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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina can continue to require some teens convicted of serious sex crimes to appear on the state’s public sex-offender registry and wear an electronic monitor for the rest of their lives, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. A boy from Spartanburg County who was 15 when he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy and ended up

The headline in West Virginia’s Metro News reads, “Sex offender registry operation ends with at least seven arrests in WV”  Pretty scary stuff, right? The operation was named “April Showers” and concluded with a press conference from West Virginia State Police Lieutenant James Stout, who said; “There are those out there that try to bend the rules and get around

MILWAUKEE — A federal judge Monday found unconstitutional Pleasant Prairie’s initial ordinance that largely banned registered child sex offenders from residing in the village. The village amended its ordinance three months after the offenders filed suit in June 2016, but U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller ruled that did not make moot the issues the offenders raised with the first ordinance.

The following is an excerpt from an Associated Press news article: Relying on state education records, supplemented by federal crime data, a yearlong investigation by The Associated Press uncovered roughly 17,000 official reports of sex assaults by students over a four-year period, from fall 2011 to spring 2015. Though that figure represents the most complete tally yet of sexual assaults

As an interesting and coincidental follow up to a post of ours from last week, we wanted to mention that the Washington Post, yesterday, ran a story called, “Student Sex Assaults and How They Vary by State” which gave interesting statistics of elementary and secondary school students who report sexual assaults at schools. According to the story; in Florida “[s]chools

The Florida Action Committee has submitted Public Records Requests, pursuant to Ch. 119 Sec. 1 of the Florida Statutes and the Florida Constitution to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Department of Educations. We submitted these requests to find out the number of registered sexual offenders or sexual predators who have been arrested, charged with or convicted

As David Feige’s documentary, Untouchable, continues to make it’s way through the Film Festival circuit, it’s important that we offer this film as much exposure as possible. The documentary, which is described in this review as, aiming to “recognize the many shades of sex crimes and seeks a better system for dealing with offenders at all levels.” and highlights that

Law enforcement officials will soon visit the homes of 760 sex offenders and 85 sexual predators in Marion County as part of a new program aimed at reminding convicted sex offenders that they are forbidden to be on the property of schools and child care facilities. As part of the program, which is being spearheaded by the Marion County Sheriff’s

According to the following article, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and another cruise line check their passenger manifests against the Sex Offender registry and deny access to registrants. http://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/child-safety-at-sea-freed-and-stuart-talk-about-policies-to-protect-kids So murderers, those who commit domestic violence and drug dealers are welcome aboard, but anyone painted with the broad-brush is banned.

Some sex offenders could soon lose their lifelong registration in the state of California. That’s if a new bill headed to the California Senate is signed into law. “It really changes it drastically, which is not fair to us as parents and our community and keeping us safe,” said Mika Moulton, with Christopher’s Clubhouse. As the law stands all sex