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PA: ‘Deplorable’ sex offender’s crime could be considered worse than murder, prosecutor says

·October 2, 2014
·22 Comments

With a sentence of 23 to 46 years in prison, sex offender ____ ____ will be incarcerated longer than some murderers. But in a sense, his crime is worse than murder,…

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PA: Mandatory minimum sentences are ‘unconstitutional,’ court says

·August 23, 2014
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Locals charged with crimes involving drugs, guns or sex abuse could be due relief at sentencing, according to a high-court ruling. A Pennsylvania Superior Court opinion has deemed mandatory minimum…

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PA: New unit puts sex offenders on notice

·July 7, 2014
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A newly formed Pennsylvania State Police unit working to keep tabs on sex offenders is expected to soon come to Western Pennsylvania. The Megan's Law Compliance Unit consists of two…

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PA: Donegal sex offender fights lifetime registration

·July 6, 2014
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A Donegal man convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on a walking trail is challenging the constitutionality of lifetime registration with police ordered for certain sex offenders. _____ _____'s contention…

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MA: SJC Ends Lifetime Parole for Sex Offenders

·June 11, 2014
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The Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that lifetime parole for sex offenders violates the state’s constitution, The Boston Globe reports. In a 6-1 decision where Justice Robert Cordy was the dissenter on…

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PA: Change in sex offender law leads to appeals

·June 8, 2014
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In September 2011, ____ ____, then 26, was arrested for having a relationship with a 15-year-old girl. ... Six months later, he agreed to plead no contest to misdemeanor counts of…

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PA: Myerstown man sentenced for failing to register as sex offender

·May 29, 2014
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More than two decades after receiving probation for an indecent assault charge in Florida, ____ ____ finds himself serving a prison sentence in Lebanon County today because he failed to register…

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PA: Megan’s Law sex offender list grows under new state rules

·May 11, 2014
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...Neither the judge, nor the prosecutor, nor ____'s defense lawyer raised the possibility that he would one day be required to register as a sex offender, a transcript of the…

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PA: Juvenile sex-offender registries are challenged

·May 4, 2014
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Though tried in juvenile court, with its focus on privacy and rehabilitation, he was later required by a 2012 Pennsylvania law to register as a sex offender — branded a…

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PA: Third Judge Rules Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Unconstitutional

·March 2, 2014
·2 Comments

Under current Pennsylvania law, juvenile sex offenders have to comply with lifetime registration requirements. But this month, a third Pennsylvania judge ruled that law unconstitutional, setting the stage for the issue to…

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PA: Child Porn Charges Reinstated Against Sexting Teen

·February 27, 2014
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LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa.—In a move that may have the effect of branding a teenage girl—and possibly hundreds more—as a "sex offender" for life, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reinstated child…

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PA: Carbondale sued over Megan’s Law ordinance

·February 14, 2014
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A former Carbondale man forced from his home because his son is registered under Megan's Law is suing the city and the mayor, alleging he was targeted for enforcement…

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PA: Woman on Megan’s Law list, who never committed sex crime, breaks down

·February 1, 2014
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McKEES ROCKS, Pa. — A woman on the Megan’s Law list, even though she never committed a sex crime, broke down while talking to Channel 11 Friday. “I am not a sex…

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PA: Supreme Court reinstates child porn charges in Lehigh County sexting case

·January 28, 2014
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A video of a teenage girl and boy engaged in a sex act circulated among Allentown youths for at least a year before another girl was charged with possession and…

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PA: Juvenile Law Center Wins Second Ruling Declaring Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Requirements Unconstitutional

·January 18, 2014
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For the second time in the last three months, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Pennsylvania’s juvenile sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional. On January 16, 2014, Monroe County Court of Common…

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PA: Judge made right ruling on juvenile sex offenders (Editorial)

·November 13, 2013
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In the twilight of his career, York County Common Pleas Court Judge John C. Uhler recently cemented his legacy as a legal lion of Pennsylvania with what might amount to…

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PA: Law requiring lifetime registration for juvenile sex offenders is unconstitutional

·November 11, 2013
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In a decision that seems destined for the appeals courts, a York County judge has ruled unconstitutional a two-year-old Pennsylvania law that imposes lifetime registration requirements on juvenile sex offenders.…

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