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Sex Offenders - Court: Sex offenders who don t admit crimes can t get more
Court: Sex offenders who don t admit crimes can t get more time (Winona Daily News)
ST. PAUL (AP) Threatening sex offenders with more time behind bars if they don t admit their crimes in prison treatment programs violates their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Police: Six sex offenders didn't register (Casper Star-Tribune)
Casper Police this week failed to locate six convicted sex offenders at their last known addresses. The six men, who range in age between 19 and 39, are charged with failing to register as sex offenders, because they did not submit changes of address.
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Sex Offenders - Nixon provides Missouri Highway Patrol with names of 98 additional
Nixon provides Missouri Highway Patrol with names of 98 additional sex offenders who had pages on MySpace.com (Boonville Daily News)
Jefferson City, Mo. Attorney General Jay Nixon Tuesday provided the Missouri State Highway Patrol with the names and other information of 98 additional convicted sex offenders identified as having pages on the popular social networking web site MySpace.com. Two weeks ago, Nixon provided the names of 178 such sex offenders to the Highway Patrol. Nixon has asked the Highway Patrol to examine the ...
Sex offenders conflict with daycare plan (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)
A Tampa church wants to open a daycare on its property, but there's an apartment complex next door that caters to sex offenders. Now, the sta... Looking to cut $15 million from the city budget, Mayor Pam Iorio announced a dramatic round of layoffs Thursday. About 120 employees will be laid of...
Sex Offenders - MySpace 'hunting ground' for child-sex offenders (The Age) The owners
MySpace 'hunting ground' for child-sex offenders (The Age)
The owners of the website MySpace have admitted the internet phenomenon has become a hunting ground for sex fiends and are lobbying Canberra to set up a child sex offender database to identify perverts who use the site.
Proposed Ordinance Would Limit Where Sex Offenders Could Live (WISN TheMilwaukeeChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Sex offenders could soon have a hard time finding a place to live in the city of Milwaukee if an ordinance proposed by two alderman passes.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders can have porn in prison, Swedish court says
Sex offenders can have porn in prison, Swedish court says (USA Today)
A court in Sweden has ruled that convicted sex offenders can read pornography in their cells, the Associated Press tells us. The judges rejected arguments by prison authorities that doing so would jeopardize security and interfere with rehabilitation efforts. The...
Swedish sex offenders get porn in prison (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
Associated Press - June 26, 2007 4:13 PM ET STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A court ruling in favor of convicted sex offenders in Sweden. The Supreme Court in Stockholm says the country's...
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Sex Offenders - Swedish court upholds right of convicted sex offenders to read
Swedish court upholds right of convicted sex offenders to read porn in prison (CNews)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Convicted sex offenders in Sweden are free to read pornography in their cells in the wake of a court ruling that has angered the prison service.
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Sex Offenders - Sex Offender Law Creates More Offenders (WANE-TV Fort Wayne) (WANE
Sex Offender Law Creates More Offenders (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)
(WANE -- Allen County) On July, 1 several new laws take affect in Indiana, including amendments to the state sex offender law. The new law forces more people to register as sex offenders. It includes
Sweep nets sex offenders (Tulare Advance-Register)
Four area law-enforcement agencies combined Saturday in a sweep that revealed 26 of 51 registered sex offenders in the city of Tulare were not in compliance with sex-registry laws, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department reported.
Sex Offenders - Three Fallon sex offenders granted parole from prison (Lahontan Valley
Three Fallon sex offenders granted parole from prison (Lahontan Valley News)
Three Churchill County sex offenders were granted early release from prison when the Nevada Parole Board met last month.
Uniformed Volunteers Police Sex Offenders (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
Tennessee law requires convicted sex offenders to report where they live and what they drive.
Sex Offenders - Seminar: Sex offenders often not strangers (Herald Standard) The audience
Seminar: Sex offenders often not strangers (Herald Standard)
The audience at a training session sponsored by the Fayette County Crime Victim s Center and attended by law enforcement and other social service agencies learns how to recognize sex offenders.
Sex Offenders - No MySpace for sex offenders (Detroit Free Press) Two hundred
No MySpace for sex offenders (Detroit Free Press)
Two hundred registered Michigan sex offenders were among 7,000 people kicked off the popular social-networking site MySpace.com, Attorney General Mike Cox said Thursday. Of the 200, 28 remained on probation or parole, including four who had been ordered not to use a computer. The discovery should be a cautionary tale for parents of young children and teens, Cox said.
Assembly approves law to keep sex offenders off school property (News 10 Now Syracuse)
The State Assembly has passed legislation that closes a loophole allowing sex offenders to enter school grounds legally.
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Sex Offenders - Cox Posting Sex Offenders Kicked Off MySpace (WILX 10 Lansing)
Cox Posting Sex Offenders Kicked Off MySpace (WILX 10 Lansing)
MySpace removed 200 Michigan sex offenders from their social networking site, and then turned the names over to the state's attorney general.
Sex offenders discovered on MySpace (Detroit News)
LANSING -- The popular MySpace Web site bills itself as "a place for friends," but the state's top law enforcement official says it's also a place that was home to about 200 Michigan sex offenders.
