South Africa: Justice minister’s decision to publicise list of convicted sexual offenders welcomed

Source: timeslive.co.za 2/3/25 Justice and constitutional development minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced plans to make public the list of convicted sexual offenders and gender-based violence (GBV) perpetrators by the end of February. Kubayi made the announcement last week in a move to combat femicide. “As I got into the portfolio, one of the issues reported was the need for the department to release the register, to make it public, of those who have been sentenced and convicted of GBV to protect our children. I have agreed we will release this.…

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ID: Idaho Supreme Court vacates child porn conviction over unconstitutional search

Source: cdapress.com 2/4/25 COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Supreme Court has vacated a Post Falls man’s conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material because police obtained key evidence against him by unconstitutionally impounding his car. A jury convicted Chadlen D. ____, 40, of sexual exploitation of a child by possession of sexually exploitative material, a felony, in 2022. He received a 10-year prison sentence, the maximum possible under the law, with parole eligibility after five years.  In a unanimous opinion penned by Justice Cynthia Meyer, the Supreme Court determined that…

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