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"Federal Judge Delivers Due Process Win Against DOJ Registry Overreach," by Autumn Billings, Reason, April 16, 2026
"How a Decades-Old Illinois Law Detains Some Convicted Sex Offenders Indefinitely," by Brandis Friedman, WTTW, April 14, 2026
"Ohio man becomes first person convicted under federal law criminalizing intimate deepfakes, DOJ says," by Bruna Horvath, NBC News, April 08, 2026
"Medical costs are soaring for aging sex offenders in Texas lockups. Taxpayers are footing the bill.," by Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, March 17, 2026
"Colorado prison backlogs for sex offender rehabilitation lead to missed parole dates, others getting out without treatment," by Seth Klamann, Denver Post, December 28, 2025
"Convicted sex offenders challenge Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS tracking at Seventh Circuit," by Caitlyn Rosen, Courthouse News Service, December 16, 2025
"Proposed Tennessee law would broaden death penalty eligibility in child rape cases," by Lexi Wilson, WKRN, December 13, 2025
"Child sex offenders would be barred from using cell phones, PO boxes under Alabama lawmaker’s bill," by Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector, November 07, 2025
"Could a Florida death penalty case reshape how U.S. handles child sex abuse?," by Shira Moolten, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, October 22, 2025
"They Served Their Time for Sex Crimes. The State Won’t Let Them Go.," by Jordan Michael Smith, New York Times, August 01, 2025
"Alabama defends law limiting where sex offenders can go," by Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service, August 01, 2025
"These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.," by Wilbert L. Cooper, The Marshall Project, June 21, 2025
"Scanning technology is coming to detect child porn. Here’s what it means," by Shira Ovide, Washington Post, June 24, 2025
"Oklahoma prosecutors can seek death penalty for child rape on first offense," by Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, May 28, 2025
"Los Angeles County changes sex crime policy after boy’s slaying," by James Queally and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, May 01, 2025
