N.Y. planning sex offender polygraphs
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Officials in two states proposed unusual plans Monday to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia's attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
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ALBANY  -  State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced an investigation into the popular online social networking website Facebook after undercover investigators posing as children were allegedly solicited by sexual predators.
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Attorney General Bob McDonnell wants sex offenders to register their e-mail accounts and online identities. While this gesture might score McDonnell political points for appearing tough on predators, it will do little to protect children.
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Plans for more "chemical castrations" will be among measures to crackdown on child sex offenders.
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By Ted Vaden, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 4--Most readers don't want The N&O to name complainants in sex crime cases. But most do want the paper to name the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 10--We all want creepy predators locked up. But not the way NBC does it.   And not the way police handled it in one Collin County town.
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Reports indicated that federal prosecutors in Manhattan are set to make an announcement in the investigation of Norman Hsu today.
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By Ellen Gedalius, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 22--TAMPA -- With little discussion, the Hillsborough County Commission on Wednesday moved forward with a plan to create child protection zones that would be off-limits to sexual predators.
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A treatment center for sex offenders is failing to meet its central purpose: preparing them to return to society.
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By SUSAN HAIGH HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut and at least a dozen other states are considering whether to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses as part of efforts to combat online sexual predators.
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Justice commissioner wants a register holding fingerprints and pictures of all visitors in an effort to keep out illegal immigrants
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MINEOLA, N.Y.  -- A Long Island couple videotaped and photographed sexual encounters they had with people they met over the Internet, then forced them to pay hush money, police said Wednesday.  A preliminary investigation has uncovered two victims, but Nassau County police detective Lt.
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Scores of child molesters and other sex offenders in Virginia will have to report to their probation offices for three hours Halloween night to keep them away from trick-or-treaters.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A national sex offender registry came into force Wednesday, requiring convicted offenders to register within 15 days after being released from prison, or if they're ordered to register.
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Justice Department investigators have sought to have senior federal prosecutors take polygraph examinations in an effort to determine who leaked the name of a confidential
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By MAGGIE BARRY  SEX attackers who go missing face being named and shamed in a tough police crackdown.   Proposed measures to keep track of them also include satellite tracking and lie detector tests.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has proposed strict legislation that would ban some sex offenders from using social-networking services like MySpace or Facebook.