By Sandy . . . In September, as Hurricanes Irma and Juan raced across the Gulf Coast states dumping tons of water and destroying homes and lives, advocates geared up for what they knew would be a major battle, and they did not gear up in vain. The treatment of those on the sex offender registry seeking shelter proved as discriminating,…
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By Steve Yoder . . . By now you may have seen the news release about the findings of a new study of the impacts on children of being placed on sex offender registries. (I’d link to it but it doesn’t appear to be online yet.) The results are unsurprising, and chilling. Kids on registries, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School…
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By Sandy . . . Who was Benjamin Gran? Registered sex offender sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release after he was caught with a massive amount of child pornography; Autistic young man caught in a “witch hunt” after being duped by an unrepentant pedophile; Third fatality in the deadly Amtrak derailment; Member of the Special Olympics team; Member of…
Read MoreIt Could Be You, hosted by John S, will interview David Booth, head of the Sex Law and Policy (SLAP) Center, on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. David Booth recently published Register With Dignity, and that work will certainly be a topic of discussion. John S welcomes any questions you may have for David Booth. For those in the listening area, go…
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By Shelly Stow . . . Jan, a junior executive for a large company, was seeking approval for a new project. She was learning how essential it was to have the friendship and support of the more senior and influential company executives. Therefore, when Ted, one of those important and influential persons, made teasing comments to her about her physical…
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By Rebecca Beitsch . . . Mike Anderson was an 18-year-old freshman at Texas State University when he was busted with less than a gram of weed. Police arrested him, took his mugshot, and he spent the night in jail. The legal consequences for being caught with such a small amount of marijuana — just enough for a joint or…
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May peace and love and blessings be upon every man, woman, and child . . . every family and nation this day and for all the days to come.
Read MoreLOWELL — A jury in Lowell Superior Court acquitted a 61-year-old Lowell man of child-rape charges following a trial last week in which the defendant claimed the rape victim’s father may have been the real culprit. Louis Godfroy of Lowell, who is a registered level-3 sex offender as a result of rape and indecent-assault convictions from 1987, had been held…
Read MoreSalling agreed to a sentence of 4-7 years in his plea deal, but the judge said in court today he could still throw the book at Salling and give him the maximum sentence of 20 years. The former “Glee” star must also register as a sex offender, have no communication with anyone under the age of 18 (unless in the…
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By Lenore Skenazy . . . Even Zach Anderson’s probation officer wanted him off probation, but the judge ruled no. Zach’s one night of consensual teen sex means he still cannot live at home, drink alcohol, leave his county, or walk by a pre-school. He had hoped to get off probation on the 8th, but an early Christmas was not to be.…
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