the home of sdp123a http://www.sdp123a.com Sat, 19 May 2012 01:59:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=938&Itemid=58 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/05/07/court_mass_must_meet_deadlines_on_sex_offenders/)BOSTON—The highest court in Massachusetts has thrown out a request to hold a Level 3 sex offender beyond his sentence after prosecutors missed a mandatory deadline. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled (http://documents.sdp123a.com/David_GANGI_vs_COMMONWEALTH.pdf) Monday in... News - Local - Massachusetts Tue, 08 May 2012 06:58:18 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=937&Itemid=58 The state classifies 2,400 sex offenders as dangerous and likely to reoffend, but some question the accuracy of those judgements (http://www.commonwealthmagazine.org/News-and-Features/Features/2012/Spring/001-Societys-lepers.aspx) On a chilly night in early February, the Massachusetts website that informs the... News - Local - Massachusetts Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=936&Itemid=58 (http://www.hutchnews.com/Localregional/overcrowding)LAWRENCE KS - Sexually violent predators who are ordered to a state hospital for treatment after serving prison sentences are almost never released, and Kansas officials say they expect the overcrowded program to continue... News - National Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=935&Itemid=58 (http://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/newsnow/x1907520080/Illinois-Legislators-Debate-Costly-Expansion-of-Sex-Offender-Registry?zc_p=0)Chester, Ill. — The Illinois Senate is set to debate the merits and costs of SB3359 this week in Springfield. This bill, introduced by State Senator William Haine (D),... News - National Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=934&Itemid=9 Noted defense attorney Ron Kuby and Jesse Friedman (subject of the Academy-award winning documentary CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS) came to St. Francis College February 21, 2012. Friedman spent 13 years in prison for child sexual abuse,... Video - other Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:01:29 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=933&Itemid=58 Call_to_end_appeals_for_sex_offenders RI Attorney General supports Adam Walsh Act (http://www.wpri.com/dpp/target_12/call-to-end-appeals-for-sex-offenders)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - The Rhode Island Attorney General’s office will once again throw their support behind legislation that would eliminate the ability for sex offenders to... News - Local - New England Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=932&Itemid=58 (http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20120203/ARTICLES/120209899/1004/ARTICLES?Title=Adam-Walsh-Act-reignites-debate-over-sex-offender-policies tc=ar)In a clash suffused with federalist undertones, North Carolina is among several states being penalized for balking at a federal mandate seeking to better protect children by creating a national sex offender registry.... News - National Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=931&Itemid=57 Judith Levine is the author of four books, including Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Women From Sex, which won the LA Times Book Prize. She also writes a biweekly column called “Poli Psy,”... Editorial / Opinion - Magazine Editorial Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:26:20 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=930&Itemid=55 (http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2012/01/federal-judge-tosses-hebephilia-as.html)Hebephilia is too controversial for the government to use it to claim that a sex offender has a serious mental disorder meriting civil commitment in order to protect the public, a federal judge ruled... Reports - Hebephilia Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=929&Itemid=58 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/01/24/judge_nh_citys_sex_offender_ordinance_not_lawful/)CONCORD, N.H.—A Franklin city ordinance barring sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school is unconstitutional, a judge has ruled. Merrimack Superior Court Judge Larry Smukler ruled last week that city officials failed... News - Local - New England Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=927&Itemid=58 January 20, 2012 (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-sexoffenders-librariestre80k05s-20120120,0,2524816.story) DENVER (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a policy barring registered sex offenders from public libraries in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was unconstitutional, a decision that could have... News - National Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:53:56 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=926&Itemid=58 (http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/18/2550113_p2/proceed-with-care-when-covering.html) The accounts of sexual predation involving coaches at Penn State and Syracuse haven’t yet boiled over into a full-fledged moral panic, but there’s good reason for the media to be mindful of that... News - National Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:57 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=925&Itemid=55 Diagnosing and Litigating Hebephilia in Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Proceedings Diagnosing and Litigating Hebephilia in Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Proceedings John Matthew Fabian (search?author1=John+Matthew+Fabian sortspec=date