OP EDS From Laura Ahearn

The mere mention of commitment conjures up 1972 images of Geraldo Rivera sneaking his camera into Willowbrook, the state institution for the retarded in Staten Island where he filmed wards more...

In one of the most outrageous cases of injustice, a Suffolk County court judge recently sentenced John Shelton to only one year of jail after he pleaded guilty to raping and sodomizing his more...

Recent high-profile sex-crime cases on Long Island bring to mind the most basic and least known childhood sexual-abuse prevention fact that every parent and caregiver needs to understand: more...

To the editor,

A recent high-risk sex offender notification implemented in our community provides us knowledge of one individual and offers us the opportunity to take necessary more...

When are we finally going to put children first? There's a war being waged against them, and it is being manifested through psychical and emotional abuse, through neglect and through sexual more...

New York's version of Megan's Law mandates community notification and public accessibility to a sub-directory which lists the most violent of "sexual predators." The Sexual Offender Registration more...

Parents and community leaders outraged that Suffolk County Police stopped enforcing Megan's law months ago, assembled in front of the County executive Building for a press conference more...

Supreme Court Justice David Souter just didn't get it. During a recent constitutional challenge to Megan's Law, he obfuscated registration and notification issues by trotting out a more...

Anything less than the pursuit of adult criminal charges against the Mepham High School football players charged with perpetrating brutal sexual assaults against three younger teammates would be more...

Sexual predators are so brazen that they will do anything to get their victims, including, as we have recently seen, plucking children from their own yards, their own homes and even from the cars more...