A Manhattan federal appeals court overturned an award of $900,000 to Steven Arnold, a convicted rapist who said correction officers at the Nassau County jail failed to protect him from a severe more...
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The California Supreme Court upheld residency restrictions for sex offenders Monday, ruling
that thousands may be barred from living near
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A divided Supreme Court ruled yesterday that is is unconstitutional to execute someone who
rapes a child, issuing a broad decision that reserves the
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Dozens of Colorado sex offenders, ranging from convicted rapists to child molesters, were given $100 and released from prison this week after the state's high Court ruled they were mistakenly more...
Confusion began when the state Supreme Court ruled on September 18th that a 1993 law adding five year paroles to felony convictions could not be applied to sex crimes. Eight of nine sex more...
New York State's highest court yesterday rejected convicted sex offender Todd North's attempt to avoid being placed on a public state registry. The Court of Appeals decision after North, of more...
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The 9th Circuit rejected as unconstitutional a legal provision requiring juvenile sex
offenders to register and report four
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The state Supreme Court upheld a ruling that found a Bergen County school board liable for the actions of Samuel Bracigliano, a principal who took sexually provocative photos of more than 100 boy more...
The Supreme Court made it harder yesterday for states to keep sexual offenders locked up after their prison terms, requiring proof that and offender has a mental illness that causes serious more...
Patrick Kennedy, 43, raped an 8 year old girl and now the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that he may be executed for the rape. Both sides say the sentence could expand a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court more...