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The Dobbs Wire:  The number of listings on sex offense registries in the U.S. has climbed to over 900,000, an increase of 3.3% in the last six months.        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) just released its latest map which shows the latest figures for sex offense registries in all states. (NCMEC is a private

From the Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON — Eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld a decision saying parts of Michigan’s sex offender registry law — one of the toughest in the nation — were unconstitutional, thousands of former sex offenders who thought they’d be off the registry by now, or facing less severe restrictions, have seen no changes.

State Senator Lauren Book, who is best know for her advocacy of harsher punishment for sexual offenders and is no stranger to conflicts of interest will likely face a significant challenge shortly. Senator Book was appointed by Senate President Joe Negron, to a 16-person commission to investigate the series of grievous missteps that culminated in a mass shooting at Marjorie

Ingham County (Michigan) Prosecutor Carol A. Siemon, issued a statement concerning the sentencing of former Michigan State football players in connection with a sexual offense. Below is an excerpt from her statement, quoted directly: The sex offender registry is a blunt instrument that I believe needs to be reformed and streamlined so that law enforcement can make better use of

The following headline appeared on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Fox News: “Virginia sex offender seen snatching 7-month-old from mother in photos released by police.”  It all seems pretty straightforward, at least until you read the accompanying article. The first glaring ommission from the headline, but buried deeper in the article, is the fact that the alleged abductor, Carl Ray Kennedy,

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed legislation that would have barred members of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board from being able to profit from multi-million-dollar state contracts related to their work. House Bill 1427 would have prevented members of the board, which decides how the state’s sex offenders are managed, from having direct financial benefits from the standards and guidelines