SEX OFFENDERS
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Lawmakers respond to judge call to change sex offender program
By Don Davis Many Minnesotans may be perfectly happy to see sex offenders tossed behind bars, with jailers throwing away the keys. However, a federal judge says the system Minnesota uses is so clo...
Posted on 3/11/13 at 8:12 PM
Tribal judge says court, social workers see kids’ safety as top concern 
Despite persistent allegations by critics that children of the Spirit Lake Nation remain at risk due to placement with known sex offenders, the tribal court’s chief judge insists that isn’t happening.
By Chuck Haga , April 08, 2013
Minnesota officials seek way to release sex offenders
A federal judge says the system Minnesota uses to incarcerate sex offenders is so close to the throw-away-the-key philosophy that it violates the U.S. Constitution.
By Don Davis , March 11, 2013
Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice says state sex offender program under scrutiny
A federal court expects Minnesota to address the continuing concerns about the constitutionality of a program that keeps many sex offenders locked up past the end of their prison sentences, the head of a task force charged with proposing improvements said Monday.
By Steve Karnowski , March 04, 2013
Recommendations advance for treating sex offenders in Minnesota
A special panel tasked with looking at alternatives to Minnesota's costly, high-security program for dangerous sex offenders recommended state legislators consider less restrictive regional treatment facilities.
By Associated Press , December 04, 2012
Sheriff: High-risk sex offender moves to Emerado, ND
A high-risk sex offender has moved to Emerado, N.D., the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department reported Tuesday.
By Herald Staff Report , October 16, 2012
At Spirit Lake, an effort to let children know which adults can’t be trusted
Looking down on the children trooping into the recreation center at the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation are 36 mugshots of sex offenders, kept there to warn them of adults they must not trust. It's an effort with added poignancy because of the trouble the reservation has had with its child protection and social service programs, which have failed so badly the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs is taking them over.
By Chuck Haga , September 16, 2012
Sex offender moving to Erskine, Minnesota
A Level-3 Predatory Offender who will be moving to Polk County. Lonnie Jerome Cote will be moving to rural Erskine August 31st. He has a history of engaging in sexual contact with female victims between four and 14.
By Forum Communications , August 28, 2012
Task force to examine sex offender program
A federal magistrate has ordered Minnesota to create a task force to explore less-restrictive custody options for sex offenders in the state’s civil commitment program who rarely go free under the current system.
August 16, 2012
High-risk sex offender moves to Grand Forks
The Grand Forks Police Department is notifying residents that a high risk-sex offender is moving into Grand Forks.
By Herald Staff Report , July 17, 2012
Sex offenders fight for right to use Facebook
Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation's courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to participate in common online discussions.
By Associated Press , May 31, 2012
Minnesota judges block rapist's bid for more freedom
A convicted rapist won't gain more freedom from a Minnesota program that confines more than 600 dangerous sex offenders after they leave prison.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2012
Fugitive sex offender arrested after accidental shooting in Minneapolis
A Level 3 sex offender who escaped arrest late Friday after a police confrontation that left an officer wounded was arrested Saturday afternoon, a police spokesman said.
By Nicole Norfleet , April 01, 2012
Online dating sites agree to screen for predators
Three online dating giants agreed to screen for sex offenders and take other safety steps after a woman was assaulted on a date, the California attorney general's office announced Tuesday.
By Associated Press , March 21, 2012
Convicted sex offender, 39, accused of swapping sexual photos with teen
Bismarck police say that graphic text messages and photographs led to the arrest of a 39-year-old man charged with four sex crimes involving a 16-year-old girl.
By Associated Press , March 15, 2012
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