I find it amazing as well

Over at Preaching to the Choir, a recent posting made me sit up a little more, and pay attention.

http://rantsofapublicdefender.blogspot.com/2010/01/we-rock.html

What I find interesting is not so much that the Attorney got fired up over her topic. It was this statement:

So 200-some years ago, we wrote a contract with ourselves to make sure we would always respect the rights of the worst among us.

I find that telling with the state of things. She talks about the down-trodden being written in the Constitution however we see that laws everyday passed to punish us for things that occurred 5, 10 20 years ago. So To S, at Rantsofapublicdefender, I say kudos to you for believing; but there again, how can you be so naive?

The inequalities of Sexual Assault

Read two very different articles last night from the news. The first one dealt with a 33 year old female volunteer scout master having "unforced' sex with a 16 year scout. The article named the ACCUSED, placed her picture in the article, and basically proceeded to make all sorts of toned down remarks on the alleged crime. What I found most striking about it, the comments section. People although condemning her actions, or alleged actions were very supportive of the idea of an older female with a late teen boy. Unlike what comments have been in the past when the roles were reversed.

The second article dealt with a 9 year old boy and a 6 year old girl. THe alleged offender, and his alleged victim were neither named, however the coments were much more harsh, calling the 9 year old boy child a monster, terrible, and some even saying that he should be kill "to stop him from ding it again" .

This is troubling. A 9 year old child who probably had limited knowledge of what he was doing is a monster, yet a 33 year old female is just a little mis-understood? How does that work out again?

While I find both behaviors troubling at best, I clearly see the outcome of decades of programming by NOW, Code Pink, et. al. citing the fragility of the female species on one hand, but how they should be giving equal status in the world on the other. A 33 year old male would not have been treated in the same way. In the past, 33 year old men in the same situation are "Monsters", "evil", "perverts"; While females, no matter what the age are "mis-understood", "Abused at home", "seeking to escape from wrongs in her current relationship". Grow the fuck up people. Your misguided, uneducated stance on all things Sexually Related are so infantile it is sickening. Either label all as the same or sit down, and shut the fuck up on the matter.

Most women are more evil in the area of Sexual assault, due to the planning of the assault, their ignoring of multiple parental and adult programming traits, while men are more driven by power and sexual attraction alone.

Yet another article on how ineffective the registry is in Texas

Discretion is the hallmark of the criminal justice system in Texas. The laws are written clearly, but the decisions are left to people. Juries are empowered to examine the facts of cases and make responsible decisions regarding guilt and innocence. Judges are trusted to maintain decorum and uphold the laws so that justice can prevail. At all times, participants within the court system are expected to handle difficult and sensitive matters in the interests of fairness and justice.

The Sex Offender Registration Program is the exception to this general principle. Unlike most areas of the criminal justice system, judges are given no discretion whatsoever. Under Texas law, when a person is convicted of a qualifying sex offense he or she is automatically and permanently required to register as a sex offender.

The laws providing for mandatory lifelong sex offender registration are ineffective. For the justice system to live up to its name, judges should be given discretion over the terms of registration.

Texas Sex Offender Registration Laws

Under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, anyone who is convicted of a sexual offense is required to register with local law enforcement as part of the Sex Offender Registration Program. Depending on the particular crime, the offender must register for 10 years, or for his or her entire lifetime.

The duration of the registration requirement depends entirely upon the crime; once a person is convicted, a judge has absolutely no discretion. The judge cannot decide that the registration period should be limited or that registration is inappropriate under the circumstances. The required registration period is mandated by the relevant statutes.

The Problem With Eliminating Discretion: No Two Cases Are the Same

Some may argue that the lack of discretion leads to equitable treatment; one person convicted of possessing child pornography should be treated the same as any other person convicted of possessing of child pornography. However, in criminal matters the circumstances are always important. No two cases are identical and removing a judge's discretion does not lead to equitable treatment.

For example, consider the case of a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old who are engaged in a consensual sexual relationship. Despite the laws, such relationships are undoubtedly common and rarely draw the attention of Texas courts. However, in the event that the relationship turns sour or results in pregnancy, the 16-year-old may report the encounters as nonconsensual.

In accordance with Texas law, the 18-year-old could be prosecuted for indecency with a child. Indecency with a child is an offense requiring registration; if convicted, the older partner would be required to register for life.

This hypothetical is not intended to undermine the very real threat of sex offense or to suggest that all accusations are false. However, by leaving the judges without any discretion in sentencing, people who truly pose no threat are classified and publicly ostracized with those who are legitimately dangerous. Lifetime registration as a sex offender is a tremendous burden to place on someone for a mistake made at age 18 in a consensual relationship.

An Overinclusive Registry Undermines the Intent of Notification

Furthermore, including this hypothetical 18-year-old ultimately undermines the registry. One of the primary purposes of a sex offender registry is to alert the public to local people who are potentially dangerous. When people who are not truly threatening are included in this database, the registry is overinclusive and becomes less valuable.

