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Nov
2013
This is for all you men who like to cuddle little boys and girls ... and for anyone who read that sentence and thought "that's a bit creepy". This is for the men secure and aware enough to navigate the minefield of showing other people's kids comfort, affection and encouragement, despite a cultural coercion akin to the slander slung at Muslims. 'Cos that's where...
Attorney General Kamala Harris has launched a new initiative designed to curb recidivism in California through partnerships between the California Department of Justice’s new Division of Recidivism Reduction and Re-Entry and the state’s counties and district attorneys. The division will support counties and district attorneys by partnering on best practices and policy initiatives, such as the development of a statewide definition of recidivism, identifying...
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Nov
2013
Yesterday Google and Microsoft (which operates Bing and Yahoo search engines) announced that they will reprogram their search engines to block more than 100,000 unique terms / phrases associated with illegal child pornography. When a term is searched that is associated to child abuse a clear warning message from Google and child safety organizations will appear explaining the consequences of the searcher’s actions and pointing...
No more room at the inn for sex offenders. That's the word from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff. We've learned that a number of offenders have used the uptown shelter as their registered address, but no more. 1210 North Tryon is a well known address near Center City Charlotte. It is listed as the Uptown Men's Shelter. Type in the address in this state run search engine, and...
23
Nov
2013
The documentary will present a combination of victims, offenders, and individuals from the judicial and law system who will be spoken with in depth, as well as looking into each of their daily lives and how it affects how they each live. There will also be an in depth look into various institutions, doctors, treatments and how juveniles are affected after they leave prison...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5kRB6dVes
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Nov
2013
The secretary of the Army has issued an order to round up all convicted sex offenders in the service “as soon as possible” and initiate proceedings for their discharge from the Army. The move is part of the Army’s campaign against sex assault in the service. Soldiers convicted of a sex offense, which in the military includes rape and sexual assault, who are deployed...
20
Nov
2013
Empirical research has repeatedly proven that community notification is ineffective at increasing community safety but rather it excels at increasing collateral and direct damage to former offenders and their families, which is increasing daily as citizens use the sex offender websites as hit lists for vigilante actions against offenders , their families, friends and employers. These vigilante actions range from bullying, vandalism, harassment, assaults...
20
Nov
2013
Submitted by USA on 2013/11/20 at 8:35 am I do have an interesting question/point! First, the arrests for not registering within 5 days is tacky. Now, I’ve gone to register early and the ladies (OC) asked why I came early? Lets suggest or pretend my annual registration is supposed to be every December 1st? What if I’m going to France from November 20th to...
19
Nov
2013
BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 1986 MET UP WITH A GIRL THRU A MUTIAL FRIEND , ENDED UP KISSING MINOR TOUCHING PLEAD GUILTY TO A 288 WOBBLER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DROPPED TO A 243 SEX BATTERY MISDEMEANOR, AFTR 3 YEAR PROBATION AND ALSO 180 DAYS WKN CUSTODY , NEVER FINISHED WEEKNS 4YEARS LATER RE ARRESTED ON A PROBATION VIOLATION ,GIVEN 3YR PRISON...
Google is targeting 100,000 terms associated with online child sexual abuse in a move hailed by David Cameron, who will announce a series of measures to tackle the problem at a cyber-summit in Downing Street. The prime minister said that Google and Yahoo had "come a long way" after the internet firms announced a series of initiatives to try to block access to images...
Panel Says Law Allowing Some Child Molesters to Seek Pardon, but Not Others, Is Irrational and Unconstitutional A state law that allows a defendant convicted of a sex crime against a child under the age of 10 years to obtain a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon, but denies a similar opportunity to one convicted of molesting a child under the age of 14, is...
It would be humorous if the real-world consequences were not so grave. Every year, at a jam-packed session of the annual conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), the developers of the Static-99 family of actuarial risk assessment tools roll out yet a new methodology to replace the old. This year, they announced that they are scrapping two of three sets...
In 1855, a 19-year-old woman named Celia was executed by hanging in Missouri. Her crime? She had murdered her owner, a man who purchased her when she was just 14 years old and had been forcing her to be his concubine ever since. There was no dispute that she had killed him. She had even confessed. But Celia’s defense attorneys boldly argued that Celia...
17
Nov
2013
A little background - I am innocent. I was accused and that was enough to start in motion a process that was impossible to stop. I was lied to by my accuser, "victim", friends, OC Sheriffs and OC District Attorney. I was tricked into saying a few words that were considered a "confession". OC Sheriffs lied to, assaulted and threatened my accuser to force...
16
Nov
2013
I've been lucky. I was arrested in 1993 for four counts of 288a. I pled guilty and two were dismissed. I'd made a huge mess of my family and I just wanted to make it right. I was fortunate. There was no prison time.... Six months county time, and because I was my families primary means of support, I was allowed to serve that...
My son at the age of 12 was charged as a sex offender when he retaliated to a female classmate who touched his breast and he did same to her. he was put on 2 years probation. At the age of 17 a 14 year old accused him of forcing her to perform oral sex on him. he was convicted of criminal sexual contact...
16
Nov
2013
Being on the registry has not only affected and changed my life in ways that only the 750,000 plus people and families would begin to understand. I got on the registry in 2002. Boy how times have changed! I raised my two children and had primary custody of my son and daughter. Both of them went to a private school up to high school...
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted additional compliance checks and probation searches of local sex offenders during Halloween. The compliance checks were conducted took place from Oct. 28 through Oct. 31, according to Lt. Steve Brooks. On Oct. 28, deputies contacted and searched 10 sex offenders who all appeared to be within compliance, Brooks said. Full Article
Germany and the Netherlands have significantly lower incarceration rates than the United States and make much greater use of non-custodial penalties, particularly for nonviolent crimes. In addition, conditions and practices within correctional facilities in these countries—grounded in the principle of “normalization” whereby life in prison is to resemble as much as possible life in the community—also differ markedly from the U.S. In February 2013—as...