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President’s Message
Greetings everyone from Cheyenne, Wyoming! Mark Lunsford and I are here advocating for a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for convicted sex offenders, aka Jessica’s Law. This particular fight marks a two year battle with state lawmakers and I hope to have good news to report in next month’s edition of SCP’s newsletter.
 

CA Court Upholds Prop 83
California court upholds residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders, Governor promises to defend Jessica’s Law.

Minnesota Governor Cracks Down on Sex Offenders
Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota is ready to crack down on sex offenders. Under his new proposal, people convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct will face a presumptive sentence of 25 years in prison, a drastic increase of the previous 12 year sentence.

Model Legislation to Define “Sexting”
Thanks in large part to technology, parents of today’s teenagers have more to worry about than how well their child is doing in school or what career they plan to pursue. Today’s parents have the added burden of worrying about how technology is affecting their children. Is someone at school bullying them? Is their teenager “sexting,” the newest phenomenon of sending nude or semi-nude photos electronically to their boyfriends or girlfriends?

Nebraska Lawmakers Consider Legislation to Protect Consumers from Inadvertent File Sharing
Stop Child Predators’ President Stacie Rumenap testified before the Nebraska state House Judiciary Committee on February 17th as members considered legislation that would better protect consumers from inadvertently sharing information stored on their computers, and help eliminate the sharing of illegal materials like child pornography, through peer-to-peer applications (commonly referred to as P2P).

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