submit=Submit) , PsyD, JD, ABPP + (http://www.jaapl.org/content/39/4/496.full#) Author... Reports - Hebephilia Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:12:22 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=924&Itemid=55 (http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2011/12/hebephilia-hopes-hidey-hole-will-help.html) Hebephilia, the controversial faux disorder proposed for the upcoming DSM-5, has been repackaged in the hopes that no one will notice its presence. Unfortunately for its survival, two newly published journal... Reports - Hebephilia Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:35:07 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=923&Itemid=55 Robert Prentky (http://www.jaapl.org/search?author1=Robert+Prentky sortspec=date submit=Submit) , PhD and Howard Barbaree (http://www.jaapl.org/search?author1=Howard+Barbaree sortspec=date submit=Submit) , PhD + (http://www.jaapl.org/content/39/4/506.full#) Author Affiliations Dr. Prentky is Professor, and Director of Forensic Training, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ. Dr. Barbaree... Reports - Hebephilia Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:54:54 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=922&Itemid=58 LOWELL -- A 64-year-old former Lowell man serving a 10-year sentence for sexually assaulting a child was found dead in his cell at MCI-Norfolk yesterday afternoon, and prosecutors say it appears the death is... News - Local - Massachusetts Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:10:41 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=921&Itemid=57 (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/books/russell-bankss-novel-lost-memory-of-skin-review.html?_r=2 ref=bookreviews)“Lost Memory of Skin” is a major new work by Russell Banks (http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/russell_banks/index.html) destined to be a canonical novel of its time. That is not to say it is without problems. It engages... Editorial / Opinion - Magazine Editorial Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:38:11 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=920&Itemid=57 (http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2011/09/20/columns/10180568.txt)Question: What is Attleboro doing about sex offenders? Answer: A hearing will be held Oct. 4 concerning banning sex offenders from certain public places. While the city council should be commended for being proactive, I... Editorial / Opinion - News Editorial Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:20:15 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=919&Itemid=58 (http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-17/news/30169689_1_sexual-offenders-sexual-predator-laws-sexual-offenses)The state’s highest court has refused to commit a career exhibitionist, or flasher, under the state’s sexual predator laws, saying there is no evidence that the man poses any danger to anyone. The ruling (index.php?option=com_content... News - Local - Massachusetts Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:52:39 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=918&Itemid=56 COMMONWEALTH vs. Donald SUAVE. SJC-10851. March 10, 2011. - September 16, 2011. Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior. Statute, Construction. Words, Sexual offense, Mental abnormality, Menace, Sexually... Law - Mass Reports Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:27:18 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=916&Itemid=58 (http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_18731697)LOWELL -- City councilors have had to consider the potential legal consequences of their push to bar sex offenders from public places in Lowell, including the library, but there has been little discussion about... News - Local - Massachusetts Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:39:36 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=915&Itemid=57 Opinion Published: August 20, 2011 Roger N. Lancaster is a professor of anthropology and director of the cultural studies program at George Mason University, and the author of “Sex Panic and the Punitive State.” Fairfax, Va.... Editorial / Opinion - News Editorial Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:19:42 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=914&Itemid=56 John DOE [FN1] vs. POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON others. [FN2] SJC-10916. May 2, 2011. - August 5, 2011. Sex Offender. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. Health Care Facility. Constitutional Law, Sex... Law - Mass Reports Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:03:18 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=913&Itemid=56 SJC-10803. April 5, 2011. - August 5, 2011. Sex Offender. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. Administrative Law, Hearing. Due Process of Law, Hearing. Constitutional Law, Sex offender, Right to hearing, Waiver of constitutional... Law - Mass Reports Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:56:23 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=912&Itemid=58 Colorado_Hopes_To_Consolidate_Sex_Offender_Registry News - National Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:51:38 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=911&Itemid=58 This article is part of a Nation series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council, in collaboration with the Center For Media and Democracy. John Nichols introduces (http://www.thenation.com/article/161978/alec-exposed) the series. (http://www.thenation.com/article/162478/hidden-history-alec-and-prison-labor)The breaded chicken patty your... News - National Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:39:21 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=910&Itemid=58 Bill eyes forcing sex fiends to register online names (http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1355504 srvc=news position=2)A lawman and lawmakers hoping to guard children against Facebook-friending sex fiends are pushing a bill that would force the state’s most dangerous predators... News - Local - Massachusetts Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:22:44 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=909&Itemid=58 (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-28/justice/sex.offender.adam.walsh.act_1_adam-walsh-act-offender-law-registry/8?