CNN is reporting that 14 Americans are in custody after an FBI crackdown on a well-organized suspected child pornography ring. The group allegedly distributed more than 400,000 lewd pictures and movies.
The Nevada Appeal has an article discussing state legislative auditors who issued a report sharply critical of Parole and Probation, charging the division suffers major weaknesses in monitoring sex offenders. The article specifically mentions "serious problems in getting and properly entering DNA samples" from sex offenders.
A Washington newspaper has published this editorial which calls for "mandatory arrest requirements when a police officer believes a child has been assaulted." The editorial argues that "prosecutors and judges should not have the option whether to criminally charge a predator."
A Connecticut town is considering adopting an ordinance that would ban convicted sex offenders from places frequented by children such as parks, playgrounds, recreational areas and sports facilities. According to the author of the proposal, "Creating a ... zone would provide a level of protection that doesn't exist today."
Sentencing Law and Policy reports that the death penalty in Maryland has cost taxpayers at least $186 million more in prosecuting and defending capital murder cases over twenty years than would have been spent without the threat of execution. The economic costs of the death penalty are another reason to question the five states who applied capital punishment to child rape.
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