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• Sex offenders not required to post signs on Halloween

• California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization won a victory on October 26 when a compromise was reached to halt one of the restrictions enforced by the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation during “Operation Boo”. Sex offender parolees will no longer have to place a sign on their door saying, “We Do Not Participate in Trick or Treating" on Halloween night. (WPVI-TV Philadelphia, US)

• Suspect shot, killed during child pornography raid in Chester, Pa.

CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) -- One man was killed and at least one other person taken into custody after the (child pornography) raid turned violent. (SAN DIEGO (CBS 8), US)

• Latest on Fogle case: Prosecutor outlines probe of Fogel

The latest on federal documents accusing longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle of engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography (The Associated Press , US)

• This 19-Year-Old Will Spend the Next 25 Years as a Registered Sex Offender

Zach Anderson’s freedom has been severely restricted because at just 19 years old, Zach is a convicted sex offender. Zach was arrested last winter after having sex with a girl he met on the dating app “Hot or Not,” who claimed she was 17. But she admitted to police that was a lie. She was really 14. (ABC News, US)

Follow Up:

Zach Anderson, 19-Year-Old Registered Sex Offender, Has Sentence Vacated (CHRIS JAMES and Lauren Effron, ABC News, US)

• Video emerges of boy with ADHD, 8, handcuffed at school; officer facing lawsuit

A Kentucky sheriff's deputy is facing charges in a federal lawsuit for handcuffing two young children with disabilities after the students were sent to the principal's office for misbehaving. (Eun Kyung Kim, NBC News, US)

• Child beaten to death, video stirs online storm

A video clip of a 13-year-old boy brutally tortured to death in Sylhet has gone viral on the internet, creating a firestorm on the social media. (The Daily Observer , BD)

Rajon 11 yrs. boy beaten to death at sylhet, Bangladesh (YouTube video)

• My Dad is a Registrant

The innocent victims project was created in 2011 as a way to educate lawmakers and the public about the collateral damage done to the families of registered sex offenders all over the US by the public nature of the sex offender registry. (YouTube video)

• Spain raises age of consent from 13 to 16

Changes agreed in principle in 2009 and expected to come into force this month also raise marriageable age from 14 to 16.
(Stephen Burgen, Star Tribune , US)

• Minnesota sex offender program is ruled unconstitutional

State leaders now must craft an overhaul of the “punitive,” unconstitutional system. (Chris Serres, Star Tribune , US)

• Parents Charged with 'Neglect' After 11-Year-Old Plays in Yard for 90 Minutes

Two Florida parents were hit with felony neglect charges after their 11-year-old son was reportedly playing alone in the backyard for an hour and a half. (Fox News insider)

• NSPCC accused of risking its reputation and 'whipping up moral panic' with study into porn addiction among children

Campaigners say the charity's 'flimsy research', which found that a tenth of 12 to 13-year-olds fear addiction to pornography, could have 'very dangerous' results. (Adam Withnall, The Independent, UK)

• Joliet teens charged with child pornography after group sex video posted to Twitter

Four Joliet teenagers 14, 15 and 16 - and one female, 15 were charged with child pornography after a group sex video was posted to Twitter and could be detained until they are 21-years-old. (WLS-TV, Chicago, US)