_s=PM:CRIME)Five years ago this week, President George W. Bush signed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act with the intention of making it the law of the land for keeping tabs on sex... News - National Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:08:26 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=908&Itemid=58 By Violet Blue | August 1, 2011, 11:37pm PDT Summary (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/how-the-new-8216protecting-children-bill-puts-you-at-risk/590?tag=content%3Bfeature-roto) A bill now makes the online activity of every American available to authorities upon request under the guise of protecting children from pornography. Violet... News - National Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:08:49 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=907&Itemid=58 (http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/57371-iphone-iris-scanner-ready-to-track-criminals)Law enforcement officials across the nation are preparing to adopt a new facial-scanning device designed specifically for the iPhone. The biometric technology - dubbed Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS) - is an... News - Local - Massachusetts Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:02:24 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=906&Itemid=57 Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason. (http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/14/perverted-justice/singlepage)“If we had been aware of his record,” says Maureen Kanka, “my daughter would be alive today.” She is referring, in a statement on the... Editorial / Opinion - Magazine Editorial Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:24:51 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=904&Itemid=179 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 03778 HOUSE . . . . . . . .... Documents - proposed legislation Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:41:38 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=903&Itemid=58 (http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/senate_committee_approves_bill_1.html)A bill that would make it a crime for convicted child sex predators to use Internet chat rooms or social networking sites cleared a Louisiana Senate (http://topics.nola.com/tag/2011-legislature/index.html) committee Tuesday, leaving it just one step... News - National Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:08:41 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=902&Itemid=58 Jefferson_Co_launches_sex_offender_compliance_program News - National Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:29:31 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=901&Itemid=58 SexOffenderLawMadePenalColonies News - National Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:52:47 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=900&Itemid=58 (http://www.wncftv.com/localnews/House-Passes-Bill-to-Stregthen-Sex-Offender-Laws-122537014.html)Members of the Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday voted to strengthen the state’s sex offender laws, passing a bill sponsored by Rep. Blaine Galliher (R-Rainbow City) that would close loopholes in current law and... News - National Wed, 25 May 2011 11:28:41 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=899&Itemid=58 (http://www.corrections.com/news/article/28634-the-myth-that-prisoners-have-it-easy)The public expects life in prison to be worse than life for the lowest class of free individuals, for otherwise prison is not fully considered punishment. Any amenities enjoyed by prisoners are swiftly condemned... News - National Wed, 25 May 2011 11:17:39 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=898&Itemid=58 (http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/20/politics/tiered-system-for-sex-offenders-remains-elusive-for-lawmakers/?ref=latest) AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers on Friday deferred action once again on legislation that would adopt a tiered classification system for registered sex offenders even though the inaction could have legal and financial implications.... News - Local - New England Mon, 23 May 2011 16:02:17 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=897&Itemid=9 KansasPassesAdamWalshAct Video - other Mon, 23 May 2011 12:53:48 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=896&Itemid=58 Earlier this week, the popular online dating site Match.com announced plans (http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/04/18/in-lawsuits-wake-match-com-to-screen-predator-databases/) to implement a system to check their users against sex offender registries. This comes in the wake of a lawsuit against the company... News - National Sun, 22 May 2011 20:53:44 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=895&Itemid=56 