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The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it wants to mark the passports of persons convicted of child sexual offences with the words “child sex offender” as it expressed concern at the alarming rate of sexual offences against children in the country. But independent legislator, Sophia Chote, a senior counsel, has asked the Government to rethink that position, telling the Senate

I saw the following article posted on ACSOL, but was so offended I wanted to share it here too. A teacher in the UK was removed from her teaching position because she failed to disclose her relationship with a person required to register as a sex offender. WTF?!? so now there are not only restrictions on registrants but on their

A Coral Shores High School student in the Florida Keys is facing 15 years in prison and life as a registered sex offender for continuing to date his 15-year-old girlfriend after he turned 18 in December, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. “At the time of these incidents, Tucker was 18 and [the girl] was 15 years

Three men and two women were taken into custody in Leeds on Monday on suspicion of assault, public order offences and false imprisonment. The suspects have been released on bail pending further investigation, and West Yorkshire Police have used the arrests to remind self-styled vigilantes to leave the job of confronting suspected abusers to them. Increased numbers of “pedophile hunters”

As a person required to register, I cringe every time I’m asked for my drivers license to make a purchase. Will they notice the statute number on the bottom? Will they know what it means? Will it become uncomfortable for me to continue shopping here? Etc., Etc. Now, more than worrying about the statute on the bottom of the license,

Several news stations have run stories about persons required to register as sex offenders being on social media. In light of Packingham v. North Carolina (the Supreme Court of the United States case that found a law making it a felony for a registered sex offender “to access a commercial social networking Web site” was unconstitutional), why are people still