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CA: Sex offender targeted in deadly Wheatland shooting, police say
[abc10.com - 5/12/21] New details are emerging surrounding a bomb scare that caused an evacuation in Wheatland. The otherwise quiet community of Wheatland was shaken Wednesday evening after a bomb scare was tied to a homicide. "All of a sudden [I] hear those initial four shots and I go on the couch in the living room with the house wide open," said Robert Kesterson....
CA: California laws go easier on rapists who attack their spouses
[UPDATE: California Legislature Stalls Efforts to End Spousal Rape Distinction - newuniversity.org - 5/15/21] [sfchronicle.com - 5/12/21] Stanford law professor Michele Dauber thought pushing for changes to the state’s spousal rape laws would be a no-brainer. After all, this is 2021. In so-called progressive California. Why would anybody support old-fashioned laws distinguishing spousal rape from rape, making the latter subject to far more serious...
OK: Law enforcement pushing to close loophole allowing sex offenders at Oklahoma school bus stops
[krmg.com - 5/12/21] TULSA, Okla. — Law enforcement says there is a loophole in the law that allows convicted sexual predators to legally be at your child’s school bus stop. After learning of the oversight, following an incident in April, FOX23 went to police and lawmakers to find out what they are doing about it. ... Adams wants to give other sex offenders a...
MT: Judge Blocks Requirement for ‘Gay Sex’ Offender Registration
[usnews.com - 5/12/21] The state of Montana has no valid reason to require a man to register as a sex offender based on his conviction for having gay sex in Idaho in 1993, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen on Tuesday prevented the state from requiring Randall Menges of Butte to register as a sex offender under Idaho's Crimes Against...
LA: House committee rejects Louisiana sex offender ID bill due to legal concerns
[theadvocate.com - 5/11/21] A bill that would require the driver's license or identification card of sex offenders to carry a special designation was narrowly rejected Tuesday in the House Transportation Committee. State Rep. Larry Bagley, R-Stonewall, said his proposal was aimed at protecting citizens while also complying with a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court. The court last year struck down a state...
New Friends Outside Publication – Improving Outcomes for Individuals with Sex Offenses
[friendsoutsidela.org - 5/11/21] Friends Outside Los Angeles County is pleased to announce the release of its publication, “Improving Outcomes for Individuals with Sex Offenses.” Written in partnership with two researchers, Luis Barrera Castanon, Ph.D., and Marco Murillo, Ph.D., the publication is our final report that to the project funder, the California Workforce Development Board. We undertook the project because of the dearth of information...
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MI: Bill to create child abuse offenders registry heads to the Michigan House [Updated 4/29/22]
4/29/22 UPDATE: Child Abuse registry bill awaits action from Governor Whitmer [fox47news.com - 5/11/21] Parents don’t always know just who is caring for or spending time with their children. ... “I believe strongly that parents have a right to know if someone who is living with their children or if someone’s taking care of their children that they’ve had a history of child abuse,”...
What makes school zones “safe” for children?
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 5/11/21] Dear Members and Advocates, What makes school zones “safe” for children? Residency restrictions and proximity ordinances preventing persons required to register as sex offenders from living or even entering within thousands of feet of a school somehow create the illusion that once inside the exclusion zone, our children will be safe from sexual assault. Nothing can be further from the truth....
WI: State Supreme Court to hear transgender sex offender registry case
[wsaw.com - 2/10/21] MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Shawano County transgender woman who has been prohibited from changing her male name due to her listing on the state sex offender registry. ... She argues that requiring her to register as a sex offender violates her First Amendment rights and forces her to identify herself...
OR: Senate Bill 499 should become law
[eastoregonian.com - 5/8/21] Earl Bain was wrongfully convicted in Malheur County in 2009 and spent six years in prison. After the complaining witness in his case recanted her story, with the help of the Oregon Innocence Project he was pardoned on the grounds of innocence by Gov. Kate Brown in August 2020. For over six years of my life, I was wrongfully incarcerated in...
Seventh Circuit: Indiana’s Sex Offender Registration Act’s ‘Other Jurisdiction Requirement’ Unconstitutional Violation of Right to Travel
by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s opinion that found a provision of Indiana’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”) requiring registration of Plaintiffs who relocated to Indiana after SORA’s enactment violated their right to travel because the provision wouldn’t have required them to register if they had committed their...
Uganda: Convicted homosexuals to be included in Uganda sex offender registry
[76crimes.com - 5/7/21] Ugandans convicted of having sex with people of the same sex would be included in a new sex offender registry, following the passage by Parliament of a new anti-gay bill May 4. If the bill is signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni, people convicted under provisions of the Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 would be entered for life into a publicly...
NY: Endicott Sex Offender Fails to Register Email Accounts
[wnbf.com - 5/7/21] An Endicott man is facing up to ten years in prison after he admitted failing to register his email accounts as a convicted sex offender. 72-year-old Thomas ____ was convicted in 2004 of child pornography and crossing a state line to engage in sex with a child under the age of 12. He was required to register as a sex offender...
‘In the Valley of Sin’: The real story behind the fake sex ring that changed Wenatchee forever
[foxnews.com/ - 5/6/21] Wenatchee, Washington - also know as "Happy Valley" - is nestled in the middle of Washington state, with beautiful mountain views and crisp, juicy apples. But Wenatchee's quiet aura - and reputation - all began to change once the Doggett family moved in. Fox Nation explores why in the new special, ‘In the Valley of Sin.’ In December 1994, Mark and...
South Africa: Warning against making register for sex offenders public
[www.iol.co.za - 5/7/21] Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has warned against calls to make public the national register for sex offenders. It is believed that making the register public would curb sexual offences against children, but according to the department, this would fuel mob justice against perpetrators. ... Department spokesperson Steve Mahlangu said publicising the register could not be done...
CA: Unanimous Opposition Expressed to Re-sentencing Regulations
[ACSOL] During a telephonic hearing marked by significant technical difficulties, more than 20 members of the public expressed their opposition to regulations proposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that would exclude groups of people, including those required to register as well as those sentenced to Life Without Parole, from re-sentencing opportunities. A total of 43 members of the public participated...
CA: Supervisors approve better public notification of people listed on the registry
[10news.com - 5/5/21] The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved methods intended to increase public notification about people listed on the registry and placement of people labeled as "sexually violent predators". One way, according to Supervisor Joel Anderson's office, would be advance notification of the district attorney, supervisors and other community leaders before people convicted of a sex offense are placed...
CA: Registrant Gains Access to Section 8 Housing
A registrant in California has gained access to Section 8 housing. This is a significant change because in the past all California registrants were denied access to Section 8 housing because they were required by state law to register for life. "This is a significant milestone," stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. "With the help of ACSOL, a registrant was able to persuade the...
Uganda: Stiff penalties for sexual offenders as Uganda moves to create directory
[monitor.co.ug - 5/5/21] Persons convicted of sexual offences will have their data registered with the National Identification and Registration Authority (Nira), according to the Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 that Parliament passed on Monday night. The Legal and Parliamentary Committee chairperson, Mr Jacob Oboth Oboth (NRM, West Budama South) presented the Bill in Parliament on Monday afternoon. He asked the House to create a sex...
WA: Sex offender sentenced to more than 12 years for extortion scheme
[kitsapsun.com - 5/4/21] Saying she would sentence him longer if she could, a Kitsap County Superior Court judge gave a sex offender 12 ½ years in prison for an online extortion scheme targeting gay men in which he assumed the identity of a prior victim. Judge Jennifer Forbes told Christopher Malik Longmire, 25, the 152-month maxim sentence was “not enough.” “I’ve come to the...