Category Archive for : ‘STATE BY STATE NORTH CAROLINA’

By Dave Collins

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A convicted sex offender has made a “plausible” claim that providing his email address and other internet identifying information to Connecticut officials violates his free speech rights, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in reinstating his lawsuit against the state.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan mirrors other court rulings around the country that determined some states’ laws violated sex offenders’ rights. James Cornelio, a former New York City lawyer, was convicted in New York

October 31, 2019
Erik Ortiz
NBC News
 
 
For the past four decades, a loophole in North Carolina’s sexual assault law has gone unchecked: A man can’t be guilty of rape if a woman agrees to sex — even if she withdraws her initial consent.

Another loophole has also persisted: It’s not a crime to have sex with someone who is incapacitated, such as through drugs or alcohol, if that person was responsible for their own condition.

But those legal loopholes are on their way to being closed after lawmakers in the state Senate and House, which

October 31, 2019
Ann McAdams
WECT

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A bill passed the State House and Senate Thursday would extend the statute of limitations for child sex crime victims. Victims would now have until the age of 28 to file a civil lawsuit, up from the current cap of 21. The bill also expands the duty of adults to report suspected abuse to law enforcement, and gives women the right to revoke consent.

The bill, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, could significantly impact a lawsuit filed against New Hanover County Schools by expanding the

October 22, 2019
Joel Brown
ABC 11

RALEIGH (WTVD) — With over a million visitors expected, the N.C. State Fair is the state’s largest annual event. So, tracking a random fair-goer who may be on the state’s sex offender registry seems like finding a needle in a haystack.

A registered sex offender from Rocky Mount was caught at the NC State Fair on Monday.

Kymari Garrett, 24, is charged with being a sex offender unlawfully on a premise with children.

According to the arrest warrant, Garrett was previously charged with sexual battery where the victim was

September 30, 2019
Alex Shabad
WCNC
 

An NBC Charlotte Defenders investigation is looking ways you can diagnose bad doctors. It comes after NBC Charlotte learned a doctor convicted of serious sex crimes in Missouri has ties to the Charlotte area.

Officials say Howard Setzer would sexually abuse patients who came to him for pain treatment in Missouri. The Defenders team learned he did his medical training in Charlotte about a year before the crimes in Missouri.

NBC Charlotte is learning about several tools meant to protect patients right at your fingertips. The Defenders team learned

WFMY News 2/Erica Stapleton

A Fayetteville woman feels spurned by a decades-old North Carolina law that rules a person can’tbe charged with rape even if the other person revokes consent during sex.

A bill stalled in the Senate’s Rules Committee would change that.

In a Fayetteville Observer article published this week, 19-year-old Aaliyah Palmer says she wasthe victim of a sex crime back in January. A man pulled her into the bathroom for sex, for whichshe was willing. When the sex turned violent and she told the man to stop, he didn’t listen.

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