News & Updates

Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct & Exploitation (SESAME) is an organization that describes itself as a national voice for prevention of abuse by educators and other school employees. It has compiled alarming statistics on the incidences of sexual abuse in schools nationwide, reporting that just under 500 educators were arrested in 2015: Of children in 8th through 11th grade, about

On Oct. 12, 2018, Daehaun White walked free, or so he thought. A guard handed him shoelaces and the $19 that had been in his pocket at the time of his booking, along with a letter from his public defender. The lanky 19-year-old had been sitting for almost a month in St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution, a city jail known

An Arkansas woman was given six years probation for trying to frame her husband by downloading child pornography on his cellphone and telling authorities he raped a 13-year-old girl. Cherie Renee Bolton, 34, of Siloam Springs, pleaded guilty last week in Benton County Circuit Court to distributing, possessing or viewing child pornography and filing a false police report. Bolton must register

Chicago attorneys, who have been retained to represent the 19 child sex offenders who were told they must move out of Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora, believe McCarty Park is not a playground, but simply a park. The residents were given notices last week they have to move out by July 25 because they live within 500 feet of McCarty

I know how people feel about sex offenders. I agree that sex crimes are reprehensible, especially those in which children are the victims. Such offenders often face long prison sentences or long commitments inside mental health treatment centers. And rightfully so. But after they are released from custody — after they have paid their dues to society — these offenders

In the four months since law enforcement officials shared details of a sex-for-pay investigation of area day spas, five judges have tossed secretly-recorded videos, two municipalities have been sued over privacy rights and several women entered pleas in their cases. The cases began being disclosed Feb. 19 at a media briefing at the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff William Snyder