It's up at abyss2hope and this is the Legal section:
In Judge entitled to comment on rape complaint delay posted at West Law Report, we get a discussion of an appeals ruling about a judge's reminder to the jury to balance the biased view from a defense claim that the delay in reporting meant that the report was untrustworthy.
In what evidence? nothing to see here, not here in Harvey, no sir! posted at tales from the grey, we get a discussion of what the Cook County state's attorney's office found when they entered the police department of Harvey, Illinois which included rape kits which had been corrupted due to neglect.
In Passing Judgment: 10th Circuit Case Cites To 4th Circuit Case Allowing Immediate Appeal Of Rape Shield Ruling posted at EvidenceProf Blog, we get a discussion of the results of an appeal made by the rape victim where the issue related to whether the appeal should be heard only after the conclusion of the criminal trial when a wrongful acquittal due to inappropriate admission of the victim's sexual history could not be reversed.
In DOJ Announces Updated Sex Offender Website posted at Sex Crimes, we get a discussion about a US Dept. of Justice announcement.
In Politicizing Statutory Rape Reporting Requirements posted at Reproductive Rights Prof Blog, we get a discussion sparked by the sting against Planned Parenthood offices where college students pretended to be underage girls covered by mandated reporting rules and how this sting and the reaction ignores the intersection of statutory rape laws, child abuse reporting laws, and patient confidentiality requirements.
In Parental Alienation - Invented by a Pedophile posted at I Missed Being Me, we get a discussion of the foundation for the so-called PAS syndrome which often allowed in court to dismiss the testimony of children abused by their fathers or father figures.
In Case of School Teacher with Pop-up Porn Resolved posted at Sex Crimes, we get a discussion of a case where a teacher whose computer was infected with malware couldn't close the series of browser windows fast enough to prevent children from seeing some of those images.
In William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 Passes House and Senate, But Offers Less Protection To Victims Compared with the 2007 House Version. posted at Feminist Law Professors, we get a discussion of human trafficking legislation and the weaknesses in the final version of that act.
This is an interesting case of where a guy that was clearly guilty of indecencies with children got off twice. Once in 1989 in Texas and 2004 in Kansas
http://sites.google.com/site/checkvolunteerbackgrounds/
Laws in Kansas and Texas should be changed. If you have any suggestions on how this could be done, I would appreciate any information
Posted by: adam | January 02, 2009 at 09:21 PM