A thousand feet from where, officer?
By JAMIE MARKHAM . . . Under G.S. 14-208.16, a registered sex offender may not reside “within 1,000 feet of the property on which any public or nonpublic school or
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Opinion
Brain-based fact or interrogator’s fiction?
By MICHAEL ROSENBERG . . . I want to first say that I am tired of watching the registered citizens in my sex offender class pay for the privilege of
Read moreRegistration requirements inconsistent & incomprehensible from state to state
By JAMIE MARKHAM . . . North Carolina requires certain people to register as sex offenders in North Carolina for crimes committed in other states. But what if a person
Read moreSimple: sex offender registries are instruments of oppression
By MICHAEL ROSENBERG . . . I see little in life that looks like a sex offender registry with its incumbent restrictions. School was tough when I didn’t have friends,
Read moreSex offender registration policies increasing danger to public
By STEVEN YODER . . . On Sept. 30, 2016, in a Los Angeles suburb, 48-year-old Michael Zinzun, a homeless man on the California sex offender registry, approached a woman
Read moreToo little, too late from the Wilson Times editorial board
By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . While we’re happy to see that the editors at The Wilson Times understand the danger of legislative overreach when it comes to First Amendment
Read moreSex offender registries cost millions; Provide no benefit
By DON THURBER . . . Last month, a new chapter was written in one of America’s oldest real-life murder mysteries. The body of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was finally found,
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