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Sex Offenders - Northfield restricts where sex offenders can live (WCAX-TV Vermont) Associated
Northfield restricts where sex offenders can live (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press - June 20, 2007 2:35 PM ET NORTHFIELD, N.H. (AP) - Northfield has become the fourth New Hampshire community to ban convicted sex offenders from living near schools, day-care...
Sex Offenders - Sheriff to sex offenders: Register or go to jail (The
Sheriff to sex offenders: Register or go to jail (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 7:01 AM- ST. GEORGE -- The Washington County Sheriff's Office has a message for sex offenders: Register or go to jail.
Northfield takes aim at sex offenders (Concord Monitor)
Northfield yesterday became the fourth New Hampshire community to pass an ordinance that bans convicted sex offenders from living near schools, day-care centers and other public places.
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Sex Offenders - Ayotte: 153 names on MySpace identified as sex offenders in
Ayotte: 153 names on MySpace identified as sex offenders in N.H. (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press - June 19, 2007 5:15 AM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says 153 registered sex offenders in the state have been identified as establishing...
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Sex Offenders - Texas arrests seven MySpace sex offenders (The Register) Parole violations
Texas arrests seven MySpace sex offenders (The Register)
Parole violations Just weeks after social network MySpace asked for advice on how to legally hand over information about sex offenders using its pages, law enforcement authorities have started to make arrests.
Sex Offenders - Monzel, Others Hope Sex Offenders Won't Stay (WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via
Monzel, Others Hope Sex Offenders Won't Stay (WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News)
Local business owners and a City Councilman are trying to make sure authorities know sex offenders aren?t welcome in Cincinnati neighborhoods.
Rise In Juvenile Sex Offenders (KMIZ-TV Columbia-Jefferson City)
The number of sex offenders is going up, but it may not be the age range you typically think of when you think of sex offenders. Statistics show the number of juvenile and more violent offenders have gone up drastically in the past few years nationwide.
Sex Offenders - 7 sex offenders who use MySpace arrested (AP via Yahoo!
7 sex offenders who use MySpace arrested (AP via Yahoo! News)
Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country's first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site.
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Sex Offenders - Sex Offenders Nabbed After Violating Parole on MySpace (TechNewsWorld.com) Using
Sex Offenders Nabbed After Violating Parole on MySpace (TechNewsWorld.com)
Using subscriber information provided by MySpace, Texas officials have arrested seven previously convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the site. The arrests were described as the nation's "first large-scale crackdown" on MySpace-enabled predation. The busts came after a two-week-long investigation aided by MySpace's release of the suspects' subscriber information.
Seven Texas Sex Offenders Arrested for MySpace Profiles (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Under strong pressure from several state attorneys general around the country, MySpace has been working aggressively to identify registered sex offenders who have established profiles on its site. On May 2, the company launched a program called Sentinel Safe, which checks registered sex offender information against information in MySpace profiles.
Sex Offenders - Texas police arrest MySpace sex offenders (Infomatics) The social networking
Texas police arrest MySpace sex offenders (Infomatics)
The social networking site agreed last month to block registered sex offenders from its site, and handed over the details of 7,000 users to the police. These are the first arrests from that action.
Sex Offenders - Restrictions for sex offenders head for vote in Little Chute
Restrictions for sex offenders head for vote in Little Chute Kimberly officials expected to act on similar plan (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
LITTLE CHUTE An ordinance that would prevent certain sex offenders from living in all but 10 percent of village land will soon be considered by village officials.
Child sex offenders face drug therapy (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Convicted child sex offenders face drug therapy to suppress their libido, satellite tracking and lie detector tests to try to stop them from reoffending, the government said on Wednesday.
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Sex Offenders - Sex offenders to be chemically castrated (Adelaide Now) SOME sex
Sex offenders to be chemically castrated (Adelaide Now)
SOME sex offenders in Britain will be chemically castrated under a pilot trial to cut the incidence of child sex abuse.
Sheriff Rounds Up Unregister Sex Offenders (WDSU TheNewOrleansChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said many of the 153 known sex offenders in his jurisdiction have failed to register, so he's going after them.
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Sex Offenders - Agencies cooperate to bring sex offenders to justice (The Weatherford
Agencies cooperate to bring sex offenders to justice (The Weatherford Democrat)
Danie M. HuffmanSoon, sex offenders won t have much room to hide. More restrictions will be placed on them to make communities a safer place to live. Soon, sex offenders won t have much room to hide. More restrictions will be placed on them to make communities a safer place to live.
Sex offenders may face severe limitations in Kimberly, Little Chute (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
The Kimberly and Little Chute village boards will consider ordinances that could significantly limit the ability of certain sex offenders to live in their communities.
Sex Offenders - Police caution 66 sex offenders (BBC News) Durham Police cautioned
Police caution 66 sex offenders (BBC News)
Durham Police cautioned 66 sex offenders in the past five years, show figures obtained by the BBC.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders are getting younger and more violent (Southeast Missourian)
Sex offenders are getting younger and more violent (Southeast Missourian)
STOCKTON, Calif. -- Courts have seen the number of sex offense cases involving juvenile offenders rise dramatically in recent years, an Associated Press review of national statistics found, and...
