On Thursday Wisconsin lawmakers will consider a bill that could change local ordinances that restrict where sex offenders live. A hearing will be held Thursday before the State Assembly Committee on Correction and the courts on Assembly Bill 759. Leaders from some of the largest suburban areas in Wisconsin are expected to attend in opposition.
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Debating Residency Requirements for Sex Offenders
March 10, 2010 – 6:16 am
Top 10 States with the Greatest Number of Sex Offenders Listed at CriminalPages.com
March 6, 2010 – 12:43 am
With over 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, the value of the sex registry is obvious. However, with many statistics incorrect, CriminalPages.com lists the top 10 states with the highest number of sex offenders. Sex offender registries are in place to ensure that every released sex offender report their whereabouts to law enforcement, [...]
Criminal Background Checks for Contractors
March 5, 2010 – 8:02 am
Quincy Massachusetts officials are considering requiring criminal background checks for anyone who works on a city project. The city contracts jobs to several companies. The new rule would require employees of any company that wins a bid for a city job to make sure that none of the employees are registered sex offenders.
Carpenters said [...]
No All Sex Offenders on California Registry
March 3, 2010 – 7:33 am
California’s sex offender laws do not require information from about 22,000 convicted offenders to be listed on the site. The registry does not include information about those convicted of sexual battery, incest or misdemeanor child molestation.
The media is focusing on the sex offender laws after the arrest of John Albert Gardener III. Gardner, a convicted [...]
Changes to Indiana’s Sex Offender Registry
February 28, 2010 – 11:24 pm
Indiana officials are stripping the state’s sex offender registry of hundreds of names in light of a 2009 ruling by the Indiana Supreme court. Richard Wallace filed suit last year alleging that he should not have to be on the registry because he was convicted in the 80s when the registry did not exist.
The ruling [...]
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose Criminal Background Checks for Substitute Teachers
February 26, 2010 – 6:22 pm
A bill working its way through the South Carolina legislature would require all school districts to conduct criminal background checks on substitute teachers. While some school districts conduct background checks on substitute teachers, some do not. State law enforcement officials have agreed to do the screening for free. School districts will have to pay for [...]
Maryland Mulls Changes in the Sex Offender Law
February 24, 2010 – 7:46 am
The arrest of a convicted sex offender suspected of killing an 11-year-old girl last December has prompted discussion of changes in Maryland’s sex offender laws. Thomas Leggs Jr. was a convicted sex offender in another state. He is accused of kidnapping and killing Sarah Foxwell.
The Maryland Legislature is considering about 30 bills including one that [...]
Background Checks for Carnival Workers
February 22, 2010 – 7:13 pm
Parma, Ohio officials may revise an ordinance that requires carnival workers to have background checks. An ordinance that also required the carnival operators and workers to register passed in January 2009 but was suspended in June. The new ordinance would lower the registration fee. Photo identification cards would also no longer be required. A [...]
Convicted U.S. Child Rapist Gets into Australia without Background Check
February 21, 2010 – 6:51 pm
Australians child protection groups are upset that a child rapist from the United States was able to enter the country after authorities did not conduct a criminal background check. The man was granted a visa four years ago and is now on a spousal visa because is married to an Australian woman. He has been [...]
Scholars May Object to Criminal Background Checks
February 20, 2010 – 5:36 am
Scholars may object to background checks even in light of last week’s murder of three professors at the University of Alabama of Huntsville. There are fears that arrests for civil disobedience could hurt them in their careers. Others say they are afraid that if the names are mixed up with someone else’s they could be [...]