Change comes when you begin to ask the right questions. Not only is it humbling, it can be downright scary. We seem to do this only when our back is up against the wall and there is absolutely nowhere to…
Month: March 2016
Registered offender details a lifetime debt to society – Joshua Vaughn The Sentinel
On March 28, 2016, in News Articles, by tvadmin Registered offender details a lifetime debt to society Joshua Vaughn The Sentinel On a brisk Saturday morning in March, Gary Haney walked into John’s Diner in New Cumberland. Despite unseasonably high…
Family members of offenders speak out against sex offender registries On March 28, 2016, in News Articles, by tvadmin
Joshua Vaughn The Sentinel Vicki Henry never expected to wake up to more than a dozen armed officers at her front door to search her home, but that is what happened after her son, who had been charged and convicted…
Calls for limiting sex-offender registry will be tough to act on On March 26, 2016, in News Articles, by tvadmin
March 26, 2016, in News Articles, by tvadmin SACRAMENTO — The board that oversees the state’s sex-offender laws has a seemingly unconventional public safety pitch: Californians would be safer if the sex-offender registry were pared down. The California Sex Offender…
New Twist on the Sex-Offender Registry: Financial Criminal Registry
Utah is most aggressive jurisdiction in publicly shaming financial criminals By JEAN EAGLESHAM Updated March 24, 2016 4:51 p.m. ET States have taken the idea of the sex-offender registry and applied it to everything from kidnapping to animal abuse. Utah…
What is A Failed Policy Reducing Sexual Offending?
“Mandated reporters are usually required to give their name when they make a report, but are allowed to request anonymity to protect “their” privacy. Anonymity and privacy is a two way street that also needs to be afforded to the very…
Supreme Court Justices: sex offender International travel
Members of the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s argument that a registered sex offender should be required to notify authorities when moving to another country. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was known as the court’s swing…
W.A.R. IN UTAH
3/1/2016 WOMEN AGAINST REGISTRY W.A.R. IN UTAH FIGHTING THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES Sex offenders are among today’s most hated and feared criminals. The contemporary response to this has resulted in specialized laws, referred to as “sex offender legislation.” Although…