This is not a movie review. It is, however, my reaction to a movie. A movie that could bring negative attention to all who have been convicted of a sex offense. The movie is “Spotlight” which has just been released and has already been nominated as best picture by the Screen Actors Guild and may be nominated for an Academy Award. The movie is about a small group of reporters at The Boston Globe newspaper. The movie is also about a multi-decade cover up by the Catholic Church. Finally, the…
Read MoreDay: December 14, 2015
Washington Post: The biggest Pinocchios of 2015
No single issue earned more Pinocchios than dubious claims about sex trafficking. There are not 300,000 children at risk for sexual exploitation. There are not 100,000 children in the sex trade. Human trafficking is not a $9.5 billion business in the United States. Girls do not become victims of sex trafficking at an average age of 13 years. The federal government has not arrested hundreds of sex traffickers. These were all false claims made in 2015 by politicians, advocacy groups and government officials. (last paragraph) Full Article
Read MoreNC: Officials say Brunswick sex offender court, while controversial, works
BRUNSWICK COUNTY — Southeastern North Carolina became the home of what officials there think is the first sex offender accountability and rehabilitation court program in the state after Ola Lewis noticed a trend in her Superior Court courtroom. Lewis, the senior resident Superior Court judge for Brunswick County, considered starting the court after several sex offenders came into her courthouse for violating the terms of their probation — namely not attending court-mandated treatment, which can cost about $40 a week. Full Article
Read MoreCA: Most Sex Offender Parolees Exempt from Ban
Three-quarters of California’s paroled sex offenders previously banned from living near parks, schools and other places where children congregate now face no housing restrictions after the state changed its policy in response to a court ruling that said the prohibition only applies to child molesters, according to data compiled at the request of The Associated Press. Full Article In other news outlets http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-exclusive-sex-offender-parolees-exempt-ban-35750104 http://www.redding.com/news/wire-news/most-sex-offender-parolees-exempt-from-ban http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015-12-14/ap-exclusive-most-sex-offender-parolees-exempt-from-ban http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2015/1214/AP-Exclusive-California-sex-offenders-exempt-from-ban-on-housing-location
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