Lisa Ling to feature “Age of Consent” on CNN’s ‘This is Life’

Lisa Ling  CNN special on Teen Sex Offenders This Sunday, at 10PM EST, CNN will air ‘This is Life, with Lisa Ling’ This week’s topic is “Age of Consent” and it talks about the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex offenses; when teenage sexuality crosses the line and becomes a crime. How Sex Offender

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San Diego Asking for a Lawsuit

Yesterday, the city of San Diego, CA city Council decided yesterday to not rescind a residency restriction ordinance, despite the fact that the California Supreme Court already ruled a similar state law unconstitutional and the fact that more than 40 municipalities in the state have been sued (and lost or settled). We imagine Janice Bellucci is loading the paper in

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Ms. Book goes to Tallahassee, sees no conflict voting $ for Lauren’s Kids or dad’s clients

Freshman Broward State Sen. Lauren Book says she won’t abstain from voting on matters involving clients of her father, powerful lobbyist Ron Book. Similarly, she sees no conflict of interest in voting on measures to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars to benefit her non-profit charity and political launching pad, Lauren’s Kids. … Lobbyist Ron Book, the senator’s father, is the

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Tampa police won’t enforce county ban on sex offenders living in same house

TAMPA — The presence of about 140 sexual offenders and predators in a one mile radius around V.M. Ybor has long been a worry for parents in the eclectic, mixed-income neighborhood. Drawing many of the offenders are cheap rooming houses on Nebraska Avenue where tenants sleep in bunk beds in shared rooms. Some properties have upward of 30 bunks and

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