Court-mandated programs that require convicted sex offenders to take responsibility for the offense of which they were convicted under the threat of probation revocation and imprisonment violate the offenders' rights under the Fifth Amendment. To preserve their right against self-incrimination, sex offenders who undergo court-ordered therapy must be given immunity from future prosecution, protection against probation revocation, and access to treatment that does not require admission of responsibility. Even offenders who have waived their rights against self-incrimination would benefit if they are not required to admit guilt as a condition of program participation.
In a case of not in my back yard, residents of Dinwiddie County are probably glad not to have these folks as neighbors. Sixty-two convicted sex-offenders have moved from Dinwiddie County to Nottoway County. The sex-offenders were housed in the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation.
HACIENDA HEIGHTS - A half-dozen convicted sex offenders face possible eviction from a group home due to a bounced government check, officials and an attorney said. Attorney Mike Balmer, who represents one of the registrants living in the home, said a government-issued check bounced and the owner ordered the sex registrants living in the home in the 14000 block of Ansford Street to leave Friday evening.
At first glance, sex-offender residency restrictions appear plausible because they ostensibly place a convicted sex offender's residence out of reach of children. However, these regimes address less than ten percent of the very real problem of child sex abuse, as family members and acquaintances of children commit more than ninety percent of this abuse. On the other hand, many schemes effectively banish almost 100% of convicted sex offenders to society's literal and social margins, condemning many low-risk offenders to a lifetime of isolation while breeding optimal conditions for high-risk offenders to reoffend. The practical implications of this policy choice, therefore, are dangerous and real, lulling the public into a false sense of security. This Article challenges prevailing judic...
The Internet is a dangerous place, particularly for unsuspecting children. Parents need look no further for confirmation of that danger than revocation of the parole of Christopher Montefusco, 30, of West Haven. Montefusco, who served time in prison for first- degree sexual assault, allegedly violated the terms of his release by creating two personal profiles on MySpace.com, the popular social networking site. Montefusco is one of more than 200 convicted Connecticut sex offenders who have created profiles on MySpace. The worry is that these predators are using the site, which is highly popular with young people, to troll for future victims. Although persons under 14 are not supposed to create profiles on the site, the age of users is not independently verified.
Protecting the public from convicted sex offenders should be a top priority for the Legislature this year, but doing so may not be all that easy because criminals have rights too, a legislative committee learned Monday when a string of witnesses testified on several get-tough bills. The bills would restrict where sex offenders can live, require more of them to register with the state, and force local police to notify neighbors when some convicted sex offenders move into a neighborhood. A key proposal would prevent convicted offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, child-care center or "recreational facility where minors congregate.
BANGOR - Two convicted sex offenders pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to charges of possessing child pornography in separate cases. Sentencing dates have not been set for either man.
The city of Geneva cannot impose residency requirements for convicted sex offenders that exceed state law. S. District Judge Michael A. Telesca of the Western District of New York ruled last week that the state's Sex Offender Registration Act pre-empts the Ontario County municipality's local law. The suit was brought by Danny Terrance, 41, a Level 3 sex offender who notified the city of Geneva on April 26, 2010, that he had moved to a location within 500 feet of a playground.
Staff Writer For some convicted sex offenders, being kept behind bars isn't the hardest part.
Thousands of convicted sex offenders are evading state and federal authorities, congregating in regions thought to have lax enforcement, slipping back and forth to Mexico or disregarding laws on reporting their whereabouts. As states and federal authorities stitch together a national system for overseeing America's 700,000 convicted sex offenders, they face a sobering challenge: Locating the estimated 100,000 sex offenders who aren't saying where they are.
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