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

·March 16, 2021
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[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
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[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
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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
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[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
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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
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[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
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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
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[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
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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
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[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
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[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…

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IN: County considers sex offender fee

·April 16, 2019
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The Jackson County Commissioners plan to discuss creating an annual fee for work associated with maintaining the county’s sex offender registry. ... Commissioners were receptive to the idea. Commissioner Drew…

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IN: Sex offender ban includes grandparents

·March 19, 2019
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A grandparent who has been convicted as a sexually violent predator would not be able to care for his or her grandchildren under the current version of a bill barring…

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IN: Amendment bars sex offender from son’s school activities

·March 4, 2019
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A registered sex offender previously able to attend his son’s school activities per a trial court-granted request was denied that exception Monday when the Indiana Court of Appeals determined an…

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IN: Northwest Indiana legislators support bills closing loopholes in sex offender laws

·January 27, 2019
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[chicagotribune.com - 1/25/19] Northwest Indiana legislators said they are in support of bills looking to close some of the loopholes in the state’s sex offender laws. One of those bills…

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IN: Sex offender questions meaning of ‘obscene’

·November 26, 2018
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[tribstar.com - 11/25/18] When community corrections officers went to check on Nathaniel Bennett, who was serving an in-home sentence for sexual misconduct with a minor, they found a cellphone with…

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IN: Sex offender’s rights not violated by registration extension

·August 22, 2018
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An Allen County sex offender’s constitutional rights were not violated when the period of time he was required to register as a sex offender was extended under a law amended…