Sex-offender registry adds costs without protecting public

COLUMBIA, SC Last month, a new chapter was written in one of America’s oldest real-life murder mysteries. The body of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was finally found, 27 years after his abduction. Jacob’s gun-point abduction shocked the nation and spawned a network of state sex-offender registries, South Carolina’s among them. But extensive research since then has raised serious questions about the

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Alabama's 2000 foot work restriction laws are so absurd, even responding to a fire too close to a school is a violation

Alabama’s 2000 work restriction laws are very absurd. I’ve been told stories by many individuals that the work restrictions are so vague, I’ve been told delivery or truck drivers could not deliver within 2000 feet of restricted zones nor could registrants work day labor or make house calls in restricted zones. Yet, until I didn’t have much in the way

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Clarification Regarding New Laws In Effect for October 1, 2016

Below is the summary provided from the Department of Corrections. _____________________   Two bills (HB 1333 and HB 545) passed in the 2016 Legislative Session affecting sexual offender/ predator registration processes in Florida. The changes are notated below and take effect on 10/1/16. 1. “Change in status at an institution of higher education” means the commencement or termination of enrollment,

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Prosecutor Wants to Charge 14-Year-Old Girl with Sexual Exploitation for Taking PG-13 Pictures of Herself

A 14-year-old Iowa girl, “Nancy Doe,” is facing sexual exploitation charges for taking two sexy pictures of a minor and texting them to a boy at school. The minor in question is Doe, which means the Marion County prosecutor has essentially threatened to brand her a sex offender for taking and sending pictures of her own body. Making matters significantly

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