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67-year-old man sentenced for sexually molesting 9-year-old girl on video

  • Sexually Exploiting a Minor
  • September 30, 2011
(Baltimore) John E. Widdows (now 72 years-old), of Cumberland, Md., was sentenced yesterday to 18.5 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of...
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US Supreme Court rules sex offenders can be held indefinitely even after completing prison sentences

The Supreme Court held today that inmates who are classified as "sexually dangerous" can be held indefinitely in prison, even after their...
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Where is your child most likely to be raped or sexually abused in a juvenile detention facility?

A report issued yesterday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics exposed the shockingly high rate at which incarcerated juveniles are being raped and...
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H.R. 1727 Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of 2009 to create arsonist registry

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1727, known as the “Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of 2009.” The bill...
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Film director Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland on U.S. fugitive warrant for sex crime

  • News
  • September 28, 2009
Film director Roman Polanski, 76, was arrested this weekend in Switzerland over his 1977 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in Los...
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Too many registered sex offenders make dangerous sex offenders difficult to track

  • News
  • September 4, 2009
The case of Jaycee Dugard being kidnapped, raped, and held prisoner by Phillip Garrido for 18 years has put a spotlight on a problem in the...
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