PA Supreme Court Ruling Alters Some Sex Offender Registration

A Pennsylvania supreme court ruling soon will alter the registration requirements, for some types of convicted sex offenders. First-time offenders convicted of a tier one sex crime, such as possession of child pornography do not need to register for life with the Pennsylvania State Police. An offender will get either 15 or 25 years on the registry depending on the

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Judge rejects ACLU challenge to sex offender GPS monitoring

A Chancery court judge has rejected the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge to a state law requiring GPS monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders who have been released from custody and are on probation. The judge on Friday granted summary judgment to the state corrections commissioner. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of three high-risk sex offenders, including a rapist and

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Man charged for attacking sex offenders greeted as a hero by some

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) It’s not often that someone handcuffed, in shackles, and facing a Superior Court judge on felony assault and robbery charges is greeted as a hero. But Jason Vukovich was last week, at least by some from a distance. Jason Vukovich Little about the case against him is ordinary. The 41-year-old is accused of using the state government sex

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