Two recent court decisions from Canada highlight just how different that country is from U.S. jurisprudence when it comes to sex offenses. Whereas U.S. courts routinely sentence those convicted of sex offenses involving minors to decades in prison, Canadian courts have shown themselves far more willing to consider nuance and the circumstances of the defendant. […]
Teen Vigilantes Target Sex Offenders
A 17-year old high school student from Walnut Creek, an affluent San Francisco/Oakland suburb, was arrested for harassing several local sex offenders he found on the public registry and shooting at them with his BB gun. Later investigation showed that he was also dealing drugs to his fellow students, and one girl was hospitalized after […]
Shoot a Sex Offender, Become the Sheriff
Second-degree murder charges were dismissed against an Arkansas man who shot an alleged sex offender attempting to kidnap his 13-year old daughter. Although the exact circumstances of the shooting remain unclear, the judge justified his dismissal due to the loss of possibly relevant video evidence. However, public backlash may have also influenced the decision. In […]
Warnings to Those Seeking Kiddie Porn
Project Intercept is a collaboration between the Lucy Faithfull Trust in the UK and huge technology firms like Google and TikTok, which posts warning messages to users who enter search terms suggesting an interest in sexualized depictions of minors or having explicit conversations with minors online. The messages advise users of the serious legal ramifications […]
Bi-Partisan Unity on Sex Offenders
In a U.S. political environment where the two major parties agree on very little, there is one issue on which they are absolutely united: making life difficult for anyone with a sexual offense on their record. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) have re-introduced a bill to revoke the pensions of any federal […]
Rehabilitation or Castration?
A poll by a Fox station in Fresno shows 79% of the public thinks sex offenders can be rehabilitated. But this appears not to have been noticed by the California legislature, which thinks they can always gain votes by demonizing sexual misconduct. Alarmed because parole had been granted to two elderly sex offenders, both of […]
Teen Kills and Dismembers Local Sex Offender
An attractive 19-year old Florida man lured a 28-year old man to his house and killed him with a baseball bat, then dismembered his body with a meat cleaver and saw, loaded it into suitcases and tote bags, and deposited it in a nearby marsh. Police have not released details about what the killer’s electronics […]
Fresno May Ban Those With Sex Offenses from City Council Meetings
The city of Fresno, California, has been sent into an uproar after a man on the sex offense registry announced his candidacy for the City Council, in the wake of the Council’s legally dubious attempt to impose onerous residency restrictions that would make it difficult for those convicted of sex offences to live almost anywhere […]
Nancy Mace’s War
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), the twice-divorced Republican sex symbol known for her numerous bikini pics, is now running for governor of her state. She wants to make it clear she has no tolerance for men she regards as creeps. On the positive side, she has called for outing her male colleagues for whom congressional funds […]
How Big a Threat is AI-Generated Child Porn?
An article in the New York Times in July 2025 reported that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) claimed to have received over 485,000 tips about AI-generated child pornography in the first six months of the year, a dramatic increase relative to 2024. Most of these came from Amazon AI Services. But […]