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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – A Cheektowaga law created more than a decade ago to serve as a tougher version of New York’s sex offender law. Now, it’s being called unconstitutional. Cheektowaga council member Alice Magierski says the local law extended the distance any level sex offender could live from a school or park from 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet. The

Today, an Appellate Court in NY issued an opinion in People v. Diaz holding that an individual cannot be subject to Sex Offender registration for a non-sexual offense committed in another state. In 1989, Frederick Diaz was upset with his 13 year old sister because she threw out his stash of drugs. He was so upset that the then 19

A female teacher in California was sentenced to 180 days (which she will have to serve only half) and will NOT have to register as a sex offender for having a sexual relationship with a 16 year old Student. The story can be found here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article143230329.html Who thinks that if instead of an attractive female teacher, the perpetrator had been

Parents should know that there’s a greater chance of their child getting sexually abused by a teacher or coach than a stranger on the sex offender registry. One only needs to scan the headlines to see Teachers getting caught having sexual relations with their underage students on a regular basis. Here are some from just this past week: North Boone

FAC COMMENT: ONLY ONE YEAR?!?!?!?! Subjecting someone to the sex offender registry is a fate worse than death (almost). Her sentence should be on the level of attempted murder. A woman who tried to pull off an elaborate plot to ruin a man’s life has now learned her sentence. Dana Loyd went before a judge on Thursday and was sentenced

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The arguments from experts who contend that residency restrictions such as those sought by Dawn Knull don’t work focus on concerns that the restrictions isolate sex offenders and make it more difficult for them to be rehabilitated. “It is a bad idea from the perspective of public safety,” said Mary Catherine Roper, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties

Keeping an eye on sex offenders for life, it’s a new law for Missouri and this now includes first-time offenders. But some say it violates the constitution. “I don’t expect anyone to have a lot of sympathy for me. I am on the sex offender list for a reason and it is because of what I did,” said a sex

Wayne Logan is a law professor at Florida State University. His recent work, “Reforming Registries” contains recommendations for reforming SORs so that they are more effective. A copy can be read here: https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=337087112022019118069088116094109096026053039083011038109066121093105092025011029088117005020100112003037103020004070104118124017058004084007084111087112068093085073021100017123095006096106085120083099099071094024123084124081084006075066122089064&EXT=pdf