Sex offender restrictions are the new Jim Crow
By GREG BARNES . . . On Sept. 1, a registered sex offender will be breaking the law if he continues to work at a car repair shop that sits
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Megan’s Law a total failure; harms families, children
By DANIEL WALMER . . . It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Seven-year-old Megan Kanka left her New Jersey home on July 29, 1994, for a summer afternoon bike ride
Read moreFilm about sex offenders wins best new documentary director award at Tribeca
By JONATHAN LEAF . . . Why would a law mandate that ex-convicts be homeless and virtually unemployable? And what sort of government imposes such rules? That’s the question of
Read moreKS Sup. Court simultaneously reverses itself: Registration IS punishment, but NOT
By TONY RIZZO . . . In an apparently unprecedented series of events, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overruled three of its own opinions, also released Friday, regarding the
Read moreVirginia governor restores voting rights to more than 200,000 felons
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ERIK ECKHOLM . . . Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted
Read moreHastert avoids the punishment he helped impose on American citizens
By ROY STORM . . . Decades after Dennis Hastert’s alleged sexual abuse of high school wrestlers he coached, the then-Speaker of the House helped pass a tough-on-sex-crimes law known
Read moreUnanimous Supreme Court sides with registrant citizen
ASSOCIATED PRESS . . . The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that a convicted sex offender did not have to update his status on the federal sex offender registry
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