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What Is The Legislative Purpose Of The Registry
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...
Annual Registration
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...
Living with 290: 18 YEAR OLD N 14 YR OLD 1986
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 to tackle images of child sexual abuse with search and Youtube changes
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...
Sex Offender Was Deprived of Equal Protection, CA Rules
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...
Static-99 “norms du jour” get yet another makeover
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...
CO: Draconian sex-offender laws need reform (Op-Ed)
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...
Living with 290: Wishing It Wasn’t True
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...
Living with 290: 290 since ’93
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...
Living with 290: The nightmare of being convicted as a sex offender
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...
Living with 290: Boy how times have changed!
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...
Sheriff’s office conducts compliance checks, probation searches of local sex offenders
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
Sentencing and Prison Practices in Germany and the Netherlands: Implications for the US
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...
UK: Dad jumped to his death after being wrongly accused of child abuse
A father jumped to his death from the Humber Bridge after he was falsely accused of child abuse. ____ ____, 56, had been cleared of sexually assaulting a young girl more than 20 years ago but he never recovered from the ordeal of going to court and had already tried to kill himself twice. An inquest at Hull Coroner's Court heard how ____ wrote a suicide note,...
Canada: Sex abuse arrests in Canada began with probe of company
(CNN) -- A three-year investigation into an exploitative Toronto-based film company has netted nearly 350 arrests and rescued more than 380 children from sexual abuse, police said Thursday. Law enforcement from all over the world, primarily in Eastern Europe and the United States, worked with Toronto police since 2010 to arrest those who produced child pornography and those who purchased it. Full Article
Living with 290: Things must change
First, as I think back regarding my journey, I can only think about how much I regret putting myself in the situation I put myself in. Today, over 18 years later, I’m still so disappointed. When I initially was referring with my counsel, I was informed (I plead to a wobbler) that once the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, I would no longer...
Lariat Letter: Sex offenders are human beings too
In response to David Trower’s Nov. 12 column “Sex offenders need stronger punishments,” I feel disappointed that Trower would write something that relies on thoroughly debunked stereotypes, faulty statistics and emotional appeals, yet fails to even acknowledge or address the root causes of the issue of sexual abuse. Trower’s viewpoint is typical of those who adhere to the “uncontrollable monster” myth of the American...
A new look at truth and Justice for ALL
Don’t make the mistake of falling into the bigotry, propaganda and lies put forth by any hatemonger groups that are attempting to make themselves look better or feel better by attacking a disfavored people. These groups always use myths, half-truths and lies and the result is that these bigoted groups siphon off much-needed funds from communities using such catchwords as “if it saves one...
PA: Judge made right ruling on juvenile sex offenders (Editorial)
In the twilight of his career, York County Common Pleas Court Judge John C. Uhler recently cemented his legacy as a legal lion of Pennsylvania with what might amount to a landmark ruling. It was the right ruling — deeply grounded in constitutional principles. Unfortunately for the judge, though, it’s probably not one that will make him popular among the lock-’em-up-and-throw-away-the-key crowd. In fact,...
Jurisdiction Substantially Implements SORNA (Colorado)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) today announced that Colorado and five federally recognized Indian tribes are the latest jurisdictions to substantially implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Full Announcement (pdf) A list of...