EDMOND, Okla. — A convicted sex offender who molested his niece when she was 7 years old moved in next door to his victim nearly a dozen years after he was sent to prison for the crime. Outraged, the Oklahoma ...

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A recent decision by a state Supreme Court Justice in Oneida County criticized state officials for failing to properly treat a sex offender who served 30 years in prison and subsequently has been civilly confined for nine years. In a ...

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WASHINGTON — With a nod to the importance of social media in American life, the Supreme Court signaled Monday it could strike down a North Carolina law that bars convicted sex offenders from Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites. At ...

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In a major blow to civil liberties, an appeals court has upheld the Minnesota system that civilly commits sex offenders after they’ve served their prison terms, a confinement from which no one has ever been fully released. The decision, filed ...

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A Syracuse-area doctor who served 18 months in a Cambodian prison for a sex crime against a minor should be assessed for a sex offender risk level in New York, an appeals court has found. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a North Carolina sex offender should have another chance to challenge an order that he wear a GPS monitoring bracelet around the clock and for the rest of his life. The ...

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There was not enough evidence to show a Western New York man who served his maximum sentence for a sexual-abuse conviction needed to be returned to confinement, a divided Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The court, In the Matter of ...

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A Hollywood actor who filmed sexual activity with two fellow students without their knowledge while he was attending Colgate University is being rated as a low-risk sex offender. Madison County Court Judge Dennis K. McDermott on Monday found Michael J. ...

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A 25-year sentence is not too harsh for a convicted sex offender even though he was offered a two-year term in a proposed plea agreement on the eve of trial, a divided appeals court has ruled. Several arguments of Mathew ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Sex Offender Mental Abnormality — Expert Opinion — Hearsay State of New York v. Floyd Y. No. 182 Judge Rivera Background: The Court of Appeals was asked to consider whether, and to what extent, a ...

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A civilly confined sex offender is trying to get a new trial on the basis that the mental abnormality he was diagnosed with is not specifically listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The offender, identified in ...

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ALBANY — A midlevel New York court has upheld state confinement of mentally deficient sex offenders who have not been convicted of an underlying sex crime. The five Appellate Division justices on Thursday reversed a judge ...

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