If judges had discretion, they could examine the individual circumstances and determine whether a particular offender is likely to commit another offense in the future. Accordingly, the registry could be limited to those who truly threaten others and therefore warrant inclusion.

Alternately, the judge could consider the circumstances and determine whether a shorter registration period might be sufficient, rather than the current lifetime registration requirement. Again, this would alert the public to people who had recently committed sex offenses without including those who haven't committed crimes for decades.

Unfortunately, judges in Texas are not currently given this type of decision making authority; they are beholden to unbending laws. As a result, it is extremely important that anyone accused of any type of sex offense in Texas take these accusations seriously and consult with an experienced criminal defense attorney. A knowledgeable lawyer cannot change the laws, but can take actions to minimize the potential consequences of any accusation.

To the Article

Attorney General, Shapiro, and the lot...

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, state Sen. Florence Shapiro and Rep. Aaron Pena today marked the Texas Senate’s passage of legislation that would require convicted sex offenders to provide their online and cellular telephone account information to the state’s Sex Offender Registry. Senate Bill 689 passed the Senate on Monday and is now pending in the Texas House of Representatives.

What they forget to explain to you is that even if you are NOT convicted that you still have to give these up. By legislating Guilt, the legislature has mandated those who's charges were dismissed to continue to register.

“This legislation will help protect children by ensuring that state law keeps up with modern technology,” Attorney General Abbott said. “By requiring sexual predators to provide their electronic identities, the Legislature is simply improving existing registration requirements – which require convicted sex offenders to provide their addresses to the Department of Public Safety. As Attorney General, I am grateful to Sen. Shapiro and Rep. Pena for their innovative approach and commitment to Texas children.”

Bullshit. This actually is a clever ploy by them to circumvent the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Sen. Shapiro added: “I have spent my career protecting the innocent against predatory sexual offenders, beginning with Ashley's Laws in 1995. With today’s new Internet sites, it is now time to take this fight into the virtual world and target those who target our children through social networking sites, chat rooms and live video gaming systems. I commend General Abbott for his work against these most heinous criminals as well, and am grateful to his Cyber Crimes Unit for the strides it has made to bring these offenders to justice.”

Actually no she hasn't. Ms. Shapiro has spent her legislative career getting family members appointed to the various Holocaust committees, diverting state funds to Israel for economic purposes, as well as allowing herself to also infringe rights of those she deems unpure... Funny how a Jewish woman would use the same tactics as Hitler did.. I will bet that her mother and father are turning over in their graves.

Rep. Pena said: “We are closer today to preventing sex offenders from using social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to prey upon our children. SB689 is an important progression in making the Internet safer from online predators. This legislation will provide law enforcement with new tools, resources and information to track sex offenders online.”

And Here they even tell you that they want to usurp the Bill of Rights by blocking access to all Internet sites.

The bills – Senate Bill 689 by Sen. Shapiro and its companion House Bill 1239 by Rep. Pena – include four key provisions that strengthen state sex offender registration laws:

689 was the only one to actually pass, but the other was exactly the same.

• Registration of Internet accounts and e-mail addresses. If enacted, the legislation would require all sex offenders to register their Internet account and online identifiers, including e-mail addresses and designations used for online chatting, instant messaging, social networking or other similar Internet communication. The law would require that sex offenders notify their primary registration authority or the Department of Public Safety, which manages the state’s Sex Offender Registry, any time offenders change their Internet service providers or other online identifiers.

Wow.. As you can see, they want your life so they can contact the ISP's, Social sites as well as ANY site that you register with to DENY you access. Yeah, that pretty much kills opportunity to have First Amendment rights...

• Registration of mobile telephone numbers. Dramatic growth within the mobile communications sector has increased children’s access to cellular telephones. As a result, young Texans now frequently send text messages, transfer photographs, and use their mobile telephones to chat online. To help prevent sexual predators from using mobile phones to prey upon children, the law would require registered sex offenders to register their cell phone numbers with the DPS.

This one I find interesting. How does this 'protect' the children again. What, some rSO is gonna randomly dial or text phones until he finds someone to exploit?.. Oh whatever, this is just another way to give out your information to be harassed

• Sharing information with law enforcement. Authorizes DPS to release state sex offender Internet identifiers to the OAG and social networking sites (i.e., MySpace.com, Facebook.com).

See! Explained this above. What does Facebook or Myspace need to know my phone number for again?

• Internet prohibitions for certain sex offenders. Requires sentencing courts and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to prohibit certain sex offenders (e.g., those who committed a sex offense against a minor; are designated a level 3 sex offender; or used the Internet to facilitate the commission of the crime), as a condition of parole or probation, from using the Internet to access obscene material; access a commercial social networking Web site; communicate with other individuals or groups for the purpose of promoting sexual relations with persons under 17; or communicate with a person under 17 when such offender is over 17.

