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  • Sex crimes against youths decline, High-profile cases shadow decade's gains

    08/25/2005 12:32:52 PM PDT · by newgeezer · 8 replies · 522+ views
    The Olympian ^ | August 25, 2005 | Wendy Koch
    Megan Kanka, Jessica Lunsford, Shasta Groene.These girls, all believed to be sexually molested by men and two of them killed, have generated headlines, prompted states to stiffen penalties against offenders and caused many parents to fear their child could be next.Yet gut-wrenching as these high-profile cases are, they don't tell the whole story of sex offenders in America. They don't reflect the surprisingly good news: Sex crimes against children have dropped dramatically in the last decade. An online national sex-offender registry was launched in July. And recent research shows doctors can better predict which offenders may strike again. "There's a...
  • Killer: Retardation should overturn Kanka case conviction

    04/26/2005 7:18:34 AM PDT · by LIBERATENJ · 12 replies · 418+ views
    NEY YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | 4/26/05 | A.P.
    Killer: Retardation should overturn Kanka case conviction ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. — The man in prison for raping and murdering Megan Kanka should have his conviction and death sentence overturned because he is "borderline mentally retarded," according to his lawyer. The argument stems from a U.S. Supreme Court decision and is part of the latest appeal of death-row inmate Jesse Timmendequas, the sex offender convicted of the 1994 kidnapping and strangulation of his 7-year-old neighbor in Hamilton. The case led the nation and many states to adopt Megan's Laws, in which the names and addresses of sex offenders are made...