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Months after a storm of community outrage over what neighbors called a “predator camp,” Putnam County has enacted one of the strictest sex offender ordinances in the state of Florida. The controversial park at the center of it all — CCM Park on Balsam Street — once housed more than 22 registered sex offenders living in proximity. The situation sparked

A convicted sex offender in Wake County, N.C. has been charged with fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship for his arrest after becoming a citizen. What differentiates this case is of fraudulently obtaining citizenship, is that the arrest took place after naturalization, rather than simply for having lied about past deeds before obtaining it. Under U.S. law, citizenship can be revoked —

A grim ethical paradox has emerged from Canberra when a convicted sex offender with terminal cancer died by voluntary assisted dying in prison. A victim has mounted a campaign to pass a law that would prohibit voluntary assisted dying (which is apparently legal in Australia) in prison, feeling “robbed” her perpetrator died on his terms. Lawmakers there indicate that they

Residents of Thornton, Colorado raised some valid points about a proposed residency restriction covering school bus stops. One resident pointed out (as is the case with most sex offender residency restrictions) there’s no delineation to show what’s “within 1,000 feet,” or how anyone would know where a “designated” school bus stop is. “If the city does not publish an accurate

A Texas man just got 25 years for a failure to register an address change. “In 2015 this defendant went to prison for six years for a failure to register as a sex offender,” said First Assistant Nathan Young. “He knew what was expected of his registration when he was released. His blatant disregard in complying with a service that

Amanda LaRue, a “concerned parent” from Owasso, Oklahoma, spoke to News Channel 8 about a transient registered sex offender near her home. “He loads his car up every night, goes to the gas station, sleeps, and is back home,” LaRue said. “That’s how he’s skirting this law, of being a transient, and not having a permanent address. It’s because his