NOTICE: The slip opinions and orders posted on this Web site are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. This preliminary material will be... Law - Mass Reports Tue, 03 May 2011 21:34:36 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=894&Itemid=58 Does publicly posting names of convicted sex offenders actually reduce the number of sexual offenses? (http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=life_on_the_list#) You could say it started with three small-town Minnesota boys riding their bikes to a convenience store on... News - National Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:33:32 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=893&Itemid=58 Attorney General Eric Holder's weakened plan to stop rape in prison disappoints advocates. (http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_muted_effort_to_reduce_prison_rape) Our country's shoulder-shrugging acceptance of rape in prisons has made it to the U.S. Department of Justice. Last week, the public... News - Prison Rape Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:55:56 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=891&Itemid=58 Alarmed neighbors join forces with authorities to seek solution (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1326298 format=text) An untold number of convicted sexual predators who claim to be sleeping at homeless shelters are going unaccounted for nightly —... News - What\'s Next? Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:12:27 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=890&Itemid=58 (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1326353 format=text) As convicted sex offenders flood the city’s homeless shelters, advocates and police say the state needs more places for these dangerous predators to live, be supervised and get treatment. “We’re all... News - What\'s Next? Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:57:47 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=889&Itemid=58 (http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1326752 format=text)Authorities had no solutions last night for frustrated South End residents who are worried about an influx of homeless sex offenders wandering their neighborhood. “We don’t have badges and guns,” Charles McDonald... News - What\'s Next? Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=888&Itemid=58 (http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1320840 format=text)Massachusetts’ highest court has tossed out a requirement that sex offenders report in person to their local city or town police department within two days of their release from prison. The Massachusetts Supreme... News - What\'s Next? Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=887&Itemid=58 11B28_SO_registry_level_2_legislation (http://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/news/x2089518244/Arciero-files-bill-on-sex-offenders#axzz1FFYDE9W5)Westford — State Rep. James Arciero filed legislation on Feb. 4 to that would make information about Level 2 sex offenders available online. The legislation would bring it into compliance with a federal... News - What\'s Next? Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=885&Itemid=58 (http://www.projo.com/news/content/WALSH_ACT_GRANT_01-08-11_PDLPGOT_v16.34c63d.html)PROVIDENCE — On the final day of 2010, the state police received a $203,000 grant that allows the authorities to change the way the state registers sex offenders and notifies the communities about where... News - Local - New England Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=884&Itemid=58 (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17046787)Sex offenders don't want the government to know what they are doing online or posting on news and social-networking sites and intend to challenge e-mail registry requirements to the U.S. Supreme Court. Colorado and... News - National Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=883&Itemid=58 (http://thecrimereport.org/2011/01/07/sensenbrenner-named-house-crime-subcommittee-chair/)Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400365), a Wisconsin Republican, today was named chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. Sensenbrenner, 67, is a former chairman of the full Judiciary Committee.... News - National Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=882&Itemid=58 Editorial (http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Opinion/Reworking-Sex-Registry,163409)State and federal laws appear to be on a collision course when it comes to sex offenders. Federal laws have become increasingly strict and demanding, while the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has raised... News - Local - New England Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=881&Itemid=58 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/02/ymcas_begin_to_screen_for_sex_offenders/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Local+news)The measure, which took effect yesterday, follows the recommendation of a statewide YMCA task force created to improve safety at the community centers after a former girls basketball coach at the Melrose YMCA, which... News - Local - New England Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=880&Itemid=56 SJC-10669. September 8, 2010. - December 21, 2010. Global Positioning System Device. Practice, Criminal, Sentence, Revocation of probation. Due Process of Law, Probation revocation, Notice. Notice.COMPLAINT received and sworn to in the Chelsea Division of... Law - Mass Reports Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:50:23 