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In a harsh new measure, a new Australian law proposes to revoke the passports of sex offenders and prevent them from leaving the country. It further “will make it a crime for convicted child-sex offenders to leave or attempt to leave Australia.” You can read more about this here.

The City of Stamford Connecticut is proposing some rules for the operation of a food truck. The new rule “would disqualify anyone convicted of felony theft or assault in the last five years or who is a registered sex offender”. Notice how the other felonies expire, but the “registered sex offender” restriction endures for life. Commit an armed robbery 6

Here’s one that will make you ask WTF?. The Sheriff of a County in Georgia exposed himself in a park and ran from Atlanta police. Here’s how they handled it there… DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff Mann said he will take a self-imposed suspension starting this weekend. In a memo to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Mann said he is disciplining

“There is huge hysteria around released sex offenders when they are not usually the problem,” said Alison Feigh, the program director at the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center Feigh said children are harmed most often by people they know, trust and have access to – not convicted sex offenders.

A group of sex offenders is suing the city of Milwaukee over a law restricting where they can live.

The state Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday shelved a bill that would have banned all registered sex offenders from school campuses without exception. Senate Bill 26 by Sen. Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) would have made it a misdemeanor for a registered sex offender to enter any school building or grounds without lawful business. SOURCE