– BYRNE — Sean Byrne, the Executive Deputy Commissioner of DCJS,speaks during an interview at the DCJS Headquarters, Friday January 2,2009 ( FOR STORY) 1 of 2 photos With just a few clicks, Facebook users can now check for information on sex offenders living in their neighborhoods or [...]
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State can’t stop sex offender coaching
State can’t stop sex offender coaching Many parents trust Paul Hagan to coach children By Marlee Ginter PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – Michigan State Trooper Rich Bell said that the situation that allows convicted sex offender Paul Hagan to coach gymnastics at Aerials and Baranis in Plainfield Township, is worrisome. He said that Michigan sex [...]
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By Dick Aldrich/Missouri News Horizon Major changes could be on the horizon for Missouri’s sex offender registry. The state representative leading a committee that is looking into ways of cutting down the size of the state’s sex offender registry says it may make sense for the state to detach itself from federal sex registry rules.Rep. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Foes of the Barbara Farris ‘sex offender’ village pack town-hall meeting in Sorrento
I had a chance to speak with the women who refused to give her full name in the following news story, she and a fellow advocate made some very good points on the issue and were brushed aside by the hosts of this meeting. One statement made was that this community already had a clusters [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Supreme Court opens 2011 Reynolds v. United States
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2011/10/supreme-court-opens-2011-term.php I found this on CFCAmerica and on sex offenders issues. Supreme Court opens 2011 term Jaclyn Belczyk at 3:17 PM ET Photo source or description The US Supreme Court opened its 2011 term Monday with oral arguments in two cases. In Reynolds v. United States, the court heard arguments on the retroactive application of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Donavon Lace Comments on Florida’s Amended Sexting Law
This is a clear indication that the sex offender laws are punishment. After watching the video the intent is clear. The overstated end result of the law (as the law was written before) is the focus (life on the registry and the effect it would have). What was not talked about was the law’s punishment [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Alana Burke: In rape case, odds of victory over-ruled justice for victim
Alana Burke: In rape case, odds of victory over-ruled justice for victim. Bryan Robert Benson In June 2010, Anderson police officer Bryan Robert Benson was accused of raping a young woman he was ostensibly escorting directly to jail on a misdemeanor charge. She alleged he raped her before they arrived. Benson was arrested and the [...]
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