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CA</category><title>Group sues over passport marker for sex offenders</title><atom:summary type="text"> 1-11-18 California:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group representing sex offenders sued again Thursday to challenge a law that requires a marker to be placed in the passports of people convicted of sex offenses against children.

Attorney Janice Bellucci filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of her nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, and two </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2018/01/group-sues-over-passport-marker-for-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-6233515580361762677</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-11T04:19:49.616-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Passports</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sex Offender - Passports</category><title>New Passport Rules for Sex Offenders</title><atom:summary type="text"> 1-11-18 National:

The US State Department 
has begun revoking the passports of registered child sex offenders. The change has been made in order to comply with a law passed last year, the International Megan’s Law. Under the new law, registered sex offenders who have been convicted of an offense against a minor will no longer be able to use their current passports. Instead, they will have to </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-passport-rules-for-sex-offenders.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GiRkokD0m1zAZquals45Pug-DvjyRaGfR6jLBtPvIg7wCLEOqYqSNeYDoxBuSrwg0v7tLyVY6OKQKW_RmzXA91plGMZ0mAV_rmILvUf5IuDcqNCkObJcgRjzKWlsVDcGD7KFIjIzh5I/s72-c/a-passports.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-6888473707559198400</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 02:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-13T22:31:16.228-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Courts-Lawsuits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Indiana</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lawsuit - IN</category><title>Lawsuit over Indiana sex offender registry requirement</title><atom:summary type="text"> 12-21-17 Indiana:

Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state.

They say they&#39;re being treated differently than other residents in similar situations.

The men were convicted out of state, and before the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act was enacted.

The lawsuit says that the state typically doesn&#39;t require sex </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/12/lawsuit-over-indiana-sex-offender.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-8419596454291644526</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-12-12T00:53:10.449-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Courts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Virginia</category><title> In bizarre case, 4th Circuit panel finds forced erections unconstitutional</title><atom:summary type="text">12-11-17 Virigna:

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Virginia man who, as a teen, was once ordered by a lower court to be photographed while masturbating in the presence of armed police officers.

That warrant was ostensibly part of an ongoing sexting investigation into the then-teen, Trey Sims, who had exchanged explicit messages with his then-15-year-old girlfriend. Her mother</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/12/in-bizarre-case-4th-circuit-panel-finds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-5001532751024941864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-12-12T00:49:52.684-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Oklahoma</category><title>Federal court says state can put sex offender status on driver&#39;s licenses</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-29-17 Oklahoma:

Federal judges say red letters on driver’s licenses are not cruel and unusual

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has ruled that Oklahoma can include aggravated sex offender status on driver’s licenses.

The 2007 state law allows for the note to be included in red letters in three places on the driver’s license. Ray Carney, who was convicted of sexually abusing a child, filed </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/federal-court-says-state-can-put-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-430418055318413618</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-19T15:47:24.425-05:00</atom:updated><title>Sex offender sues West St. Paul over its rule limiting where he can live</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-19-17 Minnesota:

Tom Evenstad moved into his friend’s West St. Paul home on Aug. 21. Three days later, a West St. Paul police investigator called the landlord and said Evenstad had to go.

The city cited Evenstad’s first-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction in 1999 as the reason he could not live in the home, a 1½-story duplex on a corner lot near Dodd Road.

Under an ordinance passed </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/sex-offender-sues-west-st-paul-over-its.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4268568534506129315</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-14T17:04:47.935-05:00</atom:updated><title>Here&#39;s why sexual assaults are less of a problem in Canada</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-14-17:

MONTREAL —  As reports of celebrity sexual assaults escalate in the United States, Americans might want to look to its northern neighbor for clues as to why it&#39;s less of a problem in Canada.

The rate of reported sexual assaults and rapes in Canada is roughly half that in the U.S. There were 431,840 such reports in the U.S. in 2015, according to a Justice Department survey. By </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/heres-why-sexual-assaults-are-less-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xM4piSbSzRJWgy44oemPMhgDM3na_0byFFF0jpz0YQ2MaZ9QImcsaANnoErXQthhUjMzefd0zeP5xYdrjLSudPvKBrNC5kb5XP2w-D3ZtlUB_F-lTOx07PdPqpUpsOhPmQ7jIhEZ3mc/s72-c/a-use.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-3975363667878324587</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-12-21T21:40:38.324-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Courts-Lawsuits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Michigan</category><title>Sex offenders settle lawsuit over living in &#39;school zones&#39;</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-14-17 Michigan:

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Three Grand Rapids men on Michigan&#39;s Sex Offender Registry have settled a federal lawsuit against the state over housing requirements that restrict where they can live.

