SexCrimeDefender
SexCrimeDefender "is designed to promote discussion of sex crime defense, including rape, sexual assault, sex offender registration, child pornography and child molestation. The discussion is open to laws, regulations, court opinions, important individual cases and legislative trends."
Author: The blawg is sponsored by the Smith Law Offices, with offices in Bangor and Portland, Maine.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • States • Maine • Law Firm • Private Defense
Recent Posts from SexCrimeDefender
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A Response to Ms. Pope
Ms. Pope, in responding to my post on age of consent laws really misses my point. First, this is a blog by a criminal defense lawyer-not a political partisan (at least in this context). When…
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Progress on the Sex Offender Registry
This was signed into law by the Governor on June 11, 2009. While not perfect and still a continuation of the ex post facto scheme (which has been upheld by the Law Court)-but progress nonetheless.…
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Legislation on Residency Restrictions and Registration
Well, its some progress. From the Bangor Daily News: AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislation that would restrict a community’s ability to control where sex offenders live in town is headed to the full Legislature after a…
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A Random Thought on the Age of Consent
In all states there is an age below which someone cannot consent to sexual activity. The age varies from state to state. In Maine the age is 14 or 16 depending on the age of…
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Adam Walsh Act in the Crossfire
In Maine the Adam Walsh Act is seen (from the defense perspective) as an improvement over the current state of affairs. While it may be just as draconian in some respects, the AWA at least…
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Things NOT To Wear To Court
Occasionally some people so transcend cluelessness that it approaches the sublime. The most common example I have seen is the Defendant charged with OUI (DWI) who wears a Budweiser t-shirt to court. Recently, though, I…
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What a difference some favorable facts make!
I was recently involved in a computer solicitation case in which my client was accused of enticing a "13 year old" (who in reality was a cop) to a location under one of our local…
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What Women Want
One of the constant and ongoing challenges of the defense attorney in sex cases is to figure out a rationale explanation for seemingly irrational and otherwise assaultive behavior. The possible permutations or human sexual desire,…
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Child Porn Victory
State v. T.J. In 2006 the Defendant’s then wife went to the police station and reported that her husband was cruising websites showing child pornography. The police seized the computer and found said pornography. A…
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DHHS "Substantiation" Hearings Described
The power of the Department of Health & Human Services to intervene in families lives on the thinest of suppositions never ceases to amaze me. Prior to a few years ago if the Department sent…