Ok, as a PROBATION requirement, I can see that. However, I am not on Probation or Parole.. So how again can you legally MAKE me do these things?

In 2003, Attorney General Abbott established the Cyber Crimes Unit to crackdown on child pornographers and sexual predators who use the Internet to prey upon children. The Cyber Crimes Unit has arrested 105 predators in 25 Texas counties and Indonesia. These defendants were caught trying to arrange sexual encounters online with victims they acknowledged were young children. The “children” actually were undercover investigators. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators have also obtained convictions against 96 individuals on child pornography charges.

Ok, I cannot fault them for trying to stop people from harming children. That IS protecting them, however I find it a flat lie to say they arrested someone in Indonesia.. Texas law is long, but it ain't that long.

Since taking office, Attorney General Abbott has earned a national reputation for aggressively arresting and prosecuting child sexual predators. In addition to arrest roundups, Abbott also launched a series of town hall meetings statewide to educate parents and teenagers about the kind of criminal activity that goes on in connection with Internet diaries, chat rooms and social networking sites. Thousands of concerned Texans turned out at venues across the state to participate in the interactive presentation about the risks of online predators and the steps parents can take to protect their children online.

Well, I am happy that he aggressively goes after predators. So why in the FUCK is he still messing with the other 97% of us that are not predators? I think it is funny in the quote above, how he is trying to teach parents and teens the evils of having online information like 'diaries' .. Umm, earth to old dude.. What in the fuck do you think Myspace and Facebook are? Fucking idiots.

What has come of the World?

Ok folks, I know this isn't pornotube or what ever, but I found this incredibly weird, and somewhat funny. A 'Christian' dating service selling sex. Look at the picture and tell me what you see, cause all I see are cute faces and boobs. And no, you cannot judge either on her intellectual merits, as there is nothing to say that either isn't a sack of flour mentally.


This wasn't something I went looking for either. It was presented to me in a sidebar ad in my email. I wonder if this falls in the do as I say, not as I do type of philosophy?

SB 2075 -- Texas State Legislature

Well, now the State Senate Committee has done it. They too have re-worded the deferred adjudication bill that was submitted excluding all those with more than a State Jail felony. S.B. 2075 relies on the person wanting expungement to fit in the narrow definition of being able to have gotten an order of nondisclosure. What a crock of shit. This does nothing but continue to punish ALL of us not fitting in the narrow scope to continue to deal with punitive practices of the state legislature. Here's a list of numbers to start calling. These are the state legislators that are responsible for taking a bill that would have allowed Texas to finish its promise to all of us that are being unlawfully held to the list WITHOUT a CONVICTION. Bills of Attainer are ILLEGAL, but yet they pass them every year.

(thanks to tajlr for compiling this list)

Senator John Whitmire (Chairman)
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0115
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3737
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Director Lara Wendler (512)-463-0115
lara.wendler@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Aide Susan Fontenette

Senator Kel Seliger
kel.seliger@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0131
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3733
kel.seliger@senate.state.tx.us
Chief of Staff Bryan McMath (512)-463-0131
Bryan.McMath@senate.state.tx.us

Senator John Carona
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0116
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-3135
john.carona@senate.state.tx.us
Chief of Staff Margie McCloskey
margie.mccloskey@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Director Detta Haffelder
detta.hoffelder@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Aide Stephanie Schotz

Senator Rodney Ellis
rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0113
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-0006
Chief of Staff Brandon Dudley
brandon.dudley@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Glenn Hegar
glenn.hegar@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0118
Capitol Fax: (512) 475-3736
Chief of Staff Lisa Craven lisa.craven@senate.state.tx.us
Administrative Director Barbara Erickson
barbara.erickson@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Hinojosa
juan.hinojosa@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0120
Capitol Fax: (512) 463-0229
Chief of Staff René A. Ramirez (512)-463-0120
Policy Analyst, Capitol Athena Ponce
athena.ponce@senate.state.tx.us
General Counsel, Capitol Jerry Haddican
jerry.haddican@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Aide, Capitol Carlos Gutierrez
carlos.gutierrez@senate.state.tx.us
Legislative Assistant, Capitol Oscar Garza
oscar.garza@senate.state.tx.us
Media Relations/Policy Analyst, Capitol Arturo Ballesteros
arturo.ballesteros@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Dan Patrick
dan.patrick@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0107
Fax: (512) 463-8810
Legislative Director Logan Spence
logan.spence@senate.state.tx.us

inequality

I wanted to enter something here that really bothers me.. Lane Garrison, actor, drunk driver, killer will be released soon since he has paid off the wrongful death suit against him. Seem Mr. Garrison got 40 months for using his car, and a bottle of booze, to murder a young person.

Lane Garrison leaves prison in the next few weeks having settled litigation filed by the victims of the crash of a car driven by the intoxicated actor.

