This piece, including the title, has been edited to correct inaccuracies. Distributed to Illinois media By Sandy . . . Everyone needs a place to live, including people with past convictions. The government shouldn’t be spending taxpayer money to kick people out
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By Sandy . . . The Michigan Supreme Court, on July 29, 2024, issued an opinion that may result in close to 300 people being removed from Michigan’s sex offender registry. The case, People v. Lymon, revolved around whether individuals who had
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By Sandy . . . The media has been making much recently of the inclusion of Steven van de Velde, a Dutch beach volleyball player, at this year’s summer Olympics in Paris. Van de Velde has a historic conviction for a sexual crime
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By Sandy . . . In this age of internet, online chat rooms, and social media, parents often feel overwhelmed, even helpless, when they hear about the potential dangers of online predators. Parents consider keeping their children safe their number one job.
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Originally published in the CT Mirror; reprinted here in full with the author’s permission. By James Cornelio . . . I was born in Torrington in 1955, the son, one of four, of a successful small-town automobile dealer and a stay-at-home mom. After graduating from
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By Sandy . . . Do they reoffend with another sexual crime? Yes, but rarely. Do they commit petty offenses? Yes, sometimes. Do they violate the terms of supervision or the registry? Yes, some. Do they live normal, ordinary, law-abiding lives? Yes,
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By Sandy . . . An interesting screen shot was captured online. Titled “Barefoot Lake Issues” and written by someone who signed his name as the town manager of Firestone, CO, it sounds as though it could be a coded message in
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NARSOL Newsroom Advocacy group denounces Louisiana legislation as useless, barbaric, and costly 2024-04-29 Proposed law does not address issue of child abuse, could cost the state millions says the National Assc. for Rational Sexual Offense Laws “No other state in the union
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On March 27, Abby’s column was a letter from a mom concerned that her son Joey was being invited to play at the home of his friend Paul, whose stepdad was a registrant due to a conviction for an offense against a
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By Sandy . . . February 12, WKRC, Cincinnati, aired and ran a piece by David Winter about what they imply is a failure to protect children based on law enforcement’s handling of residence restriction laws for people with a historic sexual
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