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=879&Itemid=58 www.sdp123a.com_-_Inmate_Sues_Over_Alleged_AttackClaims Allegheny County corrections officers ignored pleas for help (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10306/1099980-53.stm) An Allegheny County Jail guard not only twice ignored an inmate's pleas to release him from a cell before he was beaten unconscious by... News - National Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=878&Itemid=58 www.sdp123a.com_-_Sex_Offenders_ExposedSex offender laws are supposed to punish ‘predators’ and promote public safety. Critics argue that they increasingly produce precisely the opposite effects. (http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:1080261) Henry met Sarah in the summer of 1994, when he... News - National Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=877&Itemid=58 www.sdp123a.com_-_Criminally_InnocentHow can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened? (http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:1107839 cachebuster=1288850675) Twenty-eight-year-old John Arena would like to visit California. He's never been there – in fact, he's never traveled very far from... News - National Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=876&Itemid=58 FederalMarshallsSexOffendersThe United States Marshal Service is teaming up with local law enforcement agencies to track the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders.As part of a new initiative called Operation Guardian, a team of law enforcement officials... News - Local - New England Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:18:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=875&Itemid=56 COMMONWEALTH vs. Eric S. POIRIER. No. SJC-10675. October 26, 2010. Practice, Criminal, Probation. Global Positioning System Device.Rachel Lynn Weber, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Beth L. Eisenberg, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for... Law - Mass Reports Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:23:06 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=874&Itemid=56 SORNA (AWA) Extensions GrantedThe following 237 registration jurisdictions have requested and received extensions until July 27, 2011, to substantially implement SORNA. Delaware, Florida, Ohio, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the... Law - Federal Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:49:29 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=873&Itemid=58 How a state law increased California's homeless sex offender population by almost 6,000 percentwww.sdp123a.com_-_the_unintended_consequence (http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-8111-the-unintended-consequence.html) Laura Arnold is standing by her car, shivering in a white hooded sweatshirt, jeans and sandals. It’s just past 8:30... News - National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=872&Itemid=58 www.sdp123a.com_-_The_Short-sighted_Campaign_Against_Craigslist (http://blogs.forbes.com/harveysilverglate/2010/09/14/the-short-sighted-campaign-against-craigslist/?boxes=Homepagechannels) A little over a week ago, the adult services section on Craigslist, the ubiquitous internet ad hub, suddenly shut down, replaced by a black-and-white label with the word “censored (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/technology/05craigs.html?ref=craigslist) .” Whether this... News - National Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=871&Itemid=58 AG_Martha_Coakley_Craigslist_Removing_Adult_Services_A_Start News - Local - Massachusetts Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:47:36 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=870&Itemid=58 Father_of_Well_Known_Kidnapping_Victim_Stumps_For_Those_Still_Missing News - National Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:10:13 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=866&Itemid=58 (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/breaking/court-to-decide-if-sex-offenders-must-have-a-home-101723533.html)MONTGOMERY, ALA. — After serving his prison sentence for rape, Jeffrey Seagle tried to find a place to live. But with no fixed address and no family or friends able to take him in,... News - National Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=865&Itemid=58 Residency restrictions on table (http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Greater-Bangor/Sex-offender-ordinance-likely-to-pass,152415) BANGOR, Maine — Geoff Gratwick doesn’t mind holding or voicing minority opinions. His tenure as a Bangor city councilor has often been marked by votes that challenge the prevailing... News - Local - New England Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=864&Itemid=58 Court_allows_agents_to_secretly_put_GPS_trackers_on_cars (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/27/oregon.gps.surveillance/index.html?iref=NS1) (CNN) -- Law enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person's car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court ruling in California.... News - National Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:40:36 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=863&Itemid=58 (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/upr/index.htm)The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was established by the UN General Assembly in 2006 as a process through which the human rights records of the United Nations’ 192 Member States could be reviewed... News - International Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=862&Itemid=58 