sex offenders
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Minnesota’s Rational Indefinite Commitment of Sex Offenders
Jan 5, 2017(Comments: 0)January 5, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Minnesotans who receive the label “sex offender,” and are determined either a “sexually dangerous person” or “a person with a sexual psychopathic tendency,” now face the potential for life incarceration in... -
A Brief Moment Of Compassion For “Sex Offender’s” Rights
Dec 13, 2016(Comments: 3)December 13, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Courts are starting to realize continued punishment of those labeled “sex offenders” brings lasting consequences far beyond having to register yearly and avoiding contact with children. Federal courts are taking... -
4th Circuit: Still No Evidence Residency Restrictions For Sex Offenders Protect Children
Dec 2, 2016(Comments: 1)December 2, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court’s judgment that North Carolina’s sex offender registry law is unconstitutionally vague and violates the First Amendment. It’s kind of... -
North Carolina Sex Offenders Get the Social Media Death Penalty
Nov 4, 2016(Comments: 1)November 4, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Lester Gerard Packingham is a convicted sex offender who just wants to use Facebook. In 2002, Packingham was a 21-year-old student without a criminal record. Then, he took incident liberties... -
Supreme Court To Determine Fate Of Sex Offenders On Social Media
Nov 3, 2016(Comments: 8)November 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Lester Packingham thanked God for beating a traffic ticket on Facebook. His expression of gratitude was returned with a felony charge, since Packingham is on a sex offender registry and... -
The Bible and Other Obscenities
Oct 23, 2015(Comments: 2)Oct. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — One of the most frustrating parts of being an appellate attorney in Georgia is that you can’t challenge the constitutionality of a law for the first time on appeal. Basically,... -
Under Georgia Law, We’re All Sex Offenders (Update)
Sep 11, 2015(Comments: 1)Sept. 11, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — In Georgia, it is illegal for a mall Santa to allow a child to sit in his lap. It is illegal for parents to bathe their children. And every pediatrician... -
The Sex Offender Registry: Destroy a Person, Save a Kitten
Aug 13, 2015(Comments: 5)Aug. 12, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — So there’s this kid, Zach Anderson. 19 years old. Lives in Indiana. Did something stupid, which is what kids do at 19. He went on line, to a dating/hook-up site.... -
Baby Rapists Are Bad, Still Deserve Due Process
Jun 24, 2015(Comments: 3)June 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — On June 17, U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank issued findings of fact, conclusions of law, and an order in a case brought against seven senior managers of the Minnesota Sex...