When ____ ____ was 12, he was locked up for three and a half years for touching his sister’s vagina. Upon his release, ____ was added to the Texas Sex Offender Registry, a publicly searchable database that identifies him as the perpetrator of a sex crime and tracks where he lives. He was ostracized in high school, nearly chased out of college, and as an adult, has found it difficult to find work or lead a normal life. Full Article Related Lox, bagels, juice and sex offenders: Why I invited…
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GA: Madison County woman fires gun to ‘send message’ to sex offender
Authorities arrested on Saturday a 61-year-old Madison County woman after she allegedly fired two gun shots as a way of sending “a message” to a convicted sex offender she didn’t want on her property. Full Article
Read MoreHigh court orders review of sex offender GPS monitoring
WASHINGTON — State programs that use GPS systems to monitor sex offenders could eventually be jeopardized based on a preliminary Supreme Court ruling Monday. The justices gave a North Carolina sex offender another chance to prove in state court that being forced to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for life could be unconstitutional. Full Article Related Los Angeles Times
Read MoreLiving with 290: The real EX POST FACTO case
This is my petition to the U.S. district courts in Fresno, CA.Comes now Plaintiff MACK hereinafter referred to as “Mr. ” or “Plaintiff”) complains and alleges as follows: PRELIMINARY ALLEGATIONS 1. This is a civil action brought by Mr. against the State of California for violations of his civil rights. 2. Mr. brings this action to remedy the deprivation of rights secured to him under the constitution of the United States of America. 3. Mr. alleges that defendant violated the rights reserved under the constitution of the United States of…
Read MoreState laws on sex offenders should not be crafted by emotion (Editorial) UPDATED
UPDATED with Reader’s Reactions California’s Supreme Court was right to drop Jessica’s Law, @latimes editorial board says. Jessica’s Law — California’s version of it, anyway — was a mess from the beginning. Voters here adopted it (as Proposition 83) in 2006 because they mistakenly believed they were cracking down on horrific crimes against children. They were urged on by nightly harangues from national TV commentators who campaigned on-air for swift action following the rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Florida, a crime that touched an especially sensitive nerve…
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