They Served Their Time for Sex Crimes. The State Won’t Let Them Go.

Great article in the NY Times today about civil commitment. Here’s an excerpt: In 1996, Rodney Roberts was working two jobs, one as a paralegal and another as a salesman in a men’s store, and living in a Montclair, N.J., apartment with his young son, when a teenager was sexually assaulted in Newark. Seventeen days later, officers with the East

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South Florida Registrant and NFL Legend Helps Announce the Relaunch of the Presidential Fitness Test in Public Schools

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced the return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test with the help of some big names in sports. Among them, Lawrence Taylor! Yes, that Lawrence Taylor. NFL legend, Hall of Famer, and, yes, a registered sex offender for soliciting an underage prostitute. Here’s a nice photo of them in the Roosevelt Room. L.T. at the microphone

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REASON: Sex Offenders With Autism Face Obstacles In Federal Prison

Incarceration is challenging for most individuals, but it poses unique and often severe hardships for those with mental health conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For inmates with sex offense convictions, the prison environment is particularly hostile, marked by frequent bullying, social isolation, and even physical violence. When an individual has both ASD and a sex offense conviction, the

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Operation Seek and Ye Shall Find Out – Another sting, another press release.

Another sting and another press release. This time out of Marion County, Florida. Weeks after posting “Operation: Obvious Trap (aka “How Are People Still Falling for This?”)” comes another sting. Notably, there were no people already on the registry who were caught. People need to stop falling for these traps. You hear the press conference, you see the mugshots, but

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PA Rep. aims to prohibit sex offenders from becoming parents through surrogacy

Pennsylvania Representative announced plans to introduce legislation that would address a gap in the Commonwealth’s child protection laws. The bill, authored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler, Lawrence), aims to close a loophole that allows registered sex offenders to become parents through surrogacy. While the current law prohibits registered sex offenders from adopting or fostering a child, surrogacy arrangements are not

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