Good, not bad, laws needed to protect children
By SANDY . . . This was written as a rebuttal to an editorial in the Longview, WA Daily News: In response to your March 13 editorial, “Laws help keep
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“Not a single piece of evidence” supporting residency restrictions
THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD . . . It’s a chilling image: the sex predator skulking in the shadows of a swing set, waiting to snatch a vulnerable child.
Read moreNC Supreme Court: access to social networking sites not about speech or First Amendment rights
By DAVID POST . . . As most VC readers know, First Amendment law is dominated by a single question, the 800-pound constitutional gorilla that’s always in the room: What
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
Read moreInt’l Megan’s Law is a national disgrace on an international scale
By Tamara Lave . . . What sounds like a good law in a twenty-second sound bite sometimes turns out to be less clear when one digs below the surface.
Read moreSixth Amendment off-limits to people accused of sexual offense
By Sandy….. When something I write references something read elsewhere, especially when I use direct quotes, I always link to the other piece. Due to my refusal to give the
Read moreHow a 1986 Psychology Today article continues to make fools of Supreme Court justices
By Joshua Vaughn . . . Licensed Professional Counselor Robert Longo has been vocally opposed to public registries for convicted sexual offenders for years. “I actually met with a group of people
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