Talk of banning persons forced to register as sex offenders from bars

Every day we scan news headlines, appellate court decisions and legislative filings to learn about current events impacting people on the registry. During our daily perusal, we came across this article, which questioned whether persons forced to register as sex offenders should be barred from entering places which serve alcohol. The supposition for the story was that Brock Turner (a

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You’re more likely to be struck by a meteor than to have your kid abducted by a stranger

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) gets about $40 million a year in federal funding. It spends at least a few of those bucks crafting unnecessary emails like the one I got last week with the subject line: “Are your kids safely back-to-schooling?” Not only is “back-to-schooling” not a verb, but also the question seems geared less

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CA: Lakeside neighbors furious over home housing sex offenders

I’ll let you read the full article at the source before commenting: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/neighbors-furious-over-sex-offender-home/509-2796f9c3-dda7-4345-ad38-23147f92823d Note there were no issues – the neighbors only found out about the home after they checked the Megan’s Law Website. Despite there being no issues (aside from the community’s disapproval), they are looking to “change the laws” to prevent this program designed to reduce recidivism. They

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