Semen-sniffing dog used by British cops to help bust sex offenders

A semen-sniffing dog is working in the sex crime unit of a police department in England to help catch creeps and perverts, cops announced this week. The 1-year-old yellow Labrador, April, was trained to detect even tiny amounts of seminal fluid at crime scenes — and is better than traditional kits at extracting DNA, according to the Cheshire Police Department

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A Case for the Application of First Step Act Earned Time Credits to Offenses Related to the Possession of CP

The below was authored by an inmate in Federal Prison, serving a 17 year sentence for a first time offense, possession of child pornography. If you have a loved one who is incarcerated for a CP offense, this paper might be an interesting read for you and useful in advocating for the First Step Act to apply to them. A

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Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’

Annie Nichol was seven years old on 19 March 1994 when she was brought to the White House to talk to Bill Clinton. With a stuffed dolphin by her side, the girl spoke to the president about her 12-year-old sister, Polly Klaas, who had been abducted five months earlier from the family’s home in Petaluma, California, while Annie was sleeping

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Police cameras show confusion, anger over DeSantis’ voter fraud arrests

The never-before-seen footage, obtained by the Times/Herald through public records requests, offers a personal glimpse of the effects of DeSantis’ efforts to root out perceived voter fraud. “They’re going to pay the price,” DeSantis said during the news conference announcing the arrests. Of the 19 people arrested, 12 were registered as Democrats and at least 13 are Black, the Times/Herald

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Useful Resource: Sex Offender Enactments Database

Sex offender policies continue to be on state legislative agendas. Some state actions are a response to the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. However, numerous other enactments represent state innovation on how to best manage sex offender populations and address sex offenses. This database

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Canada will accede to U.S. request to share travel information on convicted child predators

Canada will accede to U.S. request to share travel information on convicted child predators Ottawa plans to introduce legislation that would allow the federal government to routinely notify Washington when Canadians convicted of sexual offences against children travel to the U.S. The Americans have beenpushingthe government for years to share travel information on convicted pedophiles as the U.S. has been

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