sex offenders

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...