While no settlement amounts were released, the lawsuit brought by the parents of 17-year-old Beverly Hills High School student Vahagn Setian, who was killed in the 2006 accident, sought damages from the former Prison Break star for wrongful death and gross negligence. The action filed by injured passenger Michelle Ohana, who was 15 at the time, sought payment for medical bills, lost wages and home nursing care.

Garrison is currently in state prison finishing up a 40-month sentence for vehicular manslaughter. A spokesman for California Department of Corrections tells PEOPLE that Garrison is expected to be paroled in the next "few weeks."

The spokesman declined to discuss Garrison's plans, but similar parolees are generally released into community residential facilities and assigned to a parole officer somewhere in the state. For safety reasons, the corrections department does not disclose inmate release dates or the location of the residential facilities they are assigned to in a community.

Garrison began serving his sentence on Nov. 20, 2007, after pleading guilty. He is entitled to be released from his three-year, four-month sentence by earning good behavior credits behind bars, where he is working as a peer mentor for other inmates.

Funny. 40 months for killing a kid, and injuring another for life and he gets off with good behavior!?! How does that shit work. Yeah, he's a good guy, he only killed one and wounded another, that isn;t too bad, right?

Give me a freaking break..

Car washes

Here is a problem I have. People call rSO's sick perverted old men, regarding teen-aged females. But then, those same 'parents' allow their teen-aged daughters to hang out on street corners wearing nothing more than a thong bottom and a bikini top to get you to 'donate' money to their church, lodge, school, etc. Get it straight folks. Stop sexually exposing your kids so that you can be the parents with the highest dollar amount for the bake sale.

As for the tarts on the corners selling views of their body , err I mean car washes, I guess they are just getting started for their future careers as street walkers....

Attorneys who do not defend 'Child Molesters'

I was just ready an attorney's blog regarding child molesters and his not defending them. By not defending, I mean he will not take that person's case.

Although, I do not find an issue with anyone not wanting to do something that they might find distasteful, immoral, or something that makes their day feel not so warm and fuzzy, I do take issue with this.

A person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, right? Well, here is a defense attorney that states he will not defend a 'child molester'. Mr. Attorney, umm, how do you know he did it? If this guy still has to go to Trial, He has not been reviewed in front of the bench as guilty or innocent, then how are you defending a child molester again?

I know several defense attorneys. I have talked to them at great length about what they do or do not do in their chosen field, and what their take on things such as sex offenses are. I have never had one of them say, sorry I will defend a mass murderer that just took out a school of children, but I will not defend a child molester...

How do you make the determination, or is it that he too, the attorney. falls into that majority of idiots that allow the mis-represented fear actually control his thoughts, and allows him to pass judgment when sometimes, none is warranted?

When do the defenders stop defending, and become just another moron that believes information that is not based on facts, nor studies? I guess in this case, I have found that out.

Point to ponder...

Something struck me today while reading the news. Here it is.

When a child in the US is killed or abducted, the outrage is extreme. Not saying that it should not be, but it is extreme in the sense that it is a single child, yet people spew angry, hateful things towards the person convicted of doing such a thing.

However, The US Government can bomb a Country, kill COUNTLESS children, and Women, and innocent others, yet it is sadly, collateral damage. We as a population can agree with that and move on.

So the point here is, why is a child's life in the US so important, yet one in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan is not viewed in the same sense of anger, hatred when they are killed by one of our bombs, bullets, drones?

Point to Ponder today.

UN says we've been bad.. What are they gonna do, spank us?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/19/mexican.execution.violation/index.html

From CNN.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A United Nations court has found that the United States violated an international treaty and the court's own order when a Mexican national was executed last year in a Texas prison.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a ruling Monday in an unusual case that pitted President Bush against his home state in a dispute over federal authority, local sovereignty and foreign treaties. Mexico had filed a formal complaint against U.S. state and federal officials

"The United States of America has breached the obligation incumbent upon it" to stop the execution, the ICJ announced in a unanimous opinion.

-- So What else is NEW? We violate our own people all the time, why not a few Mexican Nationals?

Jose Ernesto Medellin's death by lethal injection in August followed a 15-year legal dispute after his conviction for two brutal slayings.

At issue was whether Texas and other states had to give in to a demand by the president that the prisoner be allowed new hearings and resentencing. Bush made that request reluctantly after the international court in 2004 concluded that Medellin and about 50 other Mexicans on various states' death rows were improperly denied access to their consulate upon arrest, a violation of a treaty signed by the United States decades ago.

Their home countries could have provided legal and other assistance to the men had they been notified, the court said.

In a separate judgment, the ICJ declined Mexico's demand that the United States provide guarantees against executing other foreign inmates in the future.

The U.S. Supreme Court last March ruled for Texas, allowing the Medellin execution to proceed.

