August 2012 - ACSOL

National Conference on Sex Offender Issues, Sept. 6-9, Albuquerque, NM

·August 31, 2012

“Children’s safety is at stake,” asserted Robert Combs, this year’s Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL) conference committee chairperson. “And it will remain at stake until the sex-crime panic can be…

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New law orders libraries to oust sex offenders

·August 30, 2012

LANCASTER - In a unanimous vote, the five-member City Council this week gave its initial approval to an ordinance that, among other restrictions, bans registered sex offenders from going near…

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Lake County man gets prison in killing of neighbor he thought was child molester

·August 30, 2012

A Lake County man was sentenced Wednesday to 32-years-to-life in prison for killing a neighbor he mistook for a convicted child molester. Ivan Oliver, 34, was convicted two weeks ago…

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City of Lancaster: Parks, Museums, Libraries, Bus Stops, Movie Theaters, Halloween – pretty much everything – Ban

·August 29, 2012
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VIDEO: On August 28, 2012 the City Council of Lancaster, California unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance restricting residency and presence of persons required to register as Sex…

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IN: Indiana sex offender list violates due process

·August 29, 2012

A federal appeals court said Indiana's sex and violent offender registry unconstitutionally violated the due process rights of thousands of registrants because it did not give them a chance to…

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City of Cerritos – City Council Meeting re. Parks and Library Ban [Video]

·August 23, 2012

The Cerritos City Council decided unanimously at its August 23 meeting to postpone indefinitely further consideration of a proposed ordinance that would have banned all registrants from city parks, libraries,…

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New Cerritos ordinance bans sex offenders from city parks, libraries [updated / Video]

·August 21, 2012

California RSOL will be attending this ordinance's second reading (August 23) to speak in opposition. See letter sent to City Council here. CERRITOS - Registered sex offenders won't be allowed…

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Simi Valley sex offender law on track for Halloween [updated with video]

·August 21, 2012

The Simi Valley City Council on Monday night introduced the latest version of a proposed Halloween law aimed at protecting trick-or-treating children from having contact with sex offenders. As initially…

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Simi Valley council to reconsider Halloween sex offender law

·August 20, 2012

With Halloween just over two months away, the Simi Valley City Council on Monday night will again consider a proposed law aimed at protecting trick-or-treating children from contact with the…

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Long Beach police unveil citywide camera system

·August 20, 2012

LONG BEACH - Criminals who come to Long Beach should beware of, and remember to smile for, the cameras. That's 400 cameras citywide, both publicly and privately owned, that have…

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Film produced by registered sex offender pulled from festival

·August 18, 2012

A movie filmed partly at Oceanside's El Camino High School has been pulled at the last minute from the Oceanside International Film Festival, a week after organizers learned the man…

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Simi Valley – Halloween Ordinance First Reading

·August 17, 2012

Simi Valley City Council Meeting August 20, 2012 - 6:30 PM The City of Simi Valley • 2929 Tapo Canyon Road • Simi Valley, CA 93063 • (805) 583-6700 4B. A public hearing…

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Jury returns guilty verdict in murder trial of man accused of fatally stabbing neighbor

·August 16, 2012

LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Thursday morning, following a day of deliberations, a jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of a Lakeport man who was accused of stabbing his…

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Riding the Registry – My Tour of Broken Lives

·August 15, 2012

by Marshall Burns, Ph.D. -- Sex offender. The words strike fear in the heart and soul like no others. But who is it that wears this label? I wanted to…

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“Come Off It, Folks – How Many Paedophiles Can There Be?”

·August 15, 2012

Hi Folks! Lenore here from Free-Range Kids and yes, that headline is the REAL TITLE of a column by some hack in The Telegraph who was sick of the “no…

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Off Topic AUS: Nurse ‘humiliated’ by Qantas policy

·August 15, 2012

A nurse was made to feel as if he had a sign that read "kiddie fiddler" over his head after he was moved away from a young girl on a…

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FBI: Child Abductions – Known Relationships Are the Greater Danger

·August 15, 2012

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - ... Media news outlets have portrayed that abductors primarily consist of strangers or registered sex offenders (RSO), which has proven invalid in the past 2…

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Sex offenders in county parks: just 1 of 17 waivers granted (Orange County)

·August 13, 2012

When Orange County’s Board of Supervisors last year banned registered sex offenders from county parks, they included a waiver process in the ordinance so that exceptions could be made. If…