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Please call members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Senate Bill 1690 The Second Chance Reauthorization Act.   This bill is scheduled for hearing in the Judiciary Committee this Thursday, September 19, 2014.   S 1690 will increase public safety because it provides for programs whose goals are to break the cycle of criminals reoffending after they return

Would you rent to a sex offender if the offense was a 17 with a 15 year old ?   This was the title of a blog post on a real estate blog. The post, which generated 57 (so far) comments is a glaring illustration of the actual concerns people have about “sex offenders” in the neighborhood. What was surprising

Chad Alan Hightower, a longtime officer of the Wise County Sheriff’s office, was arrested for taking nude pictures of registered citizens when they came in to do their Sex offender registration. We are familiar with the story from a couple months ago, where Police tried to take images of a teenager’s erect penis in order to prosecute him for sexting

Source TOPEKA, Kansas — The attorney for a convicted child molester on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of the Kansas offender registry before the state’s highest court, arguing social media has made the Internet the new town square for public shaming. Attorney Christopher Joseph urged the Kansas Supreme Court to uphold a decision by Shawnee County Judge Larry Hendricks that removed

Brevard County has an ordinance that not only precludes the residency of sex offenders, but where they can be physically present. Seriously! The Brevard County Ordinance states, “No sexual offender or sexual predator shall enter into or remain within the 1,000-foot buffer zone surrounding any school, daycare center, park or playground…” The only exceptions are doctors appointments, lawyers appointments, licensed

Brevard County Public Schools recently issues the following statement: “Sex offender check enhances safety in Florida schools… Administrators at Brevard County Public Schools in Florida have enhanced security this school year with a new system that automatically runs sexual predator checks on all visitors and streamlines the process for volunteers.” Has Brevard had issues in the past with Sex Offenders