Should a Teen Sex Offender Be Freed?
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In Georgia, advocates of Genarlow Wilson want to change the law to win his freedom. But the  state senate isn't about to budge.
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The state is trying to dissolve a community of sex offenders living under a bridge that includes a gym, kitchen, living room and two dogs.
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More than 70 people who committed crimes as 16- and 17-year-olds are on death row - and thatâs where they should stay. Courts often try juveniles of this age as adults, so they should be punished as adults.
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A bipartisan bill would force sex offenders to provide their e-mail addresses to a national database so MySpace and similar sites could more easily ban them. But the proposal would apply to minor deviants, while exempting some serious offenders. In 27B Stroke 6.
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A judge has ruled that Genarlow Wilson should be released from a 10-year prison sentence for having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17, a case that has drawn national attention.
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Two more young men have been freed after serving time in jail for a case involving a 17-year-old who had consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl.
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The attorney general considers appealing against the non-custodial sentence of a paedophile.
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New York&#39;s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, aand Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.In a press conference, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced legislation they called &quot;groundbreaking&quot; in its proposed restrictions and controls of sexual offenders&#39; online activities.&quot;Today I believe we&#39;re proposing the most comprehensive, smartest, toughest law in the nation to keep people safe online, especially minors,&quot; Cuomo said.The Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) responds to the widely documented use that sexual offenders make of the Internet, in particular social-networking sites, to stalk and victimize people, particularly minors.Specifically, e-STOP would require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses, instant message screen names, and any other online identifiers with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. That data would then be made available to social-networking companies and other online services so that they can then block access to sexual offenders and remove them from their sites.The bill also calls for allowing sentencing courts and the state&#39;s Parole Board to restrict the online activities of sex offenders who used the Internet to commit their crimes, victimized a minor, or are considered highly likely to repeat their offenses. In particular, the bill would ban many sex offenders from using social-networking sites.There are more than 627,000 registered sex offenders in the U.S., about 25,000 of whom are in New York, according to Cuomo&#39;s office.State attorneys general have been very vocal about their concerns over online safety, in particular of minors who are preyed upon by sexual offenders on social-networking sites, which are widely used by teens.The attorneys general have often criticized Facebook, MySpace, and other sites for, in their view, not doing enough to protect minors, but the two sides have recently seemed to get on better terms and have rolled out several joint security initiatives, partnerships and agreements.The e-STOP bill is needed to help social-networking companies keep their sites safer and will complement these companies&#39; in-house security efforts, Cuomo said.MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam agreed and said laws need to keep up with the times and technology. &quot;We hope [e-STOP] becomes a model for other states to follow,&quot; Nigam said.&quot;As Facebook and other Internet companies do our best to exclude [from our sites] those who would do our users harm, we need help from the government,&quot; said Chris Kelly, Facebook&#39;s chief privacy officer.Ideally, legislation like e-STOP would get enacted widely in U.S. states and also at the federal level, Cuomo said.
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A Florida trailer park has become a haven of sorts for convicted sex offenders. Shunned by communties, they flock to the Palace, where 95 of the 200 residents are registered sex offenders. "It's our own little piece of paradise," one told CNN.
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By ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press  NEW YORK -- The popular online hangout MySpace said Tuesday it would develop technologies to help block convicted sex offenders in the site's latest attempt to address complaints about sexual predators and other dangers to teens.
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Georgia's top court ordered the release on Friday of a youth sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old in a case that sparked a national campaign on his behalf.
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By Allen Salkin  Happy Blitt contributed research.  *  Last month, the Web site Perverted-Justice.com posted news of the conviction of Sean Young, a Wisconsin man sentenced to 10 years in state prison for soliciting sex online from a 14-year-old girl.
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The Georgia Supreme Court yesterday ordered the release of a man who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was two years older than she was.
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By Chrystian Tejedor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  May 25--A registered sex offender was arrested again Thursday for allegedly trying to solicit sex from a supposed minor over the Internet, the state Attorney General's Office said.   Daniel B.
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A treatment center for sex offenders is failing to meet its central purpose: preparing them to return to society.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 19--Anyone not stuck in a bunker the last few years knows the perniciousness of sexual predators who stalk the Internet for young victims. In some cases, like that of a 15-year-old Cary boy, the end of the story is violation by an adult.
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A registered sex offender suspected of  rapes and killings across the United States was charged on  Tuesday with abducting and murdering a 16-year-old girl in  Georgia, police said.