Florida Action Committee (FAC)

MINNEAPOLIS — The state Court of Appeals upheld a judicial panel’s decision to provisionally release a man from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, saying Tuesday that the evidence supports the panel’s findings, despite conflicting expert opinions on the matter. Jesse Lee, formally known as Dennis Wiesinger, pleaded guilty in 1976 to aggravated kidnapping and sodomy after he raped a woman

A combination of prison policies, restrictive laws and a lack of housing support has kept many New York sex offenders in prison conditions for months or years after they’ve served their time. As previously reported by the Marshall Project at City Limits, a lawsuit filed by a group of offenders last year contends that the state is illegally detaining sex

Almost 11 years ago, the Wichita Falls City Council chose to limit where a registered sex offender could live within the city limits as a way to safeguard the children of the city. The ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote on April 4, 2006, prohibits any registered sex offender with a victim under the age of 17 from

Unusual:  A Pennsylvania appeals court has rebuked Donna Jo McDaniel, a Pittsburgh judge, over her handling of a sex offense case—the sentencing was too harsh!  A three judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court concluded the sentence McDaniel imposed was unreasonable, not justified by the record and further that several of the judge’s statements at sentencing were untrue.  A resentencing was

The proposed home of a convicted child predator was destroyed Thursday in what investigators described as a suspicious fire, just days after the Fresno County district attorney’s office had announced a hearing regarding his placement on the rural property. Firefighters responded just after 11 a.m. to a report of black smoke in the area of 36000 Sage Lane in Squaw