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Executive falls short of applying Mark's Law for sex offenders (The Scotsman)
THE Scottish Executive has rejected calls for local people to be notified when sex offenders move into their area. But police will be able to tell a wider range of people - including leisure centre managers, flat concierges and some households - if sex...

Crackdown on sex offenders unveiled (Paisley Daily Express)
Tough new powers for the police to deal with sex offenders living in the community have been unveiled. The measures include a new warning system which could see information on offenders being passed to third parties such as landlords, employers or leisure centre bosses.

Halloween curfew for some Texas sex offenders (Blogging Baby)
Officials in the Texas counties of Lubbock, Potter and Tom Green will be instituting a 6 p.m. curfew for sex offenders on Halloween , with the instructions to stay in their homes and not participate in Halloween events. This rule will be in effect for any registered sex offenders whose victims were children. In Parker County, Texas, they re taking it one step further. All 40 of the

Sex offender wants lawmakers to revisit laws (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
ELKHART (AP) -- A convicted sex offender who spent time behind bars plans to be at the Statehouse this week to talk with lawmakers about the effect of laws passed to punish sex offenders and restrict where they can live.

Sex offenders told behave or lose anonymity (The Scotsman)
CONVICTED sex offenders face having their identities revealed to neighbours if they ignore warnings on their behaviour under tough new measures announced today.

Sex-offender concerns simmer (Omaha World-Herald)
Nebraska cities concerned that Iowa's sex offenders may find new homes in their communities are looking to the Legislature for help. The Nebraska Legislature should act to limit where sex offenders can live, rather than let city governments do it piecemeal, say local officials.

Scots to reform sex offender laws (ePolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Scottish ministers have unveiled new powers to allow the "part disclosure" of information on sex offenders.

Sex offenders push for balance in law (Omaha World-Herald)
A convicted sex offender who spent time behind bars plans to be at the Iowa Statehouse this week to talk with lawmakers about the effect of laws passed to punish sex offenders and restrict where they can live.

Sex offender wants lawmakers to revisit laws (The Des Moines Register)
A convicted sex offender who spent time behind bars plans to be at the Statehouse this week to talk with lawmakers about the effect of laws passed to punish sex offenders and restrict where they can live. Dave Spencer, 52, of Elkhart, who served time for abuse, said he went through treatment and now wants to be allowed to live a life beyond prison. "We re trying to introduce some balance here,"

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