Efforts stalled in Congress last summer over legislation that would have given foreign death row inmates like Medellin a new hearing before any punishment could be carried out.

State Department officials have said the international ruling will not help other foreign inmates in U.S. prisons, because federal officials cannot force states to comply. Administration officials also said that the president did all he could to force state compliance and that Congress now needs to intervene with specific legislation.

-- BullShit! I CALL BULL SHIT. The legislature passed Megan's law, they passed Jessica's law, and they passed the ADAM WALSH ACT and forced states to go along by mandating they pass 'state' authored laws.. This is horse shit. Again, the government denying responsibility for their actions.

Medellin was 18 when he participated in the June 1993 gang rape and murder of two Harris County girls: Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16. He was convicted of the crimes and sentenced to death.

The prisoner's lawyers argued that Mexican consular officials were never able to meet with the man until after his conviction.

Only Oklahoma has commuted a capital inmate's sentence to life in prison in response to the international judgment. Days after Medellin died by lethal injection, Texas executed Honduran native Heliberto Chi Acheituno, who also said his treaty rights were violated.

The ICJ in 2004 ordered the United States to provide "review and reconsideration" of the sentences and convictions of the Mexican prisoners. That world court again in July mandated that the United States do everything within its federal authority to stop Medellin's execution until his case could be further reviewed by American courts.

Based in The Hague, Netherlands, the ICJ resolves disputes between nations over treaty obligations. The 15-judge panel is the principal judicial organization of the United Nations, laying out rights of people detained in other nations.

The Supreme Court appeal turned on what role each branch of government plays to give force to international treaty obligations. After the ICJ ruling, the United States pulled out of that international court's jurisdiction in matters arising from the Vienna Convention.

In allowing the Medellin execution to proceed, the Supreme Court majority noted congressional "inaction" on the issue, efforts that had "not progressed beyond the bare introduction of a bill in the four years since the ICJ ruling."

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I am not saying what this asshat did was right, nor do I say that the end should have been any different , he raped and KILLED two young girls. For the murder, he got what should have been given. What I take exception to is the sheer bullshit being spewed from the State Department.

The real problem here is though, there is nothing that the UN can do about it. If they threaten sanctions, we'll threaten to either not pay our dues, or be a little 'late' like we did a few years ago, and not a single one of them will say another word.

Yes We Can.. Lie to the people

UPDATE-- I was absolutely incorrect. Anonymous pointed out that you CAN find the topics, if you know where to look. Do not attempt to search the topics on the first page, you have to go to the link Anon provided. I need to spend a bit more time searching and less getting angry. I take responsibility for flying off the handle...


Prez-elect Obama's transition team created a Citizen's Book at change.gov.. Seems they wanted to hear about what problems the president should hear about and look at fixing. I have been following several regarding the re-vamping of SO laws and regs. Last told, I saw 110 or so regarding the registry, re-vamping the laws, repealing AWA. Funny, but since they closed the ability to allow topics today, ALL of the requests for more just and less illegal laws, they were ALL deleted.

Funny..

Yes, We can.. oppress over 600 thousand American citizens...

Way to Go Obama, you have just proven that politicians truly are the lowest, most lying group of individuals on the planet. With this as an example of how you promote 'change' I guess we can look forward to many more years of business as usual politics...

Great Job.. You ..

County DA gets some SO love...

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- Contra Costa County Senior Deputy District Attorney Michael Gressett pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he raped and sodomized a fellow prosecutor in May.

The charges, which were filed Friday in Martinez, include two counts rape, four counts sodomy, three counts forced sexual penetration, one count forced oral copulation, one count false imprisonment and one count of making criminal threats for allegedly threatening to kill the alleged victim, according to the complaint.

Gressett, 51, also faces multiple enhancements for allegedly tying up the alleged victim and using a handgun and an ice pick during the alleged assault.

If convicted, Gressett could face a life sentence, Deputy Attorney General Peter Flores said.

Because Gressett is a county prosecutor, the state attorney general's office was prosecuting the case.

"As firmly and uncategorically as anyone has ever entered a not guilty plea, we enter a not guilty plea," Gressett's attorney Michael Cardoza said in court.

"This false accusation has shaken me to the core," Gressett told a swarm of reporters outside the courthouse. "I know that the accuser knows these accusations are not true."

Gressett, who was one of the top sex crimes prosecutors in the county and has been an attorney since 1987, said that after so many years of prosecuting "bad guys and fighting to get ... the truth out" it was extremely difficult and painful to be on the other side.

The fact the he was falsely accused and that the state would take the investigation as far as they have, Gressett claimed, has shaken his faith in the criminal justice system.

"He didn't do anything to force sex upon this woman," Cardoza said.

According to Cardoza, Gressett and his accuser had a consensual romantic relationship on May 8 when the alleged assault occurred.

The woman waited four and a half months before reporting the alleged assault and then came forward with her accusations just after she found out her contract to work for the district attorney's office was not going to be renewed, Cardoza said.

