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IL: Hundreds of Southern Illinoisans are required to register as sex offenders. But are we any safer?

·December 10, 2020
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[thesouthern.com - 11/27/20] SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ sex offender registry, which now includes more than 32,000 people — most of them men, though some women, as well — has rapidly expanded…

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IL: A timeline of how Illinois registered sex offender database was created

·November 26, 2020
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[pantagraph.com - 11/25/20] When Terry Parke, a state representative from Pittsfield, the chief sponsor of the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act, discusses his 1986 bill, he describes it as…

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IL: Name Change for Transgender Sex Offender Debated at Seventh Circuit

·November 6, 2020
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[courthousenews.com - 11/6/20] CHICAGO (CN) — A Seventh Circuit panel heard arguments Friday over whether a Wisconsin law barring convicted sex offenders from changing their name amounts to free speech…

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IL: A Veteran Cook County Judge Has Been Repeatedly Blocked from Hearing Sex Offense Cases. Here’s Why.

·October 27, 2020
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[bettergov.org - 10/22/20] A Chicago teenager pleaded with Cook County Judge James Linn to impose the maximum prison sentence on the man who sexually assaulted her and her two sisters…

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IL: Inside the Endless Nightmare of Indefinite Detention Under “Civil Commitment”

·August 20, 2020
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[inthesetimes.com - 8/19/20] In June 2019, after serving more than 29 years in Illinois prisons, Otis Arrington expected to be released to freedom: He had finished his time, which he describes…

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IL: Lawsuit dismissed after sex offenders living at Aurora ministry find new homes

·July 28, 2020
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[dailyherald.com - 7/27/20] Sex offenders who sued to stay at the Wayside Cross Ministries halfway house in downtown Aurora after a judge ruled it is too close to a playground…

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IL: High court upholds ban on sex offenders in parks

·June 25, 2020
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The state’s criminal code completely bars child sex offenders from entering public parks, despite an exception written into a similar but separate part of the law, the Illinois Supreme Court…

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IL: Porn Convictions Tossed Due to Use of Confidential Information

·April 15, 2020
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[bloomberglaw.com - 4/14/20] An Illinois man’s convictions on two counts of child pornography were tossed and resentencing was required on a third because the trial court improperly allowed the jury…

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IL: Lawsuit – Release Sex Offenders Who Have Served Their Time

·April 9, 2020
·20 Comments

Sex offenders who have completed their sentences but are still being held in Illinois prisons should be released as part of the effort to reduce the state’s prison population during…

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IL: Registered sex offenders can stay at Wayside Cross a little longer after ruling again delayed

·January 23, 2020
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[chicagotribune.com - 1/21/20] The child sex offenders living at Wayside Cross in Aurora can remain at the ministry for at least a while longer, after a judge again delayed ruling…

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IL: Illinois law will remove the statute of limitations for adult sex crimes

·December 27, 2019
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[mdjonline.com - 12/26/19] A new law will remove the statute of limitations for sexual assault crimes in Illinois. Lawmakers passed House Bill 2135 this spring. Oswego state Rep. Keith Wheeler introduced…

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IL: Wayside Cross child sex offender residents receive new notices citing proximity to Aurora park

·December 14, 2019
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[chicagotribune.com - 12/13/19] For the second time this year, child sex offenders who live at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora were given letters stating they must find a new place…

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IL: Illinois Supreme Court strikes down social media ban for sex offenders

·November 21, 2019
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Illinois’ highest court ruled Thursday that it is unconstitutional to ban convicted sex offenders from social media sites. Conrad Allen Morger was convicted of sexually abusing a minor and sentenced…

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IL: Former Sex Offenders can Proceed with Lawsuit Challenging Restrictions on Internet Use

·October 5, 2019
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A group of former sex offenders may continue with their lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC’s) restrictive policy on internet access for those convicted of…

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IL: Suit settled in teen suicide that led to Illinois law change

·September 1, 2019
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[abcnews.go.com - 8/31/19] The case of a suburban Chicago teenager who killed himself after being confronted at his high school about whether he made a video of himself having sex…

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IL: Explosive 3-hour meeting has many talking about possible health and housing center

·August 22, 2019
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[newschannel20.com - 8/21/19] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — An explosive meeting took place Wednesday evening over whether Springfield should allow a vacant building to become a health and housing center. ...…

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IL: Wayside residents sue City of Aurora, challenge state’s residency laws for registered sex offenders

·July 21, 2019
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The 19 child sex offenders who were told they must leave Wayside Cross Ministries by July 26 have filed a civil federal lawsuit against the city of Aurora, arguing the…

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IL: Column: Now it’s Wayside Cross residents’ turn to be blindsided

·June 29, 2019
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[chicagotribune.com - 6/28/19] Yes, this is a story about the law. In particular, it’s about a law that prohibits child sex offenders from being within 500 feet of a public…