Shunned wherever he goes, sex offender greeted by protests in Lincoln

In the short time that Richard Gardner has been out of prison, he has moved to Providence, then to Cranston and now to a small house off Cobble Hill Road in the Saylesville section of Lincoln. Soon after nightfall Wednesday, the street filled with more than more 40 protesters, many of them accepting an invitation to move onto the snow-covered

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Ala. sex offender arrested after attending Christmas parade

A registered sex offender who dressed up and went to a south Alabama Christmas parade filled with children has been arrested, according to the Covington County district attorney’s office. Darrell Sean Campbell was taken into custody at a convenience store on Tuesday morning. He was booked on outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court, according to DA Walt Merrell.

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Should psychotherapists be required to report patients who look at child porn?

For years, California law required psychotherapists to report any patient who admitted developing, duplicating, printing or exchanging material depicting an obscene act involving a child. The therapists accepted that requirement. They regarded it as an obligation to report producers and distributors of child pornography. But when the Legislature amended the law in 2014 to reflect new technology, many therapists balked,

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