IN: Court reinstates petition to get off sex offender registry

An Indiana registrant’s petition for removal from their sex offender registry will move forward, after an appellate court ruled that the lower court DID have jurisdiction to hear the case. The petitioner committed an offense that required registration as a sex offender. In 2005, when he was added to the registry, his registration period was 10 years. In 2007 the

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Canada: Province takes measures to prevent sex offenders from getting a name change

Saskatchewan is taking steps to prevent convicted sex offenders from changing their names, making it the first province to refuse name changes based on a criminal record. An order in council approved by cabinet last week will require a criminal record check for people over the age of 18 seeking a name change. “It would not be in the public interest

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Judge rejects challenge from Utah woman charged for being topless in her own home

A Utah judge has upheld the state’s lewdness law after a challenge by a West Valley City woman who is facing charges for being topless in her own home in front of her stepchildren. Third District Judge Kara Pettit denied Tilli Buchanan’s motion to declare the lewdness statute unconstitutional in a ruling filed Tuesday. Buchanan’s attorneys had argued that the

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