News & Updates

Cameras are popping up everywhere and will probably be growing exponentially, if not already doing so. Years ago, when I first heard of cameras being used to solve crimes, I felt it could be a good thing if used properly.  It is a good thing when we hear of dangerous criminal types being caught as a result of these cameras;

This week, two men convicted more than half a century ago of assassinating Malcolm X were exonerated. Yesterday, Judge Ellen Biben granted a motion to vacate the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, who were convicted of the murder in 1966 and sentenced to life in prison. A recent investigation found that FBI documents that would

Tim Rogers, Mayor of the Village of New Paltz, and Bettez met with the owner of the motel last year to discuss the decision-making behind providing housing for sex offenders. Bettez said the owner said it was for financial reasons after motel business was negatively affected by the pandemic with fewer travelers and short-term guests during lockdown. The owner of

I was at the registration office and due to COVID was told to sit outdoors, a ways back from where the glass intake door is. You cannot hear what is going on there, but you can see as you sit and wait in line.  As I waited, I saw that the man that was registering was escorted inside the glass

Don has a PhD in educational psychology and taught college classes for more than thirty years. He was once a news director at a radio station. The media are often portrayed as key sources of information about current events, and indeed do inform much of the time. Many of us watch the newscasts and read newspapers to get some sense

Seeking to move away from labels that can work against a person’s rehabilitation, Colorado’s Sex Offender Management Board plans to vote Friday to replace the term “sex offender” in its own guiding principles. The board is considering several new terms, including clients, adults or individuals “who commit sexual offenses,” “who engage in sexually abusive behavior,” who are “in treatment for