In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped at gunpoint and never seen again. When the boy’s mother, Patty Wetterling, learned that her home state of Minnesota did not have a database of possible suspects—notably convicted sex offenders—she set out to make a change. Wetterling’s efforts led to the passage of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes
By Dianne Frazee-Walker Venturing far into the swamp lands of southern Florida, alligators lazily crawl through murky irrigation waterways and sugar cane lines in the marshy fields. Further down the muddy road, old plantation flats border the homestead grounds. Before the 60s, the dwellings were used to house seasonal Caribbean sugar cane workers. Eventually, modern
The scary things of Halloween, such as ghosts, goblins, and razor-blade-ridden apples, are now in the past. In today’s world, parents and children have a new set of haunting concerns. Last Thursday evening, as the sun was setting, children emerged into neighborhoods questing for ‘tricks or treats.” Homes were inventively decorated with carved jack-o-lanterns and
In the past several weeks I have been researching the sex offender laws applicable to sex offenders living in Rhode Island and in South Carolina. While not surprising, the laws are anything but rational and they are certainly not empirically based. This goes across the board, not merely in Rhode Island or South Carolina but
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