They had been told they could not live in homes that were within 1,000 feet of a school zone.

Attorney Sarah Riley Howard challenged the school-zone law as vague, and said it is confusing.</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/sex-offenders-settle-lawsuit-over.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4466196376200177117</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-14T13:50:38.901-05:00</atom:updated><title>Understanding sex offenders: the untold story</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-14-17:

OMAHA, Neb. —  “A sex offender wants to talk to you”

I’ve made people’s stories my life’s work. I’m a person who talks to people sitting next to me on airplanes. I engage people at grocery stores, and even while sitting in those flimsy robes in the hospital, waiting for a mammogram. I generally like people. And I constantly “interview” them, even when I’m not working. I consider </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/understanding-sex-offenders-untold-story.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KncogVpjdif2lrw9TmOUCIiLnTdWiAaEsbW-6remFF9HgDHsTF8vUhknWh2oNwtExtVqGm8IAc1YaYcP4pjsED8XTrqceixpwJjgX2iljS__JP0BLrEoAmZX2l7wD93vFuaMJ0qxIvvX/s72-c/a-opinion.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4262019055719156303</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-06T16:27:21.000-05:00</atom:updated><title>Teen Text Speak Codes Every Parent Should Know</title><atom:summary type="text">11-6-17:

We have combed through our data at Bark to find the most common instances of text speak that teens use. Some of this slang you’ll be familiar with, however most of them will likely be a surprise!

Worried that you aren’t able to monitor all of your teens’ communications and, even if you could, you wouldn’t understand half of it? Let Bark do the work for you. Bark monitors your teens’ </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/teen-text-speak-codes-every-parent.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8N0Emt7_hAtm2sG5Umi-BAsuI9tQvrFNRUM8tmdgDQqMRuCgXvggN0s75KX_p0Tcc2f6fd58VSNuzyO7gZLQyBRljVy_MC69iKMyqVegj6MOHKgWJVpSkUubXapE2UKER4ysM5VWPTg/s72-c/a-teens.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-3778299899488576532</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-06T15:19:05.419-05:00</atom:updated><title>Dressed as grim reaper, convicted sex offender harasses trick-or-treaters</title><atom:summary type="text">11-6-17  Ohio:

A 27-year-old convicted sex offender dressed as the grim reaper Halloween night reportedly growled at people and chased children who were trick-or-treating in the Coffinberry neighborhood, police said.

The man, who resides in a Lorain Road apartment building, drew at least two calls to the police department. Several parents also flagged down police cruisers patrolling the </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/dressed-as-grim-reaper-convicted-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXufcRpxFuKbMjMskgFHyqGe440h6Kzx7T4H_d59cQoSup7pEtNvM88roSS0qTWPmanHsSbp1Y3dwb-eNxFRqjVo99K6JMGlYsUGU4JEdVXVzRxEnzj-uaDnkMIIJFCR_FdN-aYzd2ng/s72-c/a-reaper.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-5089054919680365342</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 08:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-06T03:17:25.125-05:00</atom:updated><title>The Duty of the Government to Make the Law Known</title><atom:summary type="text">11-6-17:

by Joseph E Murphy

Worth Reading</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-duty-of-government-to-make-law-known.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF6VHwoRqx7GzIMTXe4AUkQLSYu6Wgaw4YEdb_REv_y9lIvbT5pjKyyNj1bNWcWL5C7puTF0eRSWUU_0e0Uv4QL6PR0jDH-66bePRTTVh7JFaTTmWpiXjjS-_zSR2Y7DfP8Aq_dDug3g/s72-c/a-laws.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-5205651843903781729</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-03T10:40:32.138-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Brassiere</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iPhone</category><title>Apple isn’t saving bra photos — but your iPhone is looking at boobs</title><atom:summary type="text">11-1-17 Global:

The world discovered yesterday that the iPhone, which sorts pictures to categories, has a folder specifically for ‘brassiere’ pictures. Much pearl-clutching was done, but it might be even more scandalous: the category could actually be sorting photos showing the skin associated with your brassieres.

Here’s the tweet that stoked the fire:   ..Continue..</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/apple-isnt-saving-bra-photos-but-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPQlTEGVXWBFGtVztZFcAmPOt8M41YK_iWvoHxuApWXFpKCOkPq6-JKxUTsRXL7oU8wgcxY4f48VhyOkZxtqZ_jL_Id-tIkA0_bLYx5QZ1Ig169khXq3Dr8btI3zXtQRHW1Mk1J40RBY/s72-c/a-bra.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-7607700057547992884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-01-11T02:59:29.027-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Passports</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Washington DC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sex Offender - Passports</category><title>Scarlet-Letter Passports Are Unjust and Irrational</title><atom:summary type="text"> 11-1-17 Washington DC:

The new &quot;unique identifier&quot; for sex offenders stigmatizes people who pose no threat.

