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A new study put out by the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, the United States’ primary source for criminal justice statistics, supports that notion that more than 9 out of 10 sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim. The study aggregates data from law enforcement in 20 states, as reported to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

MUST READ A local resident’s request to the Cedar City Council for an exemption to one of its ordinances has raised the question of when – or if – a convicted sex offender who has since served their time and been crime-free should be allowed to have the same freedoms to pursue a living as other citizens. “The only thing

The family of a Texas teacher are suing a local police department, claiming that a detective drove him to suicide by unjustly arresting him as part of a sting operation. A 39-year-old junior high school teacher from Conroe, Texas, poisoned himself to death with carbon monoxide just days after being released from the Montgomery County jail in August 2019. At

A man was killed by his cellmate at the Airway Heights Corrections Center in Washington. Turns out the cellmate happened to have molested the killer’s sister. Coincidence? “I was like, ‘What the f—?’… This stuff doesn’t happen,” he told the broadcaster. “You’re talking the same institution, the same unit, the same pod in the same cell as this dude. That’s

New Jersey is another in the line of State Supreme Courts to say the legislature can’t move the finish line.and impose new burdens for past crimes. Below is a link to the decision, but below that is a very informative quote from it. https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_24_20.pdf   [i]t is a fundamental principle of jurisprudence that retroactive application of new laws involves a

It’s hard enough finding and keeping a job as a registrant, even when you don’t have to advertise it. Sure, you have to live with the dread that a customer or co-worker will google your name or the other employees will gossip about you behind your back, but at least you have the opportunity to try to feed your family.