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IN: Beware of Halloween Stranger Danger, Know Your Local Sex Offender Registry

·October 31, 2021
·21 Comments

Source: wevv.com 10/30/21 Halloween is nearly here. Soon thousands of Tri-State children will flock to the streets for their fill of candy and frights, but while costumes monsters and villains…

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IN: Community raises concerns on operator of new business run by a registrant

·October 25, 2021
·13 Comments

Source: washtimesherald.com 10/13/21 LOOGOOTEE – The fact that a convicted sex offender has opened a tattoo shop near a preschool brought out an overflow crowd of more than 30 to…

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IN: Federal Appeals Court OKs Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law

·August 24, 2021
·2 Comments

Source: wfyi.org 8/24/21 A federal appeals court said Indiana’s sex offender registry law does not violate the U.S. Constitution, overturning previous rulings. Indiana’s sex offender registry law does not require…

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IN: Divided 7th Circuit reverses order to remove sex offender names for ‘right to travel’ violation but remands equal-protection claim

·August 17, 2021
·14 Comments

Source: theindianalawyer.com 8/17/21 A split en banc 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a decision from an original three-judge panel that ordered the removal of six names from the…

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IN: En Banc Seventh Circuit Hears Challenge to Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law

·May 21, 2021
·14 Comments

[courthousenews.com - 5/20/21] Indiana argued before the full Seventh Circuit on Thursday that state law does not place unfair registration requirements on sex offenders moving to the Hoosier State. At…

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IN: Bill would allow adults to be charged for sex crimes they committed years earlier as minors

·March 16, 2021
·5 Comments

[indystar.com - 3/16/21] Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow courts to charge people over the age of 21 as adults for child molestation acts they committed when…

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IN: Annual Fee for Sex Offender Registration introduced in Vigo County

·March 16, 2021
·25 Comments

The Vigo County Council approved an ordinance establishing fees for sex offenders. The ordinance will set a $50 annual fee for sex or violent offender registration and a $5 for…

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IN: These civilians hunt child predators. Expert warns they’re ‘playing with fire.’

·February 25, 2021
·6 Comments

[yahoo.com - 2/25/21] INDIANAPOLIS — The confrontation begins at a side door of Lebanon Senior High School. Viewers watched via Facebook Live as a woman approached the school, about 40…

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IN: No Registration for Registrants From Other States If Their Crime Wouldn’t Require it in Indiana

·January 7, 2021
·5 Comments

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, et al, Defendants-Appellants. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. No. 1:16-cv-02865-RLY-TAB — Richard L. Young, Judge.…

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IN: WATCH NOW: Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Sgt. Bryan Kersey conducts sex offender checks

·November 28, 2020
·14 Comments

[kenoshanews.com - 11/20/20] Ride Shotgun with Lake County, Indiana sheriff’s Sgt. Bryan Kersey as he checks to ensure convicted Northwest Indiana sex offenders are complying with state sex-offender registry laws.…

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IN: COA – Removal from sex offender registry makes man’s case moot

·May 27, 2020
·5 Comments

A man whose name was removed from Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Registry on the state’s volition has successfully sought rehearing at the Indiana Court of Appeals, which has now…

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IN: Bill extending sex crimes statute of limitations advances to full House

·February 22, 2020
·1 Comment

[theindianalawyer.com - 2/21/20] “How many more victims will there be?” Dawn Price, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, posed that question before the Indiana House Courts and Criminal Code Committee…

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IN: COA reinstates petition to get off sex offender registry

·January 24, 2020
·4 Comments

A man’s petition to remove his name from the Indiana Sex Offender Registry was reinstated Friday when an appellate panel concluded that the trial court that dismissed the petition had…

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IN: Great decision out of Indiana

·July 12, 2019
·26 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 7/12/19] A great decision out of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana was issued earlier this week. ... Federal Court Judge Richard L,…

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IN: Prison Sex Offender Treatment vs. The Fifth

·May 8, 2019
·11 Comments

Remember the Inquisition where you could either deny your guilt and get burned at the stake, or confess and get burned at the stake? The idea was that since confessing…

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IN: 7th Circuit rules DOC sex offender program violates Constitution

·April 29, 2019
·4 Comments

[theindianalawyer.com - 4/26/19] Finding the disclosures provide information that any law enforcement agent “would love to have,” the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled Indiana’s requirement that sex offender…

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IN: Jackson County to begin charging sex offenders for registry

·April 23, 2019
·15 Comments

[wdrb.com - 4/22/19] For years, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office has been behind the times when it comes to its sex offender registry. But it will now move ahead and…