Megan Taylor Meier

Cyber-harassment, Cyber-bullies, and Cyber-suicide - Missing and Exploited Children

Cyber-harassment, Cyber-bullies, and Cyber-suicide

registered sex offenders

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A number of lawyers representing sex-offender plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seek to declare the entire registry law unconstitutional. That case is now pending before U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper in Atlanta.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a provision of a 2006 state law that prohibits registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of day care centers, schools, churches and other places where children congregate.

"Obviously, it's extremely disappointing, he said. In throwing out the residency requirement in total, based on one situation, the effect of their ruling is that now convicted felony sex offenders are free to live anywhere they want to in Georgia, whether it's a park, playground or day care center next door."

Georgia Supreme Court Declared Law Unconstitutional Download overturn_jessica_law_ban.pdf

As society has imposed restrictions, it becomes almost impossible for them to find places to live. The problem is worsening in Florida as about 100 local ordinances add restrictions to the state's 1,000-foot rule, said Florida Corrections Department spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger. Sixteen homeless offenders are now living under a Miami bridge, while another took to sleeping on a bench outside a probation office.

California State figures show a 27 percent increase in homelessness among California's 67,000 registered sex offenders since the law took effect in November 2006. Since August, the number of offenders with no permanent address rose by 560 to 2,622.

Index page for domestic violence resource links

Index page for domestic violence resource links

Victim of Domestic Violence?

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These are my recommendations:

1) Call the police and tell them the whole story. Make them listen. Do not leave anything out;

2) Go to a woman's shelter. Stay until safety is certain;

3) Or m o v e to another town. Preferably one that is far away. Time
for a fresh start!

4) Face that you will stay scared for awhile. Remember that courage is
not lack of fear, but facing one's fear and moving ahead anyway.

5) Remember that the abuser is almost certain to abuse others. Just
a matter of time!

6) Keep in touch with us at Angels That Care.

7) Say to yourself : "I am a lot stronger than I have been giving myself
credit for. Every step I take away from a person who talks Love and acts
Hate will make me stronger. Being stronger, I will be able to make a
good life for myself. I will be able to help others do so.".

8) Repeat the above statement -- aloud and to yourself -- several times
a day.

9) Keep a stiff upper lip and make sure you have good locks.

10) Listen to those who r e a l l y love you!!

Heart to Heart and Soul to Soul,

Phyllis Jean Green, Angels That Care

PROTECT :: National Association to PROTECT Children :: Pro-Child :: Anti-Crime

PROTECT :: National Association to PROTECT Children :: Pro-Child :: Anti-Crime

PROTECT Newswire

PROTECT Our Children Act Passes U.S. House!


Nov 13, 2007
Take a bow, dance, sing, laugh, scream... if you are a PROTECT member you just won a major victory--a victory insiders said you never would. The PROTECT Our Children Act of 2007 has passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 415-2. There's still a long fight ahead for this $1 billion plan to combat child exploitation, but for today, celebrate your ability to fight and win in Washington!


Blaming the victim


Nov 13, 2007
Sexual predators blame their victims every minute of every day. But PROTECT volunteers brought two examples to our attention this week that just recently hit the news. In Canada, a 43 year-old human who sexually abused his own 5 year-old daughter wrote an "apology letter" to show his remorse, reports the Edmonton Sun. "I know that... giving in to you was wrong," wrote the perpetrator, who is now awaiting sentencing. Meanwhile, the attorney for a schoolteacher who fled to Mexico with a young student is being defended as the real victim by her attorney, James Martin Davis. "It's my understanding he was grooming her and she wasn't grooming him," the Associated Press quotes Davis as saying. Let's hope that gets each of them a heavier sentence.


Arizona arrest rescues three children in England


Nov 11, 2007
PROTECT has been hammering away in Washington that more resources for child exploitation investigators will mean more children rescued. Law enforcement can now locate hundreds of thousands of criminals trafficking in child pornography, allowing them to disrupt a thriving criminal marketplace and leading them to the door of countless child victims. But less than two percent of child pornography trafficking crimes known to police are even investigated, due to lack of resources.

Now there is a new reminder of how child exploitation investigators are saving children. The Phoenix, Arizona FBI has just announced the arrest of Thomas Henthorn, 65, for "transmission of child pornography."

"Information from... e-mail accounts revealed Henthorn communicated with and received child pornography from an individual later identified by the FBI as Chris Oxtoby of Northampton, England," says the FBI in a press release dated November 8th, 2007. "Specifically, the FBI discovered a video of Katie Scott, who lived with Oxtoby, engaging in sexual acts with a young child... British police ... arrested Oxtoby and Scott for sexually assaulting a child and producing child pornography. British authorities also removed three young children from the home."