AL: Alabama Senate Bill 199 would put more restrictions on sex offenders, limit Internet access

Source: aldailynews.com 2/19/26 [Alabama residents start calling, writing, and showing up now] A bill moving through the Legislature could put new restrictions on sex offenders convicted of crimes against children, including preventing them from access to the Internet.   Senate Bill 199 was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with sponsor Sen. Keith Kelley, R-Anniston, agreeing that additional work on the bill may be needed.   The bill says any adult convicted of a sex offense involving a child “may be restricted by his or her parole or…

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Security Clearance Denied for Past Child Porn Downloading

Source: reason.com 2/18/26 “Applicant believed she was pre-adolescent or during adolescence when she was downloading images of children on her computer in 2013 to 2014 even though she was chronologically about 30 years old.” From a very long security clearance opinion released Jan. 30 by the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), but just posted on Westlaw (note that the guidelines having to do with denying security clearances based on sexual behavior list as a mitigating factor that “the behavior occurred prior to or during adolescence and there is…

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