Judge limits sex offender restrictions
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A federal judge ruled Friday that California's ban on sex offenders living within 2,000 feet of places where children gather can't be applied retroactively.
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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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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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A judge bans the word from a sexual assault case, sparking debate over freedom of speech and the right to a fair trial
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A federal judge imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps he says were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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On Tuesday, a second Washington Superior Court judge ruled that prohibitions on same-sex marriage cannot survive court scrutiny. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks based his decision
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Limited access under Violent Crime Action Plan The British government is to pilot the limited opening up of sex offender information to parents worried about specific individuals who have access to their children.â¦
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case tentatively ruled on Monday that dozens of items of evidence seized at the singer&#39;s Neverland Valley Ranch and a private
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A Georgia judge ordered the release Monday of a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
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Many convicted sex offenders who had profiles on the popular MySpace website are on parole, and some may be sent back to prison for e-mailing minors. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says more than half of the 210 sex offenders from his state who used the social networking site are on parole. One was returned to state custody last week for using the Internet, a violation of a condition of his release.
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A judge who sparked outrage when he sentenced a repeat sex offender to two months in jail said Friday he will retire.
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By DIANA GRAETTINGER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  MACHIAS - A 4th District Court judge gave a court-appointed defense attorney permission to hire a local computer expert in a case involving a man who faces multiple charges of possession of sexually explicit material.
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By SUSAN M. COVER Blethen Maine News Service It's illegal for certain convicted sex offenders to visit Web sites that are popular with children. But a lawmaker from Presque Isle says a lack of money makes it hard to enforce the law. Rep.
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Vigilante hacker claims scalp after six year legal wrangle A former senior judge from California has been jailed for 27 months for possession of child pornography in a case initially based on evidence from a vigilante hacker.â¦
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A 29-year-old sex offender spent four months at a US school passing for a 12-year-old, officials say.
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child-molestation case has ruled that a hearing about allegations of past sexual misconduct by the singer will not be held behind closed doors.
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A state judge has struck down a Montgomery County law that authorized stiffer penalties against predatory lending practices, saying the measure was beyond the county's authority under the Maryland constitution.