Against Juvenile Sex Offender Registration
Catherine Carpenter (Southwestern Law School) was a keynote speaker at the recent RSOL Conference in Los Angeles. Her excellent presentation can be viewed here. This is the paper she is…
FBI Releases 2012 Crime Statistics
The FBI estimated that in 2012, the number of violent crimes increased 0.7 percent, according to the figures released today. However, property crimes decreased 0.9 percent, marking the 10th straight…
NC: District Attorney accused of violating sex offenders rights
WENTWORTH - Is the Rockingham County District Attorney violating the constitutional rights of sex offenders? Someone seems to think so.A lawsuit, filed in August, claims Rockingham County District Attorney Phil…
NY: County outsources sex offender monitoring to advocacy group
... Suffolk County on Long Island allows a victims’ advocacy group, Parents of Megan’s Law, to monitor sex offenders. The measure was approved unanimously in February of this year and…
OK: Supreme Court rules on sex offender lawsuit [updated with decisions]
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court says people convicted of sex crimes in other states are not required to register as sex offenders in Oklahoma if the convictions occurred before…
Draft law banning pedophiles from entering Russia submitted to Duma
MOSCOW, September 16 (RAPSI) - United Russia lawmaker Alexander Sidyakin proposed the imposition on foreign child molesters of a 50-year ban on entry into Russia, and submitted a draft law…