Because she waited so long to report the alleged assault, all of the exculpatory evidence was gone, Cardoza said.

Gressett and his accuser had allegedly sent text messages to each other that would have revealed the nature of their relationship, but by the time she accused Gressett, those text messages had been deleted from the system, Cardoza said.

"As a prosecutor she would know that," Cardoza said.

Flores declined to comment on the reasons why the victim waited so long to report the alleged assault and declined to characterize the nature of their relationship.

The allegations were being investigated by the state attorney general's office, the Martinez Police Department and the district attorney's office, according to standard protocol, Flores said.

Cardoza, however, said he believed the district attorney's office should have stayed out of the investigation.

Gressett was arrested Oct. 2 and remains out of custody on $1 million bail. He was also ordered to stay away from the alleged victim.

Ahh, yes.. another caught in their own net.. good luck there dude, but ofcourse people like you don't need luck.. you have the system in your hand. And I thought that they are alleged victims until guilt is proven.. biased media again..

Teen In Trouble For Hugging Teacher

http://www.kctv5.com/news/18007514/detail.html

OLATHE, Kan. -- Olathe, Kan., police are investigating after a 13-year-old student hugged his teacher.

It happened on Nov. 11 at Chisolm Trail Junior High at 16700 W. 159th St.

The hug made the teacher feel uncomfortable, so she told the school's resource officer, who filed a police report.

Police were classifying the incident as a sex crime, said Officer Johnny Roland, the Olathe Police Department's public information officer.

Police wouldn't discuss the incident because it involved a juvenile, and school officials declined to comment.

Olathe parents were split about whether the student should be in trouble.

"I'm all for hugging kids. Kids deserve and require a lot of affection, but in a school setting, that really might not be an appropriate thing," said Karen Brown, a mother of three.

Brown said the teen was old enough to understand that might make his teacher feel uncomfortable.

"He should know where the boundaries lie, especially as he's becoming an adolescent," Brown said.

Denise Ketelle is also an Olathe mother.

"I have kids that are used to hugging other adults. We encourage that in our family. It's very natural for that to carry over in the schools."

What punishment, if any, the teen may face may never be known to the public because juvenile criminal records are kept confidential.

Have these people lost their fucking minds!?!

OK, 13 year old male. Yes, hormones are active, he's beginning to get those urges, growing a little facial hair. Probably having his voice crack a little on him. Ok, so I can see where he is beginning to become a 'man' physically. But claiming this is even REMOTELY close to a sex offense is so far in left field. These are supposed to be caring, nurturing people?

What the fuck is wrong with this teacher? And that Karen Brown woman.. How if you have affection for someone, not sexual, I mean that type of affection that children should have for their teachers, is this a sexually offensive act? Go ahead fuck-wads, put this kid on the registry, ruin his entire life.

A good talking to, or even a parent/teacher conference might have been in order. They are reporting that he is gonna be in trouble with the law? How is this possible??????

Congratulations America. You have completely and utterly changed the nation. We are now a nation of people that no longer are allowed to have social interaction. You should be proud of yourselves, you've fucked up the country...

'Think about the children!!'.. pffft, it is all about making the population afraid. These people don't give a shit about 'the children'

Spitzer won't be charged in prostitution scandal

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in connection with the prostitution scandal that prompted his resignation, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.
Eliot Spitzer resigned his post as New York governor in March.

Eliot Spitzer resigned his post as New York governor in March.

"After a thorough investigation, this office has uncovered no evidence of misuse of public or campaign funds," U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said in a statement.

The attorney's office also said it found no illicit activity related to Spitzer's withdrawal of funds for, and his payments to, the Emperors Club VIP, which authorities have said was a prostitution ring.

"In light of the policy of the Department of Justice with respect to prostitution offenses and the longstanding practice of this office, as well as Mr. Spitzer's acceptance of responsibility for his conduct, we have concluded that the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter," Garcia said.

Spitzer resigned in March after it was revealed that he was among the Emperors Club's patrons -- "Client 9," according to court papers detailing the service's workings. Court documents detailed arrangements for a nearly two-and-a-half hour rendezvous between Client 9 and a high-class prostitute -- identified as "Kristen" -- at the Mayflower hotel in Washington in February.

Spitzer was linked to the Emperors Club when when IRS and FBI officials noticed suspicious transfers of larger sums of money between several of the governor's personal accounts, sources told CNN.

Those sources say red flags were raised when the money ended up in the bank accounts of shell companies linked to the Emperors Club.

In June, the leader of the Emperors Club, Mark Brener, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in federal court. Prosecutors said Brener's service charged between $1,000 and $5,500 an hour for trysts in New York; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; London, England; and Paris, France.

Police seized more than $1 million in cash from Brener's apartment at the time of his arrest.

