UK: Hull City Council worker leaked sex offender’s address to paedophile hunter’s group – and 30-strong angry mob turned up at his home

A heavily pregnant Hull City Council worker leaked the highly sensitive address of a sex offender to an anti-paedophile group. This lead to a 30-strong angry mob turning up outside his new home and threatening to kill him and burn down the house. Customer services assistant Chloe Carr told the paedophile hunters that the sex offender “deserves all he gets”

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Wayne Logan: Card Carrying Sex Offenders

Today, roughly a dozen states require that registrants obtain and carry identification cards or driver’s licenses signifying their status. Often, the branding is very overt, such as a stamp of “SEX OFFENDER” or “SEXUAL PREDATOR” in bight colored lettering. At other times, it is more subtle, such as use of a “U,” denoting that the individual is a “Sexual Deviant.”

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The Nation’s Defense Bar Celebrates Historic Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

NACDL celebrates the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson based on her unassailable qualifications. NACDL, however, notes that we have a long way to go to achieve meaningful diversity in the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary and therefore calls on President Biden to continue to nominate highly qualified members of the defense bar to the bench. Diverse perspectives on the

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Weekly Update 2022-04-06 Ref#199

Dear Members and Advocates, This past week we had the opportunity to offer a free viewing period of the documentary “Untouchable” and we took it.  We planned several events around the film that supported two separate project tracks: It would encourage awareness and participation outside of FAC membership. For the public, media, and legislators we hope that by facing the

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Pennsylvania tourist to stay on Florida’s sex-offender registry

A Leon circuit judge has dismissed a Pennsylvania man’s challenge to a Florida law that kept him on a sexual-offender registry after a 10-day family vacation to Disney World in 2015. Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey dismissed the case last week, in part finding that a statute of limitations had expired. The man, identified in court documents as John Doe, reported

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Former sex crimes officer facing 100 child porn charges told Tampa police he did not have internet access

Not for the purposes of shaming the individual, but solely for the purpose of illustrating that even those responsible for protecting children (in this case a former Florida sex crimes officer) can be a perpetrator. Add that profession to the list, along with teachers and politicians. Remember, this individual does not represent all in law enforcement, the overwhelming majority of

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