AttorneyGeneralIntensifiesSexOffenderSearch News - National Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:28:42 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=860&Itemid=57 www.sdp123a.com_-_Inside_the_latest_California_S (http://www.opednews.com/a/117251?show=votes#allcomments) The state of California is close to passing a law that is aimed at preventing sexual attacks, yet because of distorted reporting of the rape and murder of two young women including... Editorial / Opinion - Magazine Editorial Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=859&Itemid=57 Lock 'Em Up (http://www.counterpunch.org/yates08172010.html)Sometimes events conspire to make you think that things are worse than you imagined. On August 3, Marilyn Buck died. Marilyn was a fighter in the struggle for racial justice and... Editorial / Opinion - Magazine Editorial Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=858&Itemid=58 www.sdp123a.com_-_DOJ_Abandons_Challenge_of_Sex (http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/08/doj-abandons-challenge-of-sex-offenders-desire-to-renounce-citizenship.html) For years, James Kaufman has wanted to renounce his citizenship. He may finally get his wish. The Justice Department is dropping its challenge of Kaufman's desire to cut ties with the United... News - National Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=857&Itemid=58 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/us/14gps.html?_r=2 pagewanted=all)WASHINGTON — The growing use by the police of new technologies that make surveillance far easier and cheaper to conduct is raising difficult questions about the scope of constitutional privacy rights, leading to... News - National Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=856&Itemid=58 CRIME BILL (http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-08-02/news/22007139_1_offender-management-board-child-molesters-crimes) Backers say the changes to AB1844 would focus the state's limited resources on the worst child molesters and will make great strides toward fixing how California deals with people found guilty of... News - National Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=855&Itemid=58 (http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/08/balko_debates_sex_offender_lis.php)Radley Balko was on the John Stossel show on Fox News debating the nation's sex offender laws with a former prosecutor, Wendy Murphy. The video provides a textbook example of obfuscation and avoidance by... News - National Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=854&Itemid=58 (http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_15767511)BOSTON -- At Jose Pagan's sexually dangerous person trial two years ago, the jury was told of a 30-year criminal record that included three separate instances of molesting young girls. The jury's... News - Local - Massachusetts Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=853&Itemid=58 Patrick is hailed at bill signing; crime queries cut from job forms (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/07/cori_changes_become_the_law/) Governor Deval Patrick signed into law yesterday a long-sought overhaul of the state’s criminal records system that proponents say makes Massachusetts the... News - Local - Massachusetts Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=852&Itemid=9 PLN-080421_Bail_And_Jail Video - other Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:25:12 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=851&Itemid=9 (http://www.masslawyersweekly.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/382384)June 13th was a momentous day for all of those involved in Commonwealth v. Baran. It was on that particular Tuesday that a Worcester Superior Court judge granted Bernard F. Baran Jr. a new... Cases - Bernard F. Baran Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=850&Itemid=9 (http://blogs.masslawyersweekly.com/news/2010/08/03/bernard-baran-can-sue-original-attorneys/)A man who served 21 years in prison before a judge threw out his conviction can sue the attorneys who represented him at his initial trial and appeal, a Superior Court judge has ruled.... Cases - Bernard F. Baran Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=849&Itemid=58 Washington DC: (http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/)In a Senate Report (111-229 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp111:FLD010:@1(sr229)) ) supporting S-3636 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.03636:) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011 we find this new FEAR-BASING comment from the Senate Committee on Appropriations:Sexual... News - National Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:56:41 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=848&Itemid=58 Richard Calderon was a 23-year-old student teacher in 1994 when he made the most regrettable decision in my life. He became sexually involved with a 14-year-old female student. He was sentenced to five... News - National Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=847&Itemid=58 Earlier this month, the state of North Dakota received another extension from the federal government, putting off for another year compliance with a 2006 law setting national standards for sex offender registration. It’s the last... News - National Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=846&Itemid=58 Bill Text Versions111th Congress (2009-2010)H.R.5138There are 3 versions of Bill Number H.R.5138 for the 111th Congress. Usually, the last item is the most recent. 