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Many of our members write to us regularly and suggest we contact the lawmakers and ask them to do something or to oppose a proposed law or ordinance. Chances are, if it’s an issue that concerns our membership or will hurt public safety, we are on it. However, you cannot underestimate the importance of contacting your legislators directly and on

Our own Gail Colletta contributed this one: http://cumberlink.com/news/opinion/columnists/guest/guest-column-first-time-child-porn-sentences-too-severe/article_80b67e1c-827a-11e4-82a7-932c94d28123.html So that you actually go to the article, I’m not copying and pasting it – only including the link.

Jessica’s Law, the ballot measure to harness sex offenders, began eight years ago with a promise – one that parents whose daughters have disappeared, as well as law enforcement experts, now say lulled California into a false sense of security. The voter-approved statute promised to keep paroled sex offenders in check, in part, by forcing them to wear Global Positioning

International Megan’s Law has been placed on the legislative calendar. https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4573 Here is the summary: International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking – (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish within the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the Angel Watch Center, which shall: (1) receive information on

International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking (HR 4573): Misguided and Ineffective Policy On May 20, 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking, HR 4573 (IML) by voice vote. It is now awaiting action by the Senate.  IML is a misguided attempt to address the

As predicted, the rash of backlash and stupid comments following Timothy Poole’s $3MM lottery win are pouring in. Every major news network has reported on it, as if no one else with a criminal record has ever won the lottery. I’m sure plenty of robbers and drug dealers have won also, but since they are not publicly listed on the