Here we go again folks. The old Political two step. Again we see yet another filthy politician getting away with sex offenses. If this were joe nobody, he'd be on the registry by now. Yet another example of how the politicians take care of their own.

Pathetic. Fucking Christ, will we never see true equality under these drakonian laws? If you are a politician then you have nothing to fear from them.. A couple of calls to a buddy on Capitol Hill and everything just disappears!?!

This shit needs to stop. Either let us all go free, or start prosecuting these shitbags the same as anyone else.

Old Ole' Boys in Action

DENVER -- A federal appeals court has dismissed complaints that a former federal judge in Denver solicited prostitutes and asked one of them to lie.

The Denver-based 10th Circuit said Thursday the judicial misconduct complaints against former Chief U.S. District Judge Edward W. Nottingham were moot because Nottingham has resigned.

Nottingham had been under investigation for more than a year on multiple counts of misconduct.

Thursday's announcement was the first public confirmation of the nature of the complaints against Nottingham. KUSA-TV in Denver had previously reported the specifics, including allegations that Nottingham viewed porn sites in his chambers, visited strip clubs and used the services of prostitutes.

Nottingham's attorney, Stephen Peterson, didn't immediately return a call.

Peterson said last week that Nottingham was remorseful, embarrassed and ashamed.

Nottingham presided over the insider trading trial of former Qwest Communications CEO Joe Nacchio.

Oh yeah, the good ole' boy network in full force. The ex-judge so much as admitted that he did frequent this prostitute. Now, seeing as the Federal judge has allowed the charges to be dropped, there will be very little that can be done in the area of ethics violations. How pathetic is this? A very open attempt by the courts to take care of their own. So now, Seeing as they have dropped the charges, the ex-judge will never be blessed with inclusion of the registry in any items that he might be facing. Justice? whatever.

Voting Reminder

DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE!!!!!

Ok that said, read it again. I did not say who to vote for, although I have my candidate. It is not who you vote for so much as that you DO vote.

The biggest failing of the American electoral system is that only a few percent vote every election year. We have 300 MILLION people in this country, yet every year we only see 10 maybe 20% go to the polls. Does this say to you that the will of the people has been done? No, what this says is that Americans are so disenfranchised, so disillusioned by the American Government, that they do not want to deal with it. This is why we see laws being put in the books that allow harassment of people. This is how they created the new class of untouchables, the Sex Offender.

Everyone in the nation either is related to, or knows a sex offender. I am not talking about their victims, I am talking about friends and family of the offenders themselves. Yet no one will stand up for them and help create an atmosphere where fair and just laws are created.

Folks, I am not saying that laws protecting people are bad, or wrong. What I am saying is the laws need to be just, fair, and equitable. This is all any of us ask. SO's know they did something terrible once. We know that we have broken laws, and that we SHOULD be held accountable. What we have issues with, is the constant re-enactment of sentencing against all of us when something new occurs.

You know the reports, we've seen the studies. They consistently show that those of us that are caught and tried DO NOT DO IT AGAIN. The laws created to punish those of us that have already been punished do nothing to protect anyone. The initial law is what should be looked at as a deterrent. But there are those, that no law will ever deter. You have to stop bullshitting yourself and understand that.

Angry people as a whole do not murder? It is the deterrent of death for themselves that usually stops them from committing that act. However, there are some that just don't care about that, or believe they will not be caught and they commit that act anyways. The same holds true for Sex Offenders. I am in no way saying that Murder is the same as sexually offending. Murder is the most heinous act that one can do. Bar none. Although some can do it without thought, without any compassion. And they will continue no matter what law there is. This is the same as Sexual predators. Not offenders, but predators. The 3% of offenders that will do it again and again. no matter what laws you throw on them. These are the ones that need to be on a registry, that need to have GPS, that need to be away from children in every aspect. But they are not the whole, and they are certainly not in the majority. The lie that Americans have been told, and then believe is that all Sex Offenders will continue to create deviant sexual victims. This is a lie. If it were not a lie, you would have 600,000 new victims every day. Think about that.

Sorry to get out the soapbox.

So Ok America, is it time for a change, or are you happy with invading countries that did no harm to us? Do you like having your husbands, sons, daughters killed in a foreign land for Oil and Dick Chaney' Stock Portfolio? Would you rather live in peace or do you enjoy war as a daily activity?

Congress screws us again

Congrats folks, you are now in the hole another 700 BILLION Dollars. Whether you are for the bill or against the bill we ALL are now fucked to the tune of 700 Billion Dollars. WITH PORK! Wooden Arrows for Children!?!?!? What kid plays with wooden arrows anymore? Can you even find those stupid bow and arrow sets in a store anymore? SHeesh.

The last time I heard, the Market is supposed to be about risk. They screwed themselves, and now those same people that denied YOU a loan just got a free pass on your bank-account. Congrats to Congress for securing their Business Buddies and for not allowing the American people's will to override their wants for more under the table paychecks.

