Category Archive for : ‘COURT DECISIONS’

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 offenders who were turned loose in the weeks between the ruling on parole guidelines and the court’s agreement to reconsider were taken back into custody on Sunday.  The court said a 1979 law limits parole for sex crimes to no more than the original sentence, therefore sentences of less than five years could not have a five-year

A Virginia federal judge’s decision to block a state law designed to protect children from viewing harmful material on the Internet is being applauded by civil liberties groups and Internet businesses.  A temporary injunction was issued Wednesday to stop Virginia from enforcing a law that makes it a crime to use the Net to distribute sexually explicit material.  US District Court Judge James Michael said the 1999 law violates the First Amendment rights of Internet users and providers.  By prohibiting all such communications that juveniles could possibly examine or peruse,

Two weeks after a federal appeals panel reactivated Megan’s Law, a state court ruling is preventing county prosecutors from enforcing penalties against those who improperly spread information they receive about offenders.  To guard the privacy and safety of sex offenders, notification information provided to their neighbors and nearby schools has been accompanied by warning that recipients are subject to prosecution if, for instance, they post the information on a telephone pole or shoot at the offender’s house.  Some counties specifically warned that recipients would be subject to contempt of court

rnAssociated Pressrnrn Robert McKelvey, pleaded guilty in November 1998 to a single count of possession of childrnpornography.  McKelvey, 28 years old at the time, was a second year student at DartmouthrnMedical School in 1994 when the investigation began.  He had been studying to be arnpediatrician.  The college eventually expelled him after someone reported seeing him with a 9rnyear old boy in a locker room in the College gym in March 1994.  While he worked as arnvolunteer in a big brother-little brother program, he made child pornography of a young boy.rn

Associated Press

Robert McKelvey, pleaded guilty in November 1998 to a single count of possession of childpornography.  McKelvey, 28 years old at the time, was a second year student at DartmouthMedical School in 1994 when the investigation began.  He had been studying to be apediatrician.  The college eventually expelled him after someone reported seeing him with a 9year old boy in a locker room in the College gym in March 1994.  While he worked as avolunteer in a big brother-little brother program, he made child pornography of a young boy.