The notice, which will appear on the second-to-last page of U.S. passports, is officially known as an &quot;endorsement,&quot; but it is more like a badge of shame. &quot;The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor,&quot; it says, &quot;and is a covered sex offender pursuant to 22 United States </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/11/scarlet-letter-passports-are-unjust-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GiRkokD0m1zAZquals45Pug-DvjyRaGfR6jLBtPvIg7wCLEOqYqSNeYDoxBuSrwg0v7tLyVY6OKQKW_RmzXA91plGMZ0mAV_rmILvUf5IuDcqNCkObJcgRjzKWlsVDcGD7KFIjIzh5I/s72-c/a-passports.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-7187321980945999128</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-25T22:36:31.800-04:00</atom:updated><title>Federal Judge Invalidates Kentucky Law Barring Sex Offender Access to Social Media</title><atom:summary type="text">10-25-17 Kentucky:

Provisions of Kentucky’s Sex Offender Registration Act, which barred sex offenders from accessing any social media that likely could be accessed to minors violates the First Amendment, a federal district court judge has ruled.

The key challenged provision of the law provided: “No registrant shall knowingly or intentionally use a social networking Web site or an instant </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/federal-judge-invalidates-kentucky-law.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-578117852142829045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-14T13:47:28.363-05:00</atom:updated><title>Registered Female Sex Offenders on the Public Registry are Open to Abuse </title><atom:summary type="text"> 10-24-17:

In the coming months, Jenny* will be extra vigilant at checking her mailbox before her husband and daughter do. The holiday season is the time of year the letters tend to come.

Most likely the return address will be the state penitentiaries in Angola or Dixon, Louisiana. Often what is written follows a pattern. The letters will start off telling Jenny how the inmate saw her picture </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/female-sex-offenders-open-to-abuse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KncogVpjdif2lrw9TmOUCIiLnTdWiAaEsbW-6remFF9HgDHsTF8vUhknWh2oNwtExtVqGm8IAc1YaYcP4pjsED8XTrqceixpwJjgX2iljS__JP0BLrEoAmZX2l7wD93vFuaMJ0qxIvvX/s72-c/a-opinion.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4857735699313340271</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-11-29T10:47:48.830-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Courts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Indiana</category><title>COA: Churches aren’t school property; sex offenders can attend</title><atom:summary type="text">10-24-17 Indiana:

Three convicted Boone County sex offenders can return to their church congregations after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined that churches are not considered “school property,” so state statute cannot prohibit the offenders from going to church, even when children are present.

The appellate court handed down that decision Tuesday in John Doe 1, et al., v. The Boone County</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/coa-churches-arent-school-property-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-5084396748924009356</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-24T20:54:44.586-04:00</atom:updated><title>Senate passes Schumer-backed bill to open FBI sex offender database</title><atom:summary type="text"> 10-23-17:

WASHINGTON -- The operators of summer camps, daycare centers and volunteer groups that work with children are a step closer to gaining access to an FBI sex offender database that could be used for background checks on prospective employees and volunteers.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill backed by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer that would close a loophole in the background check system and </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/senate-passes-schumer-backed-bill-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KncogVpjdif2lrw9TmOUCIiLnTdWiAaEsbW-6remFF9HgDHsTF8vUhknWh2oNwtExtVqGm8IAc1YaYcP4pjsED8XTrqceixpwJjgX2iljS__JP0BLrEoAmZX2l7wD93vFuaMJ0qxIvvX/s72-c/a-opinion.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-2534382032232569671</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-20T17:50:29.384-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Arkansas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bitcoin</category><title>Law Enforcement to Buy Child Pornography with Bitcoin to Catch Offenders</title><atom:summary type="text">10-20-17 Arkansas:

A Benton County Arkansas Cyber crimes police unit said they intend to catch child pornographers and sex criminals by mining bitcoin. The county’s sheriff, Shawn Holloway, said that technology is evolving rapidly. In this sense, law enforcers must remain a step ahead to keep up with nascent trends in criminality. This is especially true when it comes to “cyber crime” and dark </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/law-enforcement-to-buy-child.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LEv2oyNSwb79BZNIWZdVMPQBZh0CIogepskQ84apA7rJ1IKC3B08K3lzyNEM1Pj7NOhwUsGTvdh8OQYAAAw3g9Y6XrWIZh8NUkJ4CUuKvPhhq1CXoaxAzyY61SGfxsdbnXmK-vfVxLw/s72-c/a-bitcoin.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4974418997006255547</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-24T15:43:04.507-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Courts</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( .News-Unconstitutional</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Kentucky</category><title>Judge strikes down Kentucky’s social media ban for sex offenders</title><atom:summary type="text">10-20-17 Kentucky:

