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Larry R. Keller v. Fayetteville, AK Police Department Larry R. Keller v. Fayetteville, AK Police Department: Brief in support of motion to dismiss and response to petition for writ of certiorri. (Court Cases) http://firms.findlaw.com/RushLaw/memo1.htm Patterson v. State Of Alaska Patterson v. State Of Alaska: Opinion of the Court of Appeals No. A-6718, Trial Court No. 3KN-S96-409CR. The duty to register under ASORA does not violate the prohibition against ex post facto legislation. (Court Cases) http://touchngo.com/ap/html/ap-1641.htm Ruling Limits Access to Sex Offender Information Ruling Limits Access to Sex Offender Information: Unlike the 49 other states in the country, Massachusetts has a sex-offender registry in theory only despite a federal mandate to create one. (Court Cases) http://www.danverspolice.com/sexnws22.htm US Code : Title 18, Chapter 109A US Code : Title 18, Chapter 109A: United States Code, Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Chapter 109A - Sexual Abuse. (Court Cases) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/pIch109A.html John Doe vs. Porter-Gaud John Doe vs. Porter-Gaud: Edward Fischer, a former Porter-Gaud teacher, is charged with molesting 13 boys between 1960 and 1997. Fischer resigned from Porter-Gaud in 1982 after allegations of abuse. (Court Cases) http://www.geocities.com/~shawws/sentence.htm Sex Offender Sentencing: Focus on Mary Kay Letourneau Sex Offender Sentencing: Focus on Mary Kay Letourneau: Sex offender sentencing: Commentary and links to current issues, particularly the case of Mary Kay Letourneau, the Seattle schoolteacher (Court Cases) http://law.about.com/newsissues/law/library/weekly/aa111797.htm Megan's Law Debated Before High Court Megan's Law Debated Before High Court: Opponents of Pennsylvania's "Megan's Law," asked the state Supreme Court to declare the law unconstitutional. (Court Cases) http://www.postgazette.com/regionstate/19980917megan4.asp Article III: Sexual Crimes - University of Dayton School of Law Article III: Sexual Crimes - University of Dayton School of Law: The drafters of the 1999 revision to the 1998 MSCCC have combined the three sections of definitions, 3.02.2A, 3.03.5, and 3.05 into one section, 3.01. (Court Cases) http://cybercrimes.net/99MSCCC/MSCCC/Article3/3.05.html Court Rejects Challenge To Megan`s Law Court Rejects Challenge To Megan`s Law: The Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to New Jersey`s Megan`s Law, which requires authorities to tell communities the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders. (Court Cases) http://www.usatoday.com/news/court/nscot723.htm Federal Rules of Evidence Federal Rules of Evidence: Rule 413. Evidence of similar crimes in sex offense cases. (Court Cases) http://www.gamb.uscourts.gov/fedr/frev8xmb.htm Legal Motion to Exclude Evidence of Penile Plethysmography Legal Motion to Exclude Evidence of Penile Plethysmography: The motion summarizes the Daubert ruling, extensively quotes to the literature on the subject of sexual behavior assessment and collects the cases which disallow such evidence in legal proceedings. (Court Cases) http://www.smith-lawfirm.com/Scientific_Evidence_Brief.html Frontline: The Child Terror Frontline: The Child Terror: Frontline examines child sexual abuse and how, during the 1980s, mounting fears of child sexual abuse in day care centers led to a new prosecutorial crusade against child molesters in South Florida. (Court Cases) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terror/ Court: Not All Kansas Sex Offenders Have To Disclose Whereabouts Court: Not All Kansas Sex Offenders Have To Disclose Whereabouts: The Supreme Court refused to let Kansas publicly disclose the whereabouts of all sex offenders who are required to tell authorities whenever they move. (Court Cases) http://www.usatoday.com/news/court/nscot652.htm Sexually Violent Predator Law Ruled Constitutional Sexually Violent Predator Law Ruled Constitutional: A state appeals court has ruled that California's nine-month-old sexually violent predator (SVP) law is constitutional. (Court Cases) http://www.psych-health.com/svp.htm Law makes Scotland attractive to Net paedophiles Law makes Scotland attractive to Net paedophiles: Scotland's Appeal Court ruled on Thursday that Internet paedophiles should not face more than a one-year prison sentence for downloading child pornography. (Court Cases) http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2097893,00.html Blows Against The Empire: The Gribben Trial Blows Against The Empire: The Gribben Trial: Susan Gribben had been charged with killing her four young children with prior calculation and design. Ms. Gribben had been born to an alcoholic mother and a father who became a convicted sex offender. (Court Cases) http://www.oacdl.org/articles.html