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The following article was referenced in the earlier post about John Grisham. It is from February, so a few months old, but still an interesting read, so we’re including it here.     Amy was eight when her uncle began raping her. He took pictures. Last month the Supreme Court considered what restitution Amy is entitled to collect—not from her

This was the headline of a time.com post referring to the below interview. As best-selling novelist John Grisham prepares to publish his new legal thriller, he argues America’s prison system has run out of control America is wrongly jailing far too many people for viewing child pornography, the best-selling legal novelist John Grisham has told The Telegraph in a wide-ranging

Some of Pennsylvania’s latest sex offender registration requirements run afoul of a constitutional ban on laws that create new penalties for people who have already paid for their crimes, the Commonwealth Court has ruled. The panel of seven Commonwealth Court judges also found, however, that requiring sex offenders to reveal their email addresses and other online aliases is not a

Naples News reporter Greg Stanley reported from the County Commission meeting today, at which they discussed increasing the buffer zone for sex offenders. Here are some of his tweets:   Greg Stanley @GregGStanley Sheriff: Buffers only affect a quarter of county’s 250 registered offenders Greg Stanley @GregGStanley Sheriff: Biggest concern is untracked offenders. Large buffer zones from schools can increase

From the Boston Bar Journal Sex offenders are one of the most reviled groups of felons.  In the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in laws and regulations governing virtually every facet of their lives.  The policy decisions about how to deal with sex offenders flow largely in one direction: restrict them as much as possible.  This

The below table shows the number of sex offenders registered by state/territory. This information is taken from the Parents for Megan’s Law website and their sources are listed below. Notes: Sex offender counts are as reported by state agencies. * = Sex offender count as reported on state Internet Registry. **=Source: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ***=Reported as