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LA: Acadia Sheriff’s deputies arrest registrants for not disclosing status on social media

·August 7, 2020
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[katc.com - 8/6/20] Acadia Parish Sheriff's deputies have identified seven sex offenders who have been in violation of sex offender social media laws, Sheriff KP Gibson says. Between March of…

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LA: Man removed ‘sex offender’ from his ID, and a judge dismissed the case. Why?

·November 8, 2019
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When a Lafayette Parish man removed the words “sex offender” from his state-issued ID, law enforcement officers said Louisiana law had been broken. A local judge saw things differently. Full…

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LA: Teen beat up a stranger he recognized as a sex offender, now faces hate crime count, NOPD says

·October 25, 2019
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A 17-year-old boy who realized he was at the same convenience store as a man whose picture had appeared on a mailed sex-offender notice followed the man away from the…

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LA: Court sidesteps issue on juvenile sex offenders

·October 23, 2019
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Louisiana's Supreme Court has sidestepped, for now, the question of whether juveniles convicted of sex crimes can be required to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.…

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LA: Louisiana sheriffs promoting new app that alerts parents if sex offenders contact children

·October 17, 2019
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[theadvocate.com - 10/16/19] Louisiana sheriffs are backing a new mobile app that will alert parents if a registered sex offender contacts their child. The app, Safe Virtual Neighborhood, is the…

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LA: After admitting sex with 3 boys, substitute teacher spared jail and barred from class only two years

·April 5, 2019
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[usatoday.com - 4/5/19] After pleading guilty to having sex with three underage teenagers and sending lewd messages, a substitute teacher in Louisiana was spared jail and could even be…

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CO, LA, VT: More states enact major “second chance” reforms

·June 12, 2018
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[ccresourcecenter.org 6/11/18] In recent weeks, three more states — Colorado, Louisiana and Vermont — have enacted laws intended to make it easier for people with a criminal record to find…

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LA: Two sexual exploitation bills pass Louisiana Legislature

·May 20, 2018
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[kalb.com 5/18/18] Two bills targeting sexual exploitation passed through the Louisiana Legislature Friday. One would set policies for employers to detect victims of human trafficking, and the other would increase…

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LA: Two Louisiana elementary school students arrested for child porn over nude Snapchats

·April 20, 2018
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[fox59.com 4/20/18] SLIDELL, La. – Police arrested two Louisiana elementary school students after they allegedly distributed nude photos to classmates using a social media app. The Bonne Ecole Elementary students,…

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LA: Jury finds ______ guilty of 2nd degree murder in 2015 killing of his girlfriend’s convicted molester

·December 14, 2017
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[The Advocate] _____________, who confessed to fatally stabbing and strangling his girlfriend's convicted molester inside the man's Zachary trailer and stuffing his body into a 55-gallon container, was found…

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LA: Residents Concerned about Proposed Sex Offender Hurricane Shelter

·September 5, 2017
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The word is spreading and folks are hearing about plans to provide an evacuation shelter for sex offenders in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish. A new state…

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LA: Registered sex offender’s murder being investigated as hate crime

·August 20, 2017
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An elderly man from Many was killed this morning after being shot in the chest. According to the Sabine Parish Coroner's Office, sheriff's deputies arrived in the 1300 block of Matthews…

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LA: Debate builds over suggestion by child rape victim’s mother to create sex crimes arrest list

·August 4, 2017
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ST. TAMMANY - Should there be a public list for sex crimes arrests similar to the state's convicted sex offender registry? The mother of an alleged child rape victim is…

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LA: FAMM Praises Louisiana for Repeal of Mandatory Minimums

·June 16, 2017
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Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) today commended Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for signing into law SB 220, which repeals most of Louisiana’s mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws. The bill…

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LA: Here’s why some sex offenders eligible for early release have to stay in prison

·June 12, 2017
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More than 400 Louisiana prisoners who are otherwise eligible for early release can’t leave correctional facilities because they are unable to find an approved place to live that complies with the…

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LA: New scam targets registered sex offenders with arrest threat

·March 23, 2017
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NEW ORLEANS -- A new scam is targeting registered sex offenders, claiming they missed court dates that never actually existed. The US Marshal's Service is warning the public that scam…

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LA: Too Poor for Freedom: Sex Offender Registry and the Fourteenth Amendment

·October 12, 2016
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If a school mandated uniforms and suspended a child too poor to afford them, there would be an uproar. Media would excoriate the school for denying the impoverished an education…

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LA: JPSO unveils state-of-the-art sex offender ID system

·May 17, 2016
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The sheriff’s office announced Friday that the Sex Offender Registry and Identification System, or SORIS, captures a high-resolution digital picture of the offender’s iris. The system can tell the difference…