/tags/sex-offenders Sex Offenders en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-04-12/illinois-supreme-court-limits-where-child-sex-offenders-live In a unanimous ruling, Illinois' highest court found the residency restriction “does not infringe upon a child sex offender’s fundamental rights” and that there was a “rational basis” for restrictions where a person convicted of such a crime can live. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-04-12/illinois-supreme-court-limits-where-child-sex-offenders-live Peter Hancock /law-order/2023-11-17/illinois-supreme-court-weighs-constitutionality-of-child-sex-offenders-lifetime-restrictions Decades after his conviction, one Illinois man says limits on where he can live serve no valid purpose. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-11-17/illinois-supreme-court-weighs-constitutionality-of-child-sex-offenders-lifetime-restrictions Peter Hancock /politics-issues/2018-10-01/no-one-knows-where-nearly-1-200-sex-offenders-live-in-missouri-audit-finds Updated Oct. 1 at 4:30 p.m. with comments from the St. Louis Police Department — Police in Missouri do not know the whereabouts of nearly 1,200 sex… Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:55:19 GMT /politics-issues/2018-10-01/no-one-knows-where-nearly-1-200-sex-offenders-live-in-missouri-audit-finds Rachel Lippmann /politics-issues/2014-08-26/law-enforcement-officials-back-ballot-measure-to-allow-more-evidence-in-some-sex-crime-cases A group of Missouri law enforcement officials have officially endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment designed to make it easier to prosecute sex… Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:10:12 GMT /politics-issues/2014-08-26/law-enforcement-officials-back-ballot-measure-to-allow-more-evidence-in-some-sex-crime-cases Marshall Griffin /government-politics-issues/2013-09-04/missouri-supreme-court-weighs-retrospective-action-on-sex-offenses-and-gun-laws The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether laws restricting actions by sex offenders and felons can be applied to people who were convicted before… Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:20:56 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-09-04/missouri-supreme-court-weighs-retrospective-action-on-sex-offenses-and-gun-laws /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-blasts-effort-to-override-veto-of-bill-removing-teens-from-state-sex-offender-list This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has accused some legislators – and notably House Speaker Tim Jones – of… Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:56:52 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-blasts-effort-to-override-veto-of-bill-removing-teens-from-state-sex-offender-list Jo Mannies /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-blasts-effort-to-override-veto-of-bill-removing-teens-from-state-sex-offender-list This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 21, 2013 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has accused some legislators – and notably House Speaker Tim… Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:35:26 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-blasts-effort-to-override-veto-of-bill-removing-teens-from-state-sex-offender-list Jo Mannies /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-sharply-denounces-bill-that-would-allow-some-sex-offenders-off-the-registry Updated 8-21-13 4:01 p.m.In St. Louis Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon sharply criticized a bill he vetoed that would allow juvenile sexual offenders to be… Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:36:20 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-08-21/nixon-sharply-denounces-bill-that-would-allow-some-sex-offenders-off-the-registry /government-politics-issues/2013-03-05/registered-sex-offenders-voting-at-schools-not-under-new-mo-house-bill The Missouri House of Representatives is considering a bill which would mandate registered sex offenders to vote at their local country clerk’s office,… Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:48:30 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-03-05/registered-sex-offenders-voting-at-schools-not-under-new-mo-house-bill /government-politics-issues/2012-10-11/commentary-flights-of-fantasy-frequently-crash This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 11, 2012 - In his Post-Dispatch column last Sunday, Bill McClellan wrote about a 50-year-old man… Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:04:20 GMT /government-politics-issues/2012-10-11/commentary-flights-of-fantasy-frequently-crash M.W. Guzy