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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
Plantation man arrested on charges of extorting, harassing state Sen. Lauren Book
Florida police have arrested 19-year-old XXXX of Plantation on cyber stalking and extortion charges after he allegedly faked sexually-explicit photos of state Sen. Lauren Book and threatened to distribute them to news media outlets. Book, a Plantation Democrat who...
Compensation denied for man wrongfully incarcerated for 37 years
A man who spent 37 years in state prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit is also being barred from being compensated for his wrongful conviction. Efforts are underway to eliminate or bypass the so-called “clean hands” provision that bars compensation if there...
Pakistan: Op-ed points out flaws in Chemical Castration
Using hormonal drugs to reduce sexual violence recidivism is known as chemical castration. In 1996, California became the first state in the United States to authorize the use of either chemical or surgical castration for certain sex offenders who were being released...
Author apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape
[FAC NOTE: The next time you think everyone convicted of a sex crime is actually guilty...] Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky" and said she was struggling...
Visiting registrant arrested and held without bond after failing to register cell phone number
A person required to register as a sex offender from Iowa was arrested after failing to register his phone number with local authorities. He was booked Monday without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center after he failed to report his cell phone number. His...
ACTION NEEDED: There are some discrepancies in the Colorado Springs Gazette editorial board’s comments
Derek Logue recently pointed out that Colorado’s SOMB’s changing of the term “sex offender” to “adults who commit sexual offenses” only makes it sound as though that is what people with a past sex offense do: continue to commit sex offenses. Research shows this is...
Alachua County is doing it the right way: Guaranteed income for some formerly incarcerated people, with no excluded groups
The Alligator at the University of Florida recently printed an article on a new program in Alachua County called Just Income GNV. “This privately funded program, designed by formerly incarcerated individuals, assists formerly incarcerated people re-enter society with...
OnceFallen: ACTION ALERT! Colorado SOMB open comments on language change
On Nov. 19th, the Colorado "Sex Offender" Management Board proposed changing the term "sex offender" to "adults who commit sex offenses" in their treatment guidelines. (Interestingly, they had previously changed the language for juveniles in a similar manner without...
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