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Another person required to register as a sex offender is allowed to die behind bars Charles Jones was a registered sex offender who went back to jail for failing to re-register his address on time.

MESA COUNTY, Colo. – Authorities say they’re seeing a familiar phone scam targeting a new group in Mesa County: Registered sex offenders. The call follows a format seen in many other phone scams: The caller says there’s a warrant out for the person’s arrest and demands money to remedy the situation. In this case, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office says

A weekend inmate death at Century Correctional Institution is under investigation. Inmate Wesley C. Moore, 38, was pronounced deceased at the prison shortly after 7:00 p.m. Saturday. The death is currently under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, with assistance from the Department’s Office of the Inspector General, according to Patrick Manderfield, press secretary for the Florida Department

California, which has the largest sex offender registry in the US, has been taking steps in the right direction over the past couple of years. The State recently migrated towards a “tiered” system that would allow some registrants (those deemed “lower” risk to re-offend) to be removed from the registry eventually. While the plan wasn’t perfect, because it tiered people

Source More than 170 people required to register, their loved ones and supporters from 14 states attended the second annual ACSOL conference in Los Angeles on June 15 and June 16. The conference included four plenary speakers as well as 12 workshops. “We shared information, energy and support during the conference,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We also provided

Source: FloridaPolitics.com Incumbent state Sen. Lauren Book had another month of big spending. After shelling out more than $40,000 in April, she followed it up by topping more than $50,000 in May spending. Book’s impressive fundraising totals made those expenditures possible. She still sits on nearly $800,000 between her campaign and committee accounts. Most of May’s spending went toward campaign