News & Updates

A series of new federal sex offender bills have passed the house and are making their way to the senate. Here are some: The House passed the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act (House Resolution 1188), to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act; passed the Targeting Child Predators Act (HR883), to provide a certification process

In a harsh new measure, a new Australian law proposes to revoke the passports of sex offenders and prevent them from leaving the country. It further “will make it a crime for convicted child-sex offenders to leave or attempt to leave Australia.” You can read more about this here.

The City of Stamford Connecticut is proposing some rules for the operation of a food truck. The new rule “would disqualify anyone convicted of felony theft or assault in the last five years or who is a registered sex offender”. Notice how the other felonies expire, but the “registered sex offender” restriction endures for life. Commit an armed robbery 6

Here’s one that will make you ask WTF?. The Sheriff of a County in Georgia exposed himself in a park and ran from Atlanta police. Here’s how they handled it there… DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff Mann said he will take a self-imposed suspension starting this weekend. In a memo to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Mann said he is disciplining

“There is huge hysteria around released sex offenders when they are not usually the problem,” said Alison Feigh, the program director at the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center Feigh said children are harmed most often by people they know, trust and have access to – not convicted sex offenders.

A group of sex offenders is suing the city of Milwaukee over a law restricting where they can live.