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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New to the Sex Crime Blogosphere
I welcome Sex Offender Issues to the sex crime blogosphere. I had not noticed this site before for some reason but they have great and serious content.
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The Legislature totters toward "Improvement"
There are some legislators who understand the need for changing the SORNA system but I fear the politics of being "soft" on sex offenders will sink any efforts at meaningful reform. From the Kennebec Journal:The…
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Canadian Prisoner Exchange
While often more applicable to drug cases, it can be very helpful to have the option for Canadian clients to have the option of going back home on a "prisoner exchange." Essentially, after serving 1…
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How To Lose a Rape Trial
In August 2008 we finally came to the state charges for rape, assault and witness tampering. The same issues of credibility were in play and the case was much easier for us as the more…
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How to Lose A Gun Trial
I just completed a three day rape trial in Northern Maine. It was a fascinating case from beginning to end: 1. The Defendant had allegedly abducted his pregnant girlfriend from a women's shelter in 2005.…
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Convicted Sex Offender Bail Revoked
From CNN: FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- A former Florida teacher, who for a year avoided serving a 43-year sentence for sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy, was handcuffed and ordered back into state custody Friday.…
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Maine's First "Jessica's Law" Sentence (After Trial)
From the Bangor Daily News:In the first application at trial of what is known as Maine’s Jessica’s Law, a Rockland man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl. Micah…
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Maine Legislature Considers Modified Sex Offender Registry
From the Bangor Daily News:. . . Maine’s online sex offender registry was controversial even before April 2006, when a young Canadian man stalked and killed two men whose names and addresses he found there.…
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SORNA Guidelines under the AWA Released
The long awaited Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Guidelines have been released. Sex Crimes has commentary here.
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Human Rights Watch Report on Sex Crime Laws in the US
HRW has a report out surveying and commenting on US sex crime laws here.