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SC: Jindal attacks Sheheen for defending sex offender
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized Gov. Nikki Haley's opponent on Friday during a South Carolina appearance, taking issue with him for serving as defense attorney for a sex offender. Jindal said South Carolina voters have a clear choice for governor this year. The first, he said is his friend, Haley, whom he characterized as the successful governor of a state with...
More college men are fighting back against sexual misconduct cases
____ ____, ____ ____ and ____ ____ were headed toward bright futures at prestigious colleges and universities when each got involved in one-night sexual encounters. All three young men claimed the encounters were consensual — but the women asserted otherwise. In each case, campus officials found the men responsible for sexual assault and expelled or suspended them. But all three are pushing back, suing...
PA: Change in sex offender law leads to appeals
In September 2011, ____ ____, then 26, was arrested for having a relationship with a 15-year-old girl. ... Six months later, he agreed to plead no contest to misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and corruption of minors, while the prosecution dropped felony statutory sexual assault. ... Nowhere in the agreement or at his March 5, 2012, plea hearing was there ever any mention of having to...
FL: Loopholes cast doubt on effectiveness of sex offender laws in Volusia cities
PORT ORANGE — Registered sex offender ____ ____ ____ lives 2,112 feet from Spruce Creek Elementary School. He and other offenders who have served their sentences have been the targets in recent months of politicians including the Port Orange City Council who have enacted new regulations in the name of safety. Port Orange expanded its requirement for sex offenders to live further than 2,500 feet...
57 Convicted Sex Offenders Arrested In Southland ICE Operation
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 57 foreign nationals with prior convictions for sex offenses during a three-day operation targeting criminal alien sex offenders in the Los Angeles area, authorities announced Friday. Full Article
OH: Police – Sex abuse allegation led to Fostoria fire
FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) — One of the suspects charged in a house fire that killed two people who were hearing impaired acted out of revenge after accusing the home’s owner of sexually abusing a child, a detective said in court. Three people have been charged in connection with the fire on May 26 that was ruled arson. Full Article
Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, Galt Repeal Sex Offender Ordinances
Three more cities took action this week toward the repeal of their sex offender ordinances. Mission Viejo led the group during its City Council meeting on June 2 while Santa Ana and Galt followed that lead on June 3. "California RSOL commends these three cities for beginning the repeal of ordinances which prohibited registered citizens from visiting public and private places such as parks,...
Philippine Bureau of Immigration bans alien sex offenders in the country
MANILA, June 5 (PNA) — Foreign nationals who are registered sex offenders in other countries are barred from entering the country, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Thursday. In an order, Commissioner Siegfred Mison said aliens whose names are found in the registry of sex offenders as may be provided by a foreign embassy will be issued an order to leave since they...
NH: House committee passes bill prohibiting restrictions on where sex offenders can live
A House committee easily passed a bill, 18-1, prohibiting restrictions on where sex offenders can live yesterday, noting that judges have twice ruled residency restrictions unconstitutional. Still, lawmakers predicted a tough fight in the Senate, which has rejected similar bills before. Full Article
OK: Sex registry law needs overhaul
In 2007, the Oklahoma State Legislature approved a new law that required all sex offenders be classified under a three-tier system that placed offenders in a specific category depending on the nature of the sex crime. However, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) went a step further and made the new registration law retroactive to 1998. However, in June 2013, the Oklahoma Supreme Court...
IA: New HIV law to remove stigma of registered sex offender
Changes to Iowa's HIV criminal transmission law won't change ____ ____' felony conviction but it does mean he will no longer bear the stigma of registering as a sex offender. ____ has fought his conviction in court and pushed for reform of the state's HIV criminal transmission law. He still is waiting on a decision about his case by the Iowa Supreme Court. Full Article
TN: Man spent 11 years in prison for rape he didn’t commit
NASHVILLE — ____ ____ didn't rape that 12-year-old girl in March 1999. It's a truth he bore for 11 years and three months in a Tennessee prison cell. Few believed him until DNA evidence in 2008 proved he didn't sexually assault a preteen neighbor. Three more years passed before he was released from prison — and even then he still faced being tried on the charges all...
MA: Most sex convicts do not win release
Despite the release of a convicted sex offender who is now accused of raping and beating a woman at knifepoint Sunday, state courts are much more likely than not to keep convicted sex offenders locked up indefinitely after they finish their prison sentences. Between 2010 and 2012, juries and judges sent 57 of the 83 convicts who sought release back to detention, even though...
Living with 290: A Wife’s Story
Two years ago, my world was rocked to its foundations. My husband had just retired from a very long interesting military career. He went into a terrible depression and refused to acknowledge that he needed help. He got himself into a situation which happened to be a sting. He was charged with the intent to meet a minor for lewd and lascivious acts. All...
OH: 9-year-old boy charged with sex crime
CENTERVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) – Crimes are committed by the very young. Sometimes the child doesn’t realize he or she is crossing the line, but if a complaint is filed and an investigation produces evidence, a prosecutor has to begin legal action. They can be small and still be a criminal and end up in a juvenile facility. The case involving the 9-year old boy happened...
Living with 290: Eternally paying
Eighteen years I was married to a prescription drug abusive woman who had 2 female children from a previous marriage, and was in a battle for full custody. On many occasions she would be passed out leaving the children then 2, and 4 to fend for themselves. When I came home for work on those occasions where she was passed out I would feed,...
Living with 290: WAS PROSECUTING THIS CASE NECESSARY?
Three years ago, I was involved in an auto accident which shattered my ankle resulting in my having to take public transportation from Sylmar to Torrance which required two buses, two trains and then two more trains each way on cast and crutches for surgery and rehab. I registered in Van Nuys and at that time informed react (LAPD) that on the occasions that...
General Comments June 2014
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California Has Realized that Sex Offender Registries Don’t Work
The California Sex Offender Management Board, which oversees California's sex offender registration laws announced last week that the database is too big, and that it's not helpful in its current form. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday that the board is recommending to the state legislature that only violent offenders, such as kidnappers and sexual predators be compelled to register for life. The overhaul would be...
NJ: Judge allows two friends to testify that teen told them she had sex with teacher
MORRISTOWN — A Superior Court judge ruled today that the prosecution may use testimony by two witnesses who said a then-16-year-old student at a Paterson high school told them she had sexual relations with a teacher from Parsippany. Full Article