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Santa Ana councilman faces sex assault charges
A Santa Ana city councilman abused his power as a high-ranking county official by targeting and luring at least seven female employees to his office and other locations to hug, kiss and touch them inappropriately over a period of eight years, prosecutors said Tuesday. Carlos Bustamante, a former administration manager at the Orange County public works department, has been charged with a dozen felonies,...
UPDATED: Simi Valley set to restrict sex offenders on Halloween
» Updated with CA RSOL Letter to Simi Valley CC « » City Council Meeting Monday, July 16, 6:30 pm « "Each offender would be required to post a sign stating, "No candy or treats at this residence." - "Council members voiced support for the measure, which will be brought back for adoption at their July 16 meeting." Simi Valley is on track to become...
If It Saves One Child
It would be difficult today to find a person who had no idea what the sex offender registry is. It would be equally difficult to find someone with only a passing interest who didn't feel that it is a good thing to have. It started in most states as a law enforcement tool identifying repeat, sexually violent child predators. It now has an estimated...
Wilmington Residents Gather to Discuss Sex Offenders
WILMINGTON, Calif. (KTLA) -- Concerned residents in Wilmington held a community meeting Tuesday to discuss their options to stop sex offenders from moving to town. The residents also wanted to find out why more sex offenders are living in Wilmington than in outlying areas. The city's zip code is home to at least 177 registered offenders. Compared to numbers of offenders living in nearby...
CA RSOL San Francisco Meeting July 28
California RSOL will lead a meeting of registrants and family members in San Francisco on Saturday, July 28, starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Unity Church, 2222 Bush Street. Topics to be covered include registration, residency restrictions and pending legislation. Speakers include lawyers and psychologists who specialize in providing services to registrants.
American Sex Offender – A Documentary project in Los Angeles
VIEW THE TRAILER / BACK THIS PROJECT! Synopsis: American Sex Offender is an ambitious, groundbreaking, and unprecedented feature-length documentary film that reveals the untold story of hundreds of thousands of America’s most shunned social outcasts: registered “sex offenders”. By creatively interweaving the human stories of real registrants, expert commentary on America’s unjust and inefficient laws, the filmmaker’s personal story, and shocking cases of punishments...
The Digital Divide: How the Online Behavior of Teens is Getting Past Parents
Despite the obvious disconnect between teens’ online behaviors and parents’ knowledge of them, parents continue to exude a sense of confidence and control. Most parents insist they’re in control when it comes to mentoring their teen’s online behaviors. Yet, many teens believe their parents are in the dark. More than three in four parents express confidence they know how to find out what their...
NY: Has Westchester’s Sex Offender Registry Done Anything to Make Our Children Safer?
We might feel at ease knowing that, if a sex offender moved into our neighborhood, we’d have to be informed. But does that really protect our children? In Tom Perrotta’s novel, Little Children, a convicted sex offender moves back to the town where he grew up to live with his mother. Isolated and ostracized, he nonetheless ventures to the town swimming pool one steamy...
HUD: Sex Offender Policy Requirements Updated
On June 12, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Notice H 2012-11 State Registered Lifetime Sex Offenders in Federally Assisted Housing, which reiterates statutory- and regulatory-based responsibilities to prohibit admission to federally assisted housing for individuals subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender registration program, and supersedes Notice H 2009-11. The new policies stem, in part,...
Church protests insurance rules for sex offenders
An Oregon church is challenging a requirement by its insurance company that it disclose the identity of sex offenders to other congregants, allow offenders to attend only one predetermined service and assign them an escort. Pastor Chad McComas of Set Free Christian Fellowship in Medford said his church disclosed that known sex offenders were among the 100 members. Church Mutual insurance company on May...
Dear Child Advocate – A Letter
Dear Child Advocate: Mr. Sandusky is not a Monster as the public and media are labeling him! He is a human being who had/has many good qualities and has become a SICK Opportunist who has been allowed to repeat his behavior because of current laws and Society has once again turned their back on a man who needed treatment fourteen years ago. There are...
CA RSOL Presentations in San Francisco
California RSOL members will make three important presentations on July 27 during a hearing conducted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in San Francisco. Presentations will be made by CA RSOL State Organizer Janice Bellucci regarding the impact of the state's lifetime registry. She will be joined by registrants Ken Woods, a former physician, and Frank Lindsay, author of "We're All in...
Santa Ana City Council Meeting Video
Video from the Santa Ana City Council Meeting on May 21. CA RSOL spoke in opposition to the proposed ordinance banning registrants from parks, libraries and recreational facilities. The ordinance was passed unanimously. [hana-flv-player video="https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/santaanaccmeeting_20120521_001.flv" width="320" height="240" description="" player="4" autoload="true" autoplay="false" loop="false" autorewind="true" /]
Sex Offenders’ Rights Group Fights Ban On Working With Hollywood Children
It seems the only opposition to a proposed California law that would protect children working in Hollywood from sex offenders comes from a little-known group advocating for sex offenders' rights. Full Story
WA: Seattle attorney wants changes to sex offender registry
A Seattle attorney is asking for a review of Washington's sex offender registration and notification system following the murders of two sex offenders this week in Clallam County. At least one of the two men killed was a husband and a father. The crime that put him into the state sex offender registry happened ten years ago. He was categorized a level II offender,...
LA: Plantations, Prisons and Profits (off topic)
The New York Times: “Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran’s, seven times China’s and 10 times Germany’s.” That paragraph opens a devastating eight-part series published this month by The Times-Picayune of New Orleans about...
WA: Two sex offenders shot dead by Patrick Drum – Wife of one speaks out (Video)
PORT ANGELES, Washington — The wife of a convicted sex offender who was targeted and killed over the weekend said Tuesday she’s sickened by people who have called the man accused in the crime a hero. Gary Blanton was one of two sex offenders shot and killed by Patrick Drum in Clallam County, investigators said. Full Article [hana-flv-player video="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBYsNGrOlwE" width="360" description="" player="5" autoload="true" autoplay="false"...
From Perverts to Pranksters: Problems with Sex Offender Registries
Just hearing the term “sex offender” elicits an almost visceral feeling of disgust in most people, so it’s not surprising that laws regarding sex offenders tend to only get tougher. These laws usually have been passed in reaction to a high-profile sex-related crime, often bearing the names of the victims (e.g., Megan’s Law, the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act). Accordingly, a vote against the...
WA: Suspect in slaying of 2 sex offenders planned more killings, prosecutors say
PORT ANGELES—A prosecutor on Monday requested that Patrick B. Drum, 34, of Sequim, who was arrested Sunday for the slaying of two registered sex offenders, be denied bail bcause Drum allegedly told police he planned to kill another sex offender. A bail hearing is set for Wednesday. Full Article
Video: Help For Sex Offenders
I created this video because there are a lot of guys out there who are on the registered sex offender list, whether by fault of their own or not. One thing all Registered Sex Offenders or RSOs have in common is the hardships that many of the draconian laws stack on top of them. I hope the information in this video reaches many of...