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A few years ago, when a city publicly announced it was considering banning “sex offenders” from a buffer zone around schools, parks, etc. the public was universally on board. Things have apparently changed in the past few years, as more people are becoming informed and citizens see how ineffective and problematic these restrictions have become in neighboring cities. This weekend;

The title to this post is an excerpt from a well written article entitled, “My Turn: State officials must accept that sex offenders can change” that appeared in the Concord Monitor. The article correctly points out that the money to be made from the false belief that sex offenders never change is significant. The money trail is found in all

Since 1994, when Congress first ordered states to create sex offender registries, the laws in the United States about sex crimes have steadily ratcheted up. We now have what experts say is the most draconian regime in the world. As we’ve tried to show in Slate this week, legislators have repeatedly expanded the definition of a sex offender, extended the

Source   Steve Blow and Josh Gravens are two of my new heroes. I met them both when I went to Dallas three weeks ago to speak at the Reform Sex Offender Laws convention. Gravens is a sex offender who also spoke at the convention. I went with him to see what it’s like to register and that became a story in itself. Blow is a

Officers taking part in a Florida sheriff’s sting operations against alleged sexual predators used questionable tactics and frequently targeted men without any history of sex-related criminal accusations, WTSP-TV reported. Judges have also criticized the operations, led by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, for entrapping suspects. In one case, a judge said it was an undercover agent “who repeatedly steered the

In response to the recent report titled: Rasmussen Report: Jury’s Out on Whether Megan’s Law Is Protecting Children dated August 13, 2014 as reported on FOX34 News Lubbock, TX the following points are to be made: 1)      The registry does not address public safety as there are actually more dangers existing among the 95% or more of the population who