The New York Times reported in October 2015 that the State of Minnesota civilly commits more sex offenders per capita than any other state in the nation. The Times said the state has committed more than 700 sex offenders over…
Category: Sex Crimes
2017
Category: Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Texas Penal Code § 21.15(b)(1) made it a crime to photograph someone “without the person’s consent” and “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.”
In 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex…
2017
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography
The FBI has paid informants in every nook-and-cranny in American society. But who would have thought that one of the nation’s leading retailers, Best Buy, would have its Geek Squad technicians on the payroll of this country’s top law enforcement…
2017
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Two Texas men with prior histories of possessing child pornography started the New Year out with 30-year federal prison terms that will keep them incarcerated until 2047.
On January 3, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Reed C. O’Connor, sitting in…
2016
Category: Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Aaron Wikkerink had an extensive criminal history that included a conviction for a sex offense (aggravated incest that had resulted in an eight-year prison sentence) when he was arrested again in February 2014 in Shreveport, Louisiana on 41 counts of…
2016
Twenty states and the federal government have laws that permit the civil commitment of sex offenders—most notably child molesters—who have been declared by the courts to be “sexually dangerous” to the general community.
In a October 2015 report, the…
2016
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
The State of North Carolina does not believe registered sex offenders should enjoy access to social media. State lawmakers made this clear in 2008 when they passed a law banning the use of social networking websites by registered sex offenders.…
2016
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
The Bill Cosby and Donald Trump sexual assault allegations, and the numerous media reports chronicling the pervasiveness of sexual assaults on college campuses, have placed this issue at the forefront of public discourse.
It is as if Americans are…
2016
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
Secret Dallas is a website that offers a “collection of links to the interesting and unusual Dallas entertainment and attractions that few visitors ever see during a typical visit.”
In effect, the website is a internet tour of the…
2016
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
The state of Texas has many dubious distinctions. It leads the nation as being the “worst” or near the bottom of the “worst” in many categories, like being the worst in nursing home care. But one of the state’s more…