TN: lawmakers discuss changes to keep the state’s sex offender registry from being struck down

Tennessee lawmakers are in a rush to make changes to the state’s sex offender registry to avoid parts of it being deemed unconstitutional. This comes after a federal judge in Michigan removed thousands of people from that state’s list — and as 30 virtually identical lawsuits are pending against the state of Tennessee.  The majority of those lawsuits allege that amendments

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USSC issues new report on CP production offenses

This report updates and expands upon the Commission’s 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses. It provides the Commission’s most in-depth study of child pornography production offenses to date through an analysis of three primary factors that the Commission has identified as relevant to sentencing child pornography production offenders. Focusing on data related to child pornography production offenders’ proximity

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Former Seminole County Assistant State Attorney has no prison time or registration for 2 felony sex charges

A former Seminole County Assistant State Attorney will avoid prison for having sex with a 17-year-old girl.  Additionally, he will NOT have to register as a sex offender, and his only punishment will be serving two years on community control and eight on probation. How many people on the highly punitive registry in Florida for life, who had consensual sex

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