1 . International Megan's Law of 2010 (Introduced in House -... News - International Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:23:53 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=845&Itemid=58 One case shows how new ruling affects law on registration.DAYTON — George Anderson, a rapist designed a Tier III sex offender, was convicted by a Montgomery County jury for failing to verify his address. On... News - National Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=844&Itemid=58 State brings in a specialistSuicides in Massachusetts state prisons are occurring at a rate more than four times the national average this year, prompting advocates and inmates’ relatives to call for an urgent response from... News - Local - Massachusetts Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:05:54 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=843&Itemid=58 Thousands_of_sex_offenders_receive_US_passports (CNN) -- Thousands of registered sex offenders have received U.S. passports, including at least 30 federal employees, according to a Government Accountability Office report obtained by CNN. The GAO report said the Department... News - National Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=58 Court rulings cloud who’s being tracked FORT WAYNE – Theothis Allison, 44, served time in the mid-1980s for a sex crime. Since his release from prison in 1986, he has married, had children and... News - National Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=58 California, 46 others argue law is flawedSACRAMENTO — It was milestone legislation hailed at the White House, the culmination of an exhaustive campaign by bereaved parents to help prevent future abductions and murders of children.... News - National Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:54:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=840&Itemid=58 Rapist rails on systemAfter protesting his innocence for decades, convicted rapist Benjamin LaGuer said yesterday he plans to attend a sexual offender treatment program - a step that might require him to admit responsibility for... News - Local - Massachusetts Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:54:48 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=839&Itemid=58 LANCASTER -- Changes to the state's sex-offender registry likely will lighten the workload of those tasked with registering and monitoring sex offenders. At the same time, it could make it harder for residents who keep... News - National Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:29:32 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=838&Itemid=58 Offenders have fewer places in TN to start overA new law limiting the number of sex offenders who live in Tennessee halfway houses likely will appease worried neighbors but make it tougher for former felons... News - National Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=837&Itemid=9 Homeless_sex_offender_worries_neighbors Video - other Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:16:48 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=836&Itemid=58 DOCID: fr14my10-108 FR Doc 2010-11665 (http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2010-05-14-2010-11665) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEJustice DepartmentDocket ID: [Docket No. OAG 134; AG Order No. 3150-2010] RIN ID: RIN 1105-AB36 NOTICE: NOTICESDOCID: fr14my10-108DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; Proposed guidelines. SUBJECT CATEGORY: Supplemental Guidelines for... News - National Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:37:06 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=835&Itemid=58 Sex_offender_fighting_to_attend_family_church_in_NH SexOffenderWantsToGoToChurchWithChaperoneMan wants to attend church where children are presentCONCORD — The state Supreme Court took up a case Wednesday that could determine how and where sex offenders worship after they’re released from prison.The justices’... News - Local - Massachusetts Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=834&Itemid=58 Sex_offender_billboards_now_up_in_the_MidlandsCOLUMBIA (WACH) - Beginning Monday the Richland County Sheriff’s Department launched its latest campaign to catch wanted suspects by plastering their photos all across the Midlands. “It’s a great way to get information out... News - Latest Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=58 The United States Justice Department has given the General Assembly on year to pass legislation that would bring the state into compliance with federal law.Rhode Island State Senator James Doyle (D) of Pawtucket made a... News - Local - New England Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=832&Itemid=58 NHSO_church_fox25 News - Local - Massachusetts Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:55:16 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=831&Itemid=56 John DOE, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 3974, vs. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. SJC-10488 February 11, 2010. - June 4, 2010. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. Waiver. Practice, Civil, Waiver. Jurisdiction, Administrative matter.... Law - Mass Reports Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:03:48 +0100 http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=830&Itemid=56 Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, in which a 5-4 split Court determined that suspects being interrogated by police must specifically state their intention to exercise their right to remain silent in order for that right to... Law - Federal Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100