Judge to Nebraska: Keep juvenile sex offenders off registry

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has told Nebraska to keep juvenile sex offenders off the state sex offender registry if they weren’t tried as adults — at least for now. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Tuesday’s order from U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf gives a temporary reprieve to dozens of people who received letters from the Nebraska

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Slate: Rick Scott preparing to pack the Supreme Court with Right-Leaning Justices

Source: Slate.com: Rick Scott Is Preparing to Pack the State Supreme Court After His Term Ends On Jan. 8, 2019, a new governor of Florida will be sworn in. On that same day, three of the Florida Supreme Court’s seven justices will complete their final terms. Based on those facts alone, you might assume that the new Florida governor will

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PA registrants find relief from extended registration period.

Last week the Pennsylvania Superior Court granted relief to a bunch of persons required to register as sex offenders in Commonwealth v. Fernandez (2018 PA Super 245 – Pa: Superior Court 2018). In 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme court invalidated the retroactive provisions from the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in Commonwealth v. Muniz, 164 A.3d 1189 (Pa. 2017),

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Sex offender who visited Decatur school (his daughter’s) sentenced to 24 months’ probation

DECATUR — A registered Decatur sex offender who broke the law by visiting his child’s school without getting official permission first was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months probation. Benjamin D. Mattingly, 29, pleaded guilty in Macon County Circuit Court to one count of being a child sex offender in a school zone, a Class 4 felony. He was also fined

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6th Circuit Rules: The stigma of being identified as a sex offender outweighed the cost.

The 6th Circuit got it right again! The same court which sided with persons required to register as sex offenders in Does v. Snyder, issued another well-reasoned decision in Doe v. Baum, et al. The case concerned the “he said/she said” situations which can arise with sexual assault accusations on University campuses. In this case; the University of Michigan. The

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Are you a victim of entrapment in a sex offender sting?

A prominent reporter from Central Florida who had written a series of articles on “sex offender stings” a few years back, highlighting the methods police departments used to entrap people into committing attempted “sex crimes” on an non existent victim, is doing a follow up investigation. He is looking for registrants or family members of registrants, who were “caught” in

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