NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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BY RICH SCHAPIRO DAILY NEWS WRITER Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 A dozen convicted sex fiends have been freed to hit the streets of New York as early as next week. The “Dirty Dozen” perverts – exclusively profiled in Sunday’s Daily News - were tossed into mental hospitals by Gov. Pataki, even though they...
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Thursday November 3, 8:00 am ET ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ – Top officials from the U.S. and 21 other countries adopted an aggressive 17-point action plan to eliminate commercial child pornography worldwide by 2008; establish new national centers in Europe patterned after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in...
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10/30/2005 One of South Dakota’s Senators plans to introduce a bill to help crack down on sex offenders. Some legislators believe stricter laws can help save lives. In 2003, Dru Sjodin, a University of North Dakota Student, disappeared outside a Grand Forks mall. A convicted sex offender is accused of murdering her. In...
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DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER October 26, 2005 Westchester probation officials will be tracking a certain class of monsters on Halloween night: registered sex offenders. About 45 registered Level 2 and 3 sex offenders who live in the county will receive “special invitations” to attend an “educational program” between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m....
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By KENYA WOODARD Staff Writer October 05, 2005 PALM COAST – City council members on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning sex offenders from community centers and city parks — but stopped short of adding a clause that would have prohibited offenders from living within 2,000 feet of where children gather. Mayor James Canfield,...
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October 05, 2005 By SARAH CASSI The Express-Times PHILLIPSBURG — Sex offenders living in town could soon be looking for new places to call home. Town Councilman James Shelly plans to propose legislation at the end of October banning convicted sex offenders from living near places where children congregate. Shelly said he plans...
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By KENYA WOODARD Staff Writer October 05, 2005 PALM COAST – City council members on Tuesday approved an ordinance banning sex offenders from community centers and city parks — but stopped short of adding a clause that would have prohibited offenders from living within 2,000 feet of where children gather. Mayor James Canfield,...
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THE NEWS TRIBUNE October 2, 2005 The pressure is on for state lawmakers to do something – anything – to answer renewed fears about sex offenders living in our midst. The push stems from the story of Shasta Groene – the Idaho girl kidnapped allegedly by a sex offender who murdered her family....
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