According to a report issued by the state’s Office of Legislative Research three years ago, 21 states have adopted what are called residency requirements for convicted sex offenders, limiting where those offenders can live.
Connecticut is not one of those states.
Sex offender listed same address as foster home
Dane County officials recently moved to ensure the safety of a local child after state officials tipped off the county that a registered sex offender listed the same home address as the child’s foster home.
We Won’t Forget You, Megan – Neon Tommy
by Irini Connerton
On July 29, 1994, 7-year-old Megan Kanka walked across the street to say hi to her neighbor. He was cleaning his boat. He offered the little girl a chance to meet his puppy. Megan was never seen alive again.
Proposal for a Global Sex-Offender Registry – TIME
While the world’s attention was focused on Phillip Garrido, who is accused of abducting 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her hostage for 18 years as a sex slave, three other alleged sexual predators were quietly brought back to the U.S. to face prosecution for abusing countless children in Cambodia.
Offender Locator: Is the new iPhone app a good thing? – Parental Guidance – Maria Andreu – NJ.com
Now you can have sex offender information on your iPhone – but should you?
ConnecticutPlus.com News – Bill to expand sex offender notification law to school superintendents
Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she has signed a bill that requires the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) to alert the superintendent of schools in a community where a convicted sex offender lives or is planning to live when the offender is released.
Court suggests lawmakers address Megan’s Law loophole for homeless – The York Daily Record
Six years ago, a panel of Pennsylvania Superior Court justices ruling on a York County case cautioned the state legislature of an apparent hole in Megan’s Law — a hole allowing homeless defendants to wander away from the requirement to register where they were living.