Our children hate us already.

No go for Sex Offenders trying to evacuate

Some of you might have heard of the recent evacuation of residents due to the Hurricane. What some of you might not have heard about was Gov. Rick Perry's policy on not allowing Sex Offenders to evacuate on buses provided by Texas Tax money before the storm hit.

There are stories over the last several days of sex offenders being disallowed from boarding the buses in Galveston, and Houston to escape the storm.

When people are in trouble, ALL people, then isn't it the job of the state to take care of its citizens? This has gone on long enough. Governor Rick "kill them all" Perry has got to go. Texans, remember this when you go to the polls and vote this lousy sack of shit out of office!

Gary Glitter’s return prompts tighter sex offender laws

Richard Ford, Jack Malvern and Andrew Drummond in Bangkok

Child sex offenders are to face tighter travel restrictions after it emerged that existing laws would not curb Gary Glitter’s movements after he returns to Britain.

The measures to be announced by the Home Office today come as the 1970s glam-rock star heads for London after serving a 33-month sentence in Vietnam for molesting two girls.

Glitter, 64, was released yesterday and deported. He flew to Thailand but managed to avoid boarding his planned flight to Britain last night, complaining of fatigue and dizziness. He rented one of the small rooms at Bangkok airport that are available for passengers who want to rest and declared: “I’m not going back to London. You can’t make me. I’ve done my time. I’m a free man.”

The singer, who was told that he would be arrested if he tried to enter Thailand and whose requests to fly to Singapore or Hong Kong were denied, was traveling on a passport issued by the British consulate in Ho Chi Minh City last November. He has the same rights as any British citizen to travel to any country that does not require a visa.

Under the Home Office’s proposed measures, child sex offenders would have to renew their passport annually and new rules would make it easier for police to seek an order restricting an offender’s movements. The ministry also wants to extend the length of time — currently six months — that child sex offenders can be barred from traveling abroad.

Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said: “I want to see anyone who poses a threat to our children dealt with as firmly as possible. I’ve spoken to child protection experts and the police and they have told me that these changes will further restrict the ability of child sex offenders to harm children both here and overseas.”

She said that it was her view that with his criminal record, Glitter, who, in his heyday, earned £800,000 a year, should not be travelling anywhere in the world.

The proposals came after the disclosure that police were powerless to impose a sexual offences prevention order on Glitter on his return to Britain. At present police require recent evidence that a person is at risk of re-offending. In future there will be no timescale on the evidence.

Registered sex offenders will also have to give more than the present seven days’ notice of their intention to travel abroad, making it easier for police to seek an order to ban them from going overseas and for their passports to be confiscated. The measures require legislation, so they will not be in place when Glitter returns.

The singer was driven from jail to Ho Chi Minh City airport via the British consulate and put on a flight to Bangkok. As he boarded his lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh, said: “Everything is OK. He is happy to be going home. He was in a good mood.”

On his arrival in Bangkok Glitter was met by Thai immigration police. He said: “I am not getting back on the plane with all the press there and I’m not going to the first-class lounge to be hassled by them. And I’m not going to London. I’ve done my time. I’m a free man.”

British Embassy officials were called in. Thai immigration officials declined to force Glitter back on the plane and the British police officer escorting him admitted that he had no jurisdiction to make him board the aircraft. As the officials pondered the situation, flight TG901 pulled away from the gate with Glitter still at the airport.

The singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was due to be met by police at Heathrow and told that he was being placed on the sex offenders’ register. He will join 30,000 people on the register and will be required to give police his name, date of birth, home address and national insurance number. He will be kept under the highest level of surveillance and be visited weekly by police and probation staff. If he breaks the terms of his registration he could face a prison sentence of up to five years.

Off the air

— Gary Glitter is thought to receive up to £50,000 a year from royalties and performance fees

— Glitter was enjoying a revival until he was charged in 1997 and had expected to appear in a Spice Girls film

— He used to earn about £100,000 a year from the National Football League in America, which played his Rock and Roll parts one and two after touchdowns. They dropped the songs after his conviction

Source: Times database

Did this man break any British laws? I don't care what he did in Vietnam. If they wanted to put him on a registry there, then fine, he should be on theirs. What justifiable law do the British have that allows a person to be placed on this registry if they have broken no British law?

Here is the real threat from these laws. This man has done his time, the arresting authority states that he is now a free man, but the police state fascists want to impose unlawful restrictions on someone that never broke their laws.

And why exactly does it take a 7 day notice for citizens to travel abroad? If one needs to travel on business, how is it justified? Why is it that the world's people allow governments to shave away our inalienable rights so easily. First it is the sex offenders, just as Hitler did. When are you people going to open your eyes and see that this is only the beginning. When they come for you and you are alone, who will fight for your rights? I certainly will not. I will welcome you into the crowd of all of us that have served our time, and should be free but are not.

Sieg Heil the New World Order.