Argument preview: When a sex offender moves out of the country, does he have to tell anyone? Evan Lee Guest Posted Tue, February 23rd, 2016 11:29 am When Lester Ray Nichols, a federally convicted sex offender, left Kansas in 2012 … Continued
Gatesville residents ask council for more residency restrictions for sex offenders Tuesday, February 23rd 2016, 11:59 pm CST By Estephany Escobar Gatesville residents ask council for more residency restrictions for sex offenders GATESVILLE, TEXAS (KXXV) – On Tuesday, dozens of … Continued
We’re Rethinking Prisons. Is It Time to Rethink Sex Offender Registries? Criminal justice reform is in the air. But not for everyone. BY Erica R. Meiners http://inthesetimes.com/article/18862/rethinking-prisons-rethinking-sex-offender-registries When police arrived at her house to arrest her on May 8, 2013, … Continued
I Married a Sex Offender Life, restricted. By gretchen as told to Beth Schwartzapfel https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/18/i-married-a-sex-offender#.AU7jqWbtd This article was published in collaboration with Vice. In 2001, about six months before Gretchen met her husband, David, he was charged with sexual assault. … Continued
Local police use of vast license plate database raises privacy… (Click Here For Full Story) Local police use of vast license plate database raises privacy concern By Eric Dexheimer and Tony Plohetski – American-Statesman Staff 19 Posted: 3:28 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, … Continued
Hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in Tulsa area By Maureen Wurtz Thursday, February 11th 2016 Hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in Tulsa area TULSA — According to Tulsa Police, there are hundreds of convicted sex offenders missing in … Continued
Obama Just Signed a Really Bad Criminal Justice Law Is this really the best Congress can do? By Leon Neyfakh After months of hype about the historic bipartisan consensus that we must make the American criminal justice system less … Continued
Bill to mark sex offender passports raises ire of criminal justice advocacy group Critics threaten to sue if made law Go, Janice, Go (Janice will be one of our conference speakers) and great input by Josh Gravens: A criminal justice … Continued
Do sex offenders deserve a scarlet letter on their passport? David Paul Morris / Getty Images The Times Editorial BoardContact Reporter After rousing themselves from the 30-plus-year bad trip that was the war on drugs — or rather, … Continued
Obama Could Still Stop ‘Megan’s Law’ From Making Sex Offenders Get Special Passports For the first time in U.S. history, some citizens may be singled out for scarlet letters on their passports. Elizabeth Nolan Brown|Feb. 2, 2016 3:15 pm Both … Continued