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News About Sex Offender Registries Parents who check the state sex offender registry prior to allowing their children to knock on strangers’ doors and ask for candy this Halloween may be under the misconception that every person listed on the registry poses a grave danger to public safety. That’s not true, according to members of the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, who say a
Read moreGood News for those on Sex Offender Registries Following the trend of most courts, including the US Supreme Court, a Kentucky Judge struck a law that banned sex offenders from any site that’s “available to minors”, stating the law is too broad and effectively bans most of the internet. Judge says Internet ban is unconstitutional U.S. District Judge Gregory Van
Read moreFlorida Sex Offenders Excellent reporting and follow up from Isabella Gomes of the Miami New Times. Her story follows: Beneath a shredded blue tarp, 58-year-old Claudia Baker takes a swig of A&W root beer. “Imagine your faucet dripping at night. That’s what life is like for us—except instead of just hearing the drip, we feel it,” she says. After serving
Read moreNews for Sex Offenders Lenore Skenazy, founder of Free-Range Kids and a regular contributor to Reason.com, helped dispel the unfounded Halloween “horror stories” that have been thrown around this time of year for decades, including poisoned candy and sex offender attacks. Like the witches, ghosts and goblins that have become staples of the season, there’s nothing true about these myths
Read moreNo Florida Sex Offenders Arrested by Sheriff Grady Judd Sheriff Grady Judd held another of his “cutesy titled” sex offender stings, “Operation No Tricks, No Treats”, where he posts fake ads online and waits for people to respond to them. Florida Sting Arrests primarily for prostitution This time he netted 277 arrests, including a Sargent from his own police department.
Read moreHow Sex Offender Registries Impact Kids One of the most useful things the media can do is educate. Teen Vogue just posted an op-ed titled, “How Sex Offender Registries Impact Youth”. Sex Offender Education is Important Hopefully, by teaching children that an immature act can have devastating repercussions, it will help prevent youthful lapses in judgment. It also serves to
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