Fear and hatred push U.S. sex offenders to fringes
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Edward Dion Burge had sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 24 and has dealt with the consequences ever since: Nearly a year in jail, hate mail and screamed insults from strangers.
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Thousands who come to the U.S. saying they are seeking refuge from persecution are treated like criminals while their claims are evaluated, a bipartisan commission found.
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New measures to track the movements of sex offenders across borders are to be introduced.
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By The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho,  Sep. 22--If Jerome County Sheriff Jim Weaver wants to catch online sexual predators who go after unsuspecting children, he'll need a net that can stretch the entire globe.
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A Lutheran congregation is grappling with how to deal with a convicted sex offender who says his church attendance is an important step toward rehabilitation.
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By MONICA RHOR  HOUSTON - Seven convicted sex offenders with profiles on MySpace.com have been arrested in what Texas officials said was the country's first large-scale crackdown of registered offenders who use the social networking Web site.
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Nearly 7,500 hate crimes, including  14 murders based on sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, were  reported in the United States last year, the FBI said on  Monday.
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New York's most dangerous sex offenders will be locked up in psychiatric centers after their prison terms end if a court determines they continue to pose a threat to the public, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced Thursday.
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Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Scurity are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.
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Almost 8,000 sex offenders have received a police caution rather than being charged in the past five years, it emerges.
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Attorney General Bob McDonnell wants sex offenders to register their e-mail accounts and online identities. While this gesture might score McDonnell political points for appearing tough on predators, it will do little to protect children.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 10--We all want creepy predators locked up. But not the way NBC does it.   And not the way police handled it in one Collin County town.
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"Fear Factor" is pushing its limits further than it has before. According to plans, couples are competing to see who can handle a high-voltage zap of electricity. Edison Electric Institute, who represents most major US utilities, has warned NBC ...
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Jun. 15--Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott initiated the first  large-scale blitz in the nation on sex offenders who have infiltrated the  popular social Web site, MySpace.com.
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Social networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook would have access to a database of sex offenders for checking names and addresses against public profiles under a bill introduced Tuesday in Congress.
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit....
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Over 7,400 hate crime incidents occurred nationwide last year, more than half of them motivated by racial prejudice most often against black people, the FBI reported Monday.