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New Jersey lawmakers are attempting to keep landlords from automatically disqualifying potential tenants who have criminal histories. Instead, bills under consideration encourage landlords to assess each applicant as an individual, taking into account factors such as severity of a crime and the amount of time since it occurred. New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act would prohibit landlords from asking

An Illinois man who created a Facebook group known to track potential sexual predators was charged in connection with a sting operation that went awry in early January, prosecutors said Monday. Kyle Swanson, 30, was indicted on a charge of unlawful restraint, obstruction of justice and assault in connection with his involvement with the KTS Predators Hunter Organization, according to

Prosecutors withheld evidence that pointed to another suspect in the sexual assaults of two children, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Nearly 40 years after Mallory Vernon Nicholson’s trial, a Dallas County district court judge has agreed with prosecutors and defense lawyers that his convictions for burglary and aggravated sexual abuse of a child should be overturned. Prosecutors

We received the following from a member in Hillsborough over the weekend: I just want to inform you of a scam I experienced tonight. I received a call from a man claiming to be a Hillsborough county detective. He told me that the state changed the classification of sex offenders. He said this just changed in the last 48 to

There are many factors associated with reoffending such as social and emotional isolation, unemployment or not having something meaningful to do in life. India has 134 central jails, and at the time of my prison research of convicted rapists, Tihar alone had around 400 convicted male rapists serving sentences that ranged from five years to life. While it is a

Students throughout Maryland are now safer in school. Following a Project Baltimore investigation, Governor Larry Hogan has signed a new law making Maryland the first state in the country to ban registered sex offenders from being students inside public schools. The new law bans convicted sex offenders from attending Maryland public schools, while setting up alternative means to educate them