Sex offenders getting younger, more violent (Arizona Daily Star)
STOCKTON, Calif. Courts have seen the number of sex offense cases involving juvenile offenders rise dramatically in recent years, an Associated Press review of national statistics found, and treatment professionals say the offenders are getting younger and the crimes more violent.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders younger, more violent (AP via Yahoo! News) Courts
Sex offenders younger, more violent (AP via Yahoo! News)
Courts have seen the number of sex offense cases involving juvenile offenders rise dramatically in recent years, an Associated Press review of national statistics found, and treatment professionals say the offenders are getting younger and the crimes more violent.
Hundreds of Kansas sex offenders on MySpace (KFDA-TV Amarillo)
Associated Press - June 9, 2007 11:34 AM ET LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas attorney general's office says about 300 registered sex offenders in the state have been using the MySpace Web...
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Sex Offenders - Sex offenders register (Gaffney Ledger) The following sex offenders have
Sex offenders register (Gaffney Ledger)
The following sex offenders have registered their addresses with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office: Berlin Lois Elliott, 454 Sarratt Drive, Gaffney Tracy Bernard Hollis, 207 E. Dr. LM Rosemond Lane, Gaffney Morris Winfred Cash, 1219 Cherokee Ave.
Bill bans sex offenders from living together (Birmingham News)
Multiple sex offenders won't be able to live at the same address in Birmingham if Gov. Bob Riley signs into law a bill passed Thursday, the last day of Alabama Legislature's 2007 session.
Sex Offenders - Operation Eviction Nets Local Sex Offenders (WESH via Yahoo! News)
Operation Eviction Nets Local Sex Offenders (WESH via Yahoo! News)
A five-month effort by investigators at all levels has lead to the arrests of 127 alleged sex offenders so far in Operation Eviction.
MSPs debate bid to expose sex offenders (The Scotsman)
PROPOSALS to publish pictures of sex offenders who go on the run were being debated at the Scottish Parliament today.
Sex Offenders - Sex offenders moving to Tacoma (Tacoma News Tribune) The following
Sex offenders moving to Tacoma (Tacoma News Tribune)
The following convicted sex offenders have recently registered to live in Tacoma.
Texas Baptists Post Names Of Clergy Sex Offenders (CBS 11 Fort Worth)
The Baptist General Convention of Texas has begun posting on its Web site the names of convicted sex offenders who've worked as ministers in affiliated churches as part of new efforts to stop clergy sexual misconduct. More Religion News
Sex Offenders - High court: N.Y. erred in locking up sex offenders; new
High court: N.Y. erred in locking up sex offenders; new law may mitigate (Star-Gazette)
ALBANY -- For the second time in eight months, New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that former Gov. George Pataki exceeded his authority when he tried to keep sex offenders locked up after completing their criminal sentences.
Paroled Sex Offenders on MySpace May Return to Jail (GigaLaw.com)
Many convicted sex offenders who had profiles on the popular MySpace website are on parole, and some may be sent back to prison for e-mailing minors.
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Sex Offenders - Freeland council to adopt law restricting sex offenders homes (Standard
Freeland council to adopt law restricting sex offenders homes (Standard Speaker)
By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer Freeland Borough Council will adopt an ordinance restricting where sex offenders may live during its July meeting. The ordinance will be advertised in the legal notices section of the Standard-Speaker June 18 and 25. Council s next meeting is scheduled for July 2.
Law Would Bar Sex Offenders From Living Near Kids (KDKA Pittsburgh)
One local township is considering an ordinance that would prohibit convicted sex offenders from living near churches, playgrounds and schools.
Sex Offenders - Nevada Senate votes for restrictions on sex offenders (Las Vegas
Nevada Senate votes for restrictions on sex offenders (Las Vegas Sun)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The Nevada Senate voted unanimously Saturday for a bill that will prevent certain sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school or other place where children gather.
Plan in place to shelter sex offenders near Baton Rouge (The Town Talk)
After problems arose with sheltering registered sex offenders evacuated because of Hurricane Katrina, the state passed a law requiring segregation for this "unique population."
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Sex Offenders - Warrants issued for 9 sex offenders (Las Cruces Sun-News) LAS
Warrants issued for 9 sex offenders (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LAS CRUCES Three days of checks on registered sex offenders resulted in 86 percent living where they said they lived. But nine on the list are considered absconders, and warrants have been issued for their arrest.
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Sex Offenders - Police seek escaped sex offenders in Ark. (AP via Yahoo!
Police seek escaped sex offenders in Ark. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Three youth sex offenders considered violent offenders ran out of a Jonesboro treatment center late Thursday night, accompanied by three girls, prompting a police search, a state official said.
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Sex Offenders - Federal law requires more info from sex offenders (The Gazette)
Federal law requires more info from sex offenders (The Gazette)
In two years, sex offenders in Iowa likely will be required to report the name and address of their employer, as well as what vehicles they own and operate, to county sheriff's offices. The little-noted additions are part of the Adam Walsh Act, which became federal law last July.
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