Frankfort  Kentucky’s registered sex offenders have the constitutional right to use Facebook, Twitter and other online social media, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Ruling in a lawsuit brought by a Lexington child pornography defendant identified only as “John Doe,” U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove struck down Kentucky’s sweeping restrictions on Internet access for </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/judge-strikes-down-kentuckys-social.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-8871588735279390140</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-23T22:05:34.950-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">( ..Good Sources</category><title>How Sex Offender Registries Impact Youth</title><atom:summary type="text"> 10-18-17:

Ten-year-old Leah pretended to have sex with her younger step-siblings. She said it happened a few times and that she was just acting out scenes from the movies. A couple years later, Leah&#39;s conduct was discovered by law enforcement.

Leah was 12 when she was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in juvenile court and labeled a sex offender. The law required her to remain on the sex </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/how-sex-offender-registries-impact-youth.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KncogVpjdif2lrw9TmOUCIiLnTdWiAaEsbW-6remFF9HgDHsTF8vUhknWh2oNwtExtVqGm8IAc1YaYcP4pjsED8XTrqceixpwJjgX2iljS__JP0BLrEoAmZX2l7wD93vFuaMJ0qxIvvX/s72-c/a-opinion.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-4979519523198939809</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-20T16:05:19.426-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Indiana</category><title>Sex offender class for prisoners violates U.S. Constitution, federal judge rules</title><atom:summary type="text"> See also: Fed. Judge Rules Sex Offender Class For Prisoners Unconstitutional  

10-17-17 Indiana:

A federal judge has ruled that Indiana&#39;s mandated sex offender classes for prisoners who oppose them violates the constitutional right to be free from self-incrimination. 

The Sept. 28 ruling in the class-action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Indiana will affect all convicted, </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/sex-offender-class-for-prisoners.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-2971913932365335310</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-13T04:52:54.964-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Georgia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lawsuit - GA</category><title>Prison doctor resigns after lawsuit with amputee is settled</title><atom:summary type="text"> 10-13-17 Georgia:

Two weeks after Georgia agreed to pay $550,000 to a diabetic inmate who lost his leg, the prison doctor responsible for his treatment has informed her supervisor that she will resign.

Dr. Chiquita Fye will leave her position as medical director at Macon State Prison by the end of the month, according to an Oct. 1 letter she wrote to Dr. Billy Nichols, the medical director for</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/prison-doctor-resigns-after-lawsuit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-8420706908877242068</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-18T11:16:23.766-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Michigan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lawsuit - MI</category><title>Fether files federal lawsuit for wrongful SOR placement</title><atom:summary type="text"> See also 10-7: False child porn claim landed man on sex offender registry, lawsuit contends 

10-13-17 Michigan:

HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale area native and U.S. Army veteran is suing elements of the criminal justice system in Hillsdale County for wrongfully being placed on the state’s sex offenders registry.

Andrew Fether filed the complaint Sept. 29 in Michigan’s Western District Court with a “</atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/fether-files-federal-lawsuit-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofgBqUOi7RMIIUrdCOCR0fNwmTIOUIoHtGNneUvWfnj9t0MAnJ7GhFiPZ_8NMPh_kumGfvfj1eAJS-M7uBAFHOC5p34liUE-ZYdLUal_V8uDPXeVGDcvErd-nkpzxLiQmhpmaAicN5Vw/s72-c/a-lawsuit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388941388000421933.post-6061738330655140210</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-10-17T15:57:29.174-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">.Michigan</category><title>Michigan Supreme Court Hearing Sex Offender Registry Case </title><atom:summary type="text">10-11-17 Michigan:

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case of a man who was placed on the sex offender registry for touching a girl&#39;s breasts, even though his case was dismissed in 1997 after successful probation and community service.

Boban Temelkoski wants to be erased from the registry. He says he&#39;s been punished for decades by lawmakers because his </atom:summary><link>http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2017/10/michigan-supreme-court-hearing-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (eAdvocate)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrupE6JwNJ7sggiP9lXsZRptU4rjrpMQW5qM2HzZQjb901RKLRey8Ja7EUASodNlcnjSuLOMsC9foHIPjTITtZnbO-KCmzEfjnLwcTcZnb0ZGcC_ti3GSrilE8mh65EQ1zvI7ufVTil4u2/s72-c/a-court.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>