Judge rejects challenge from Utah woman charged for being topless in her own home

A Utah judge has upheld the state’s lewdness law after a challenge by a West Valley City woman who is facing charges for being topless in her own home in front of her stepchildren. Third District Judge Kara Pettit denied Tilli Buchanan’s motion to declare the lewdness statute unconstitutional in a ruling filed Tuesday. Buchanan’s attorneys had argued that the

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CA: Janice Bellucci challenges Fresno SORR

The Fresno Bee reports that ACSOL Attorney Janice Bellucci is suing Fresno County over their sex offender residency restriction that prohibits certain people from living within 3,000 feet of places like parks and schools. Fresno County is apparently the 40th municipality that has faced legal challenge over their ordinance and we all know how that worked out for them! Go

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What are politicians afraid of in allowing sex offenders in Florida to vote?

Weekly Update #69 Dear Members and Advocates, I don’t get it! What’s the harm in voting? There are a lot of restrictions when it comes to consequences of a felony conviction, some make more sense than others. No possession of firearms? Seems a bit harsh to pass a blanket ban on a constitutional right for those whose crimes had nothing

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Twitter’s policy toward ‘pedophiles’ is key in crime prevention

Here is another article from Earl Yarington, who has been writing a lot on this topic. The letter supporting a Twitter policy toward those attracted to prepubescent and pubescent kids was about two years in the making notes, Dr. James Cantor, a world-renowned scientist, and psychologist on pedophilia and sex offending. Recently, there has been some confusion and mischaracterization about

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Ring assures customers law enforcement can’t access cameras.

The following message was sent to Ring product users in response to recent concerns that the cameras could be accessed by law enforcement.   Dear Neighbor, At Ring, our mission is to make neighborhoods safer. It’s our belief that when communities work together, safer neighborhoods become a reality, which is why we created the Neighbors app. The foundation of Neighbors

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GA: New Legislation Would Allow Lifelong GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders

When the Georgia Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law allowing convicted sex offenders to be ordered to wear GPS ankle monitors for the rest of their lives after release from prison, several justices offered a concurring opinion saying the Legislature could write a law requiring such monitoring that would pass constitutional muster. New legislation dropped on the first day of the

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