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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/11/we-must-destroy-the-children-in-order-to-save-them/    My colleague Tom Jackman’s story about the efforts of officials in Northern Virginia to forcibly induce an erection in a teenage boy in order to pursue “sexting” charges against him has deservedly provoked national outrage. As Jackman points out, Manassas police have since backed down and now say that they won’t execute the warrant. Of course, there remains the problem of why the warrant was

The latest trend in “sex offender management” seems to be bills that punish individuals or businesses who try to help offenders get on with their lives. This past legislative session, the Florida Senate tried to pass SB 562, a ridiculous bill which criminalized allowing a registrant to use ones car. The text of the bill stated: A person may not

SOURCE:  NY Daily News   Manassas police and prosecutors file a search warrant seeking photographs of teen’s aroused sexual organ. Boy is accused of sexting a video to his underage girlfriend. A 17-year-old boy charged with felony sexting counts now faces a search warrant demanding that he submit to having photographs taken of his engorged penis. The order includes the

Two days ago, The Crime Report put out this article, asking the question “Do Residency Bans Drive Sex Offenders Underground?” They cite research, including this white paper from the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board, opinions from Police and recent lawsuits that have been won nationwide challenging residency restrictions as reasons why there is a recent trend in rolling back or

Source: The Palm Beach Post   Editorial: County sex offender rules so harsh they’re counterproductive When Palm Beach County commissioners clamped down on sex offenders in 2006, they made little effort to conceal their punitive aim. From the public dais, one county commissioner referred to sex offenders as “animals.” Another urged her fellow commissioners to be “as tough as we

The very important question in the title of this post is the headline of this discussion (with lots of links) by Steven Yoder at The Crime Report. Here is an excerpt: California hasn’t been alone in its tough approach to ensuring that formerly incarcerated sex offenders pose no danger after they are released. As part of a wave of new