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New York’s governor says convicted sex offenders should be required to disclose their social media screen names to prevent them from using apps to exploit children. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that existing laws targeting online predation don’t account for new technology. His proposal, unveiled as part of his State of the State agenda, would require sex offenders to hand

It’s not necessarily a bad idea, we just have to wonder how necessary this new law will be. A New York Legislator has sponsored a bill that provides “No sex offender shall apply for or accept a position which involves substantial contact with children while said person is dressed as a children’s character.” and that anyone who employs a person

The African country of Sierra Leone has announced that it plans to establish a sex offender registry. Although details are not decided on yet, at this time it appears the registry will be publicly available. SOURCE

For hours before he died in a northern Vermont prison this month, Kenneth Johnson struggled to breathe and begged for medical attention, according to a fellow inmate who was with Johnson that night. “He kept banging on the window for the nurse to do something about it — and they didn’t,” said the other inmate, Raymond Gadreault. Johnson, Gadreault and

It’s not enough that vigilantes go after people required to register as sex offenders and their families, some are now going after the scholars who do research and write about the topics related to anything sexually taboo. University of Texas professor Thomas K. Hubbard has become the target of protests and threats of violence because of his writings on age

A year ago we posted a warning about a lawyer from Texas, Teri Estes-Hightower, who was using the Florida Sex Offender’s registry to solicit people for a “class action” lawsuit in Florida against the registry. While this all sounded great to some who didn’t know better. Those with experience in registration matters and constitutional law saw this as a disaster.