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In CO, playing politics with sex offender laws

There’s some things it’s just hard for a politician to support. Like sex offenders, for instance. A bill to require sexual offenders to register their emails, IM names and chat room identities died in Democratic-run Colorado legislature. That’s when Colorado Republican Attorney General John Suthers went bulldog, saying Democrats...

Tags: offender, sex offender

Blog posts 2007-03-13

HI passes on GPS measure for sex offenders

Just about every state is advancing bills aimed at throwing the book at sex offenders. In Hawaii, three such bills were offered but only one passed the Houses Judiciary Committee yesterday, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The one bill that passed would put sex offenders on lifetime parole. One...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-14

IN tests GPS tech for 24/7 monitoring

Indiana officials are testing out a new GPS system in Allen County to monitor sex offenders and violent offenders on parole, The Indianapolis Star reports. The Allen County trial is a prelude to statewide use of the devices for all sexual and violent parolees. Last year, lawmakers...

Tags: Courts, Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-13

AZ wants sex offenders to reveal emails

Joining a chorus of states around the country, the Arizona Legislature is considering a bill to require sex offenders to submit their online identities to county sheriffs departments. Rep. Bob Robsons proposal would require registered sex offenders to divulge their social networking site profiles, e-mail addresses and instant-messaging...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, offender, sex offender, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-12

After losing track of sex offenders, DE vows it will not happen again

In Delaware, Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security David B. Mitchells staff lost track of some 800 sex offenders. And Mitchell said Thursday his top priority is to ensure that it never happens again, Delaware State News reports. Mitchell asked the legislative Joint Finance Committee for three additional employees...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, sex offender, SBI

Blog posts 2007-02-09

OK bill would create email registry for sex offenders

The Oklahoma State Legislature is cracking down on registered sex offenders by offering up a measure that would ban registered sex offenders from communicating with children over an Internet Web site, reports the Ardmoreite. The measure, which has been passed by the Criminal Justice and Corrections Subcommittee, authorizes...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, Privacy, offender, sex offender

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Wide disparity in NJ sex offender registries

In northern New Jersey, The Record reports, not all sex offenders registries - so-called Megans Law registries - are created equal. There are wide disparities between the North Jersey counties, the paper finds. Only one in nine sex offenders living in four of North Jerseys counties ever wind...

Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology, Megans Law, sex offender, offender

Blog posts 2006-12-27

VA proposal to add emails to sex offender registries

Virginia attorney general Bob McDonnell wants to require sex offenders to provide email addresses and IM identities to the states online registry, The Roanoke Times reports. Offenders are already required to publicize name, age, height, weight, the color of their eyes and hair, and their home and work addresses. ...

Tags: sex offender, offender, Bob McDonnell, e-mail address, e-mail

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Additional Resources

Students sue over "sexting" case

Students sue over "sexting" caseAmster, Amster, d@m-d@m-d@mCould it be that puritanical American society is becoming closer to European society? Every new generation seems to be less conservative and more willing to explore/experiment. The "free love" of the 1960's is a good example of this behavior.Kids today are realizing just how...

Tags: pornography law, R@PE, nudity

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Child predators apparently don't use Gmail

Child predators apparently don't use GmailWell saidI enjoyed this post and agree in a whole hearted way. The law and legislators are woefully behind the times. Maybe it's time for a tech savvy litmus test for would-be legislators. After all how they perceive technology will have a great deal to...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, predator, Google Gmail, Child predator

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicion

9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicionWhat about external drives and encryption?Do they have the right to search external drives? What if data on the laptop or drive is encrypted?RE: 9th Circuit: Feds can search laptops without suspicionIllegal and it's time we stop allowing the freedoms from illegal search...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, suspicion

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

PeopleDetective.Net 1 (Windows)

You are at the right place to find everything about anyone. PeopleDetective.Net offers you to investigate people with the comfort of performing your own search in your own home or office. Internet technology made it very easy to access the information. You can find people's addresses and phone numbers or...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows, PeopleDetective.Net, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2007-11-22

Federal proposal threaten student privacy

Two new federal proposals will have a big impact on student privacy and have educators and privacy advocates very concerned, reports eSchool News. The first proposal could force IT administrators to make expensive modifications so that law enforcement can have easier access to student information for cross-checking against sex-offender...

Tags: CALEA

Blog posts 2006-07-18