Homeless Registrant Dies in Dumpster

It’s absolutely pathetic that our State is doing nothing about the homeless situation that’s occurring as a result of the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, which leave little available housing for registrants and the registry itself, which leaves former offenders unemployable and cut off from social services. You are basically leaving people outside to die, which is exactly what’s happening, as

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The Dobbs Wire: Vermont does the registry different – a surprising end!

Like all states Vermont has a sex offense registry and there’s a website to make the information available worldwide, 24/7.   “Community notification” is the official purpose but extreme ‘naming and shaming’ a more honest take.  The typical registry website has a great deal of personal information about registrants including name, age, photo, home address, details about the offense and victim,

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The Dobbs Wire: Cyber vice squads and neo-Puritans

The latest issue of Reason Magazine has much about sex!   Pleasure, alas, has a price.  As Katherine Mangu-Ward explains, “the legal risk of many common sexual choices is skyrocketing.”  Several essays exploring that theme are now available online.  Cyber vice squads and neo-Puritans run amok, see below.  –Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire     American Sex Police With sweeping trafficking

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