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Kansas Sex Offender Treatment Program Violates Fifth Amendment by The plaintiff was required to complete a sex offender treatment program or suffer impaired ability to earn good time, transfer to maximum custody, and loss of privileges for the review period, which "mirror the consequences imposed for serious disciplinary infractions." The …
Article • August 15, 2008
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Sex Offender Civil Commitment Statute by by Matthew T. Clarke On May 20, 2005, the Supreme Court of Texas held that the Texas Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the Act), Chapter 841, Texas Health and Safety Code, is not punitive and therefore is constitutional. …
150 Days in Segregation for Civil Detainee Upheld by Eighth Circuit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a civil detainee’s placement in isolation for 150 days was not a constitutional violation, considering the specific facts in this case. The ruling affirms a Minnesota federal district court’s …
Article • August 15, 2008
Delaware Sex Offender Acquitted on School Loitering Conviction; Probation Violation Upheld by Delaware registered sex offender William Dahl appealed a 2006 conviction for loitering within 500 feet of a school; as a result of the conviction he had received a 20-year sentence. Because the shopping mall located dance academy that …
$300,000 Settlement in Murder of College Student by Released Sexual Predator by The State of Minnesota has paid $300,000 to the family of a University of North Dakota student who was kidnapped, raped and killed by a recently-released sexual predator. The payment was offered as a pre-litigation settlement before a …
Human Rights Watch Report: Most Sex Offender Laws Misguided and Ineffective by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2007, Human Rights Watch released a report entitled No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US. The report concluded that most sex offender laws are ineffective and misguided in that …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Sex Offender Parolee’s Computer Restrictions Valid Where Computer Use was Related to Past Crimes by by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal has held that a “no-computers” condition of parole for a parolee convicted of lewd conduct with a minor was appropriate where the parolee had had …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Prisoner’s Prior Convictions for Sex Offenses Sufficient for Level 3 Classification by In anticipation of the release from prison of Dale Mabb, a New York sex offender, the state Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders, based on Mabb’s prior attempted rape conviction, convinced a trial court to assess …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Sex Offender's Request for Reduced Dangerousness Level Denied by Duane Charache, a New York state prisoner, was assessed to be a level three sex offender by the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders (Board) in anticipation of his release from prison for sexually abusing a child. Even so, …
Squalor, Corruption Cause Cancellation of GEO Group’s TYC Contract by Gary Hunter When Texas Youth Commission (TYC) ombudsman Will Harrell toured the privately-operated Coke County Juvenile Justice Center in Bronte, Texas on September 24, 2007, he found children sleeping on dirty bed sheets, walls covered with smeared feces, urine-stained walls …
California: Few Sex Predators Civilly Committed To Mental Hospitals, Despite Expanded Qualification Criteria by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Even though California widely expanded the potential pool of violent sex predator (SVP) prisoners who could be forced into mental hospitals after completing their criminal sentences, and despite spending $27 …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
Washington State Sex Offender Vigilante Dies In Prison by On April 15, 2007, Michael Mullen, 36, the Washington State prisoner convicted of having committed vigilante murders of two registered sex offenders, was found dead in his cell at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center near Aberdeen, Washington. Mullens was alone in …
Article • July 15, 2008
Washington Community Correction Officer’s Failure to Manage Caseload Merits Dismissal by The State of Washington Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) has held that dismissal is the proper sanction for a Community Correctional Officer who demonstrated a continued pattern of being unable to demonstrate she had the necessary skills or judgment to …
Washington Prison Employee Terminated for Allowing Prisoners to View Computer Screen by The State of Washington Personnel Appeals Board (PAB has held that termination is appropriate for a prison employee who released confidential prisoner information to prisoners. Before the PAB became the appeal for Kathy Lorentzen, who was a state …
Sex Offenders Set Up Camp in Miami Florida: The Julia Tuttle Causeway Becomes a Colony. Politicians Pass the Buck. by Isaiah Thompson Another one showed up last night. Around 10 — just before curfew — a car rolled in under the bridge and the newcomer got out with his wife. …
Washington Study Finds Higher Recidivist Rate Amongst Sex Offenders Recommended, But Not Committed, For Civil Commitment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy concludes that sex offenders “who were referred for possible civil commitment have a much higher pattern of …
Georgia’s Sex Offender Residency Restriction Unconstitutional; Work Restriction Approved by The Georgia Supreme Court has declared that a state law that prohibits registered sex offenders from residing or loitering at a location that is within 1,000 feet of any childcare facility, church, school or area where minors congregate (the “residency …
My Space Becomes “No Space” for Online Sex Offenders by David Reutter My Space Becomes "No Space" for Online Sex Offenders by David M. Reutter After online social networking giant MySpace.com, under pressure, disclosed on July 24, 2007 that it had purged 29,000 sex offender profiles from its website, state …
Article • May 15, 2008
No Due Process Violation for Holding Sex Offender Past Release Date by The plaintiff, a convicted sex offender, was not released until three months after his conditional release date because his residence was not approved until then. The requirements for approval were formalized only one day before his CR date. …
Article • May 15, 2008
Parole Condition Banning Porn Access for Sex Offender Upheld by The criminal defendant, convicted of sexually abusing a child, was sentenced to prison and given a condition of subsequent supervised release that he "not possess any sexually stimulating of sexually oriented material deemed inappropriate by his probation officer and/or treatment …
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