Teacher gets jail time for skipping school to film sex with teen student

And ANOTHER one. Check out her sentence for not only molesting the child but video-taping it! Talk about a double-standard! If it were a male teacher, he’d have gotten 20 years for the sexual assault PLUS more time for production and distribution of child pornography! ______ A high school Spanish teacher who left school to have sex with a teen

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CA: Tiered Registry Bill Passed by Assembly Committee

The Tiered Registry Bill (Senate Bill 421) was passed today by the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee. The final vote on the bill was 5 in favor (Chairman Jones Sawyer as well as committee members Rubio, Quirk, Santiago and Gonzalez-Fletcher), one opposed (Lackey) and one who did not vote (Flora). During deliberations on the bill, the bill’s author (Senator Scott Wiener)

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The Unconstitutionality of Internet Identifier Laws for Sex Offenders

Weekly Update 2017-07-12 Dear Members and Advocates, Many of you have been asking “what’s being done” about the newly enacted “Internet Identifier” law that went into effect two weeks ago. We appreciate everyone’s patience as those involved worked feverishly to prepare a response to the new law instead of answering everyone’s questions. We are now able to announce that yesterday,

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DOJ urges SCOTUS not to review Sixth Circuit panel decision finding retroactive application of Michigan sex offender law unconstitutional

A Sixth Circuit panel concluded in Does v. Snyder, No. 15-1536 (6th Cir. Aug. 25, 2016), that Michigan’s amendments to its Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) “imposes punishment” and thus the state violates the US Constitution when applying these SORA provisions retroactively.  Michigan  appealed this decision to the US Supreme Court, and SCOTUS in March asked for the US Acting Solicitor General to express its

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Sex offender revamp in works under state bill

SACRAMENTO — California’s sex offender registry didn’t protect Chelsea King. A registered child predator abducted, raped and murdered the 17-year-old high school senior after she set off for a jog on the trails around Lake Hodges in San Diego County in 2010. Authorities used DNA to track down John Albert Gardner III, who confessed to killing Chelsea and another teen,

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