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A transitional home for sex offenders was proposed in a Huntingdon County community, which led to dozens of residents showing up to a special meeting about it Monday night. At the meeting, several Jackson Township residents shared their concerns about potential transitional housing in the community. However, township and nonprofit leaders reassured the public that this will not be happening.

V.B. was living in his home in Warren, Ohio when he caught a sex offense case. Fortunately for V.B., the conviction did not result in a prison sentence; instead, he was placed on probation. After his October 2025 conviction, V.B. did exactly what the law required – he reported his residence. That residence, where he had been living long before

On Dec. 3, 2025, Judge James J. Panchik of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, ruled SORNA’s internet identifier provision is unconstitutionally vague. The Com. v. Michael Diebold case arises from a new failure‑to‑provide‑accurate‑registration‑information charge filed after the defendant, in litigating a habeas petition in an earlier SORNA case, disclosed a list of 66 websites he used and

The Ohio House of Representatives nearly unanimously passed House Bill 102, which would prevent people convicted of sex offenses or child-victim offenses from living within 2,000 feet of their victim’s home, and from loitering within 1,000 feet of the victim’s residence. Currently, Ohio law prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, day-cares, and child-care facilities — but does not bar

Tonight, the DeKalb County Tennessee commission will consider adopting a resolution to establish a method of notification possibly through 911 to inform residents in a neighborhood if a sex offender has moved within 1,000 feet of a residence, school or childcare facility. Notification fees would be paid for by the sex offender along with his or her sex offender registry

In a powerful and overdue move, the Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission (SGC) has voted in favor of recommending alternative sentencing for certain sex offenses that arise from sting operations—cases in which there is no real victim. This decision, passed by a 7–2–3 margin, reflects a growing recognition that not all crimes should be punished equally, and that we must