Offender

Revisiting Kamala Harris’s Approach to Sex Offender Residency Laws Amid Misleading Claims in Super PAC Ad

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In a striking example of political advertising’s power to mislead, a recent TV ad by a pro-Donald Trump super PAC portrays former California Attorney General Kamala Harris as lax in enforcing laws to keep sex offenders away from schools and parks. This ad, part of a $19 million campaign broadcast thousands of times across at least five swing states, distorts Harris’s actual record on the enforcement of California’s stringent sex offender residency law. The ad stems from complex legal and constitutional challenges to the California law known as Jessica’s Law. Approved by roughly 70% of … Read more

McDonald’s Faces Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit for Allegedly Employing Registered Sex Offender Who Assaulted Teen Worker

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HEARNE, Texas — A legal battle is unfolding as McDonald’s and its franchisee, McKinney Restaurant Management, are being sued following allegations that they employed a registered sex offender who subsequently assaulted a teenage co-worker. The lawsuit centers around the claims that Eric Price, a 28-year-old convicted sex offender, was negligently hired at a McDonald’s location in Hearne, leading to the assault of a 15-year-old female employee. Price, previously convicted of sex crimes involving minors, is currently serving a 40-year sentence for this latest offense. Official records detail his prior convictions, including a case in 2014 … Read more

Bronx Nurse Blames Weak Crime Laws for Attack by Repeat Offender, Sparks Concern for Healthcare Workers

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Bronx Nurse Blames “Soft-on-Crime” Laws for Assault A nurse in the Bronx has spoken out about her alleged assault by an undocumented immigrant with a history of targeting female medical workers, blaming New York City’s “soft-on-crime” laws for her attack. Chelsea Mora, a nurse at Jacobi Medical Center, recounted her experience of being struck by Edward Johnson while trying to take his vitals on January 13. Johnson, who is believed to have entered the US illegally over a decade ago, has been arrested 23 times and has allegedly attacked hospital workers in multiple incidents since … Read more

Lawyer for Austrian Sex Offender Josef Fritzl Seeks Release to Nursing Home for 88-Year-Old Father of 7

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AMSTETTEN, Austria – The lawyer for Josef Fritzl, the Austrian sex offender who imprisoned his own daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children, is seeking his release from prison. Astrid Wagner, his lawyer, wants to move Fritzl, who is now 88 and has dementia, to a nursing home. Fritzl was sentenced to life in 2009 for the death of one of his children, as well as rape, incest, and enslaving his daughter. A recent psychiatric report on Fritzl suggests that he no longer poses a threat to the public. The report’s findings may influence … Read more