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*[http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/08/dont-just-get-kids-off-the-sex-offender-registry-abolish-it/ Don’t Just Get Kids Off the Sex Offender Registry. Abolish It]
::Recently the New Yorker published a major article about juvenile “sex offenders.” The story, by staff writer Sarah Stillman, is far ranging, moving and important. Stillman writes about many young people who were caught doing anything from playing doctor to sexually coercing another person (usually another child). Convicted for sex crimes, some of these youth are incarcerated and subject to lifelong sex offender registration—a kind of social death sentence.<br>([[Judith Levine]] – Erica Meiners, US, April 8, 2016)<!-- Added 4-9-16 -->
*[http://www.aclu-il.org/aclu-of-illinois-eff-ask-state-supreme-to-strike-down-limits-on-free-speech-in-cumbersome-sex-offender-laws/ ACLU of Illinois, EFF ask state supreme to strike down limits on free speech in cumbersome sex offender laws]
*[http://www.aclu-il.org/aclu-of-illinois-eff-ask-state-supreme-to-strike-down-limits-on-free-speech-in-cumbersome-sex-offender-laws/ ACLU of Illinois, EFF ask state supreme to strike down limits on free speech in cumbersome sex offender laws]
::The ACLU of Illinois, joined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, today asked the state supreme court to strike down the “incredibly broad scope” of limitations contained in the state’s sex offender registry laws. (Staff writer, [[ACLU]], US, April 7, 2016)<!-- Added 4-7-16 -->
::The ACLU of Illinois, joined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, today asked the state supreme court to strike down the “incredibly broad scope” of limitations contained in the state’s sex offender registry laws. (Staff writer, [[ACLU]], US, April 7, 2016)<!-- Added 4-7-16 -->

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Recently the New Yorker published a major article about juvenile “sex offenders.” The story, by staff writer Sarah Stillman, is far ranging, moving and important. Stillman writes about many young people who were caught doing anything from playing doctor to sexually coercing another person (usually another child). Convicted for sex crimes, some of these youth are incarcerated and subject to lifelong sex offender registration—a kind of social death sentence.
(Judith Levine – Erica Meiners, US, April 8, 2016)
The ACLU of Illinois, joined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, today asked the state supreme court to strike down the “incredibly broad scope” of limitations contained in the state’s sex offender registry laws. (Staff writer, ACLU, US, April 7, 2016)
DENVER - A proposal to ratchet back criminal penalties for teens exchanging nude images of themselves has failed in the state Legislature. (Marshall Zelinger, - Associated Press, April 6, 2016)
(Interview broadcast April 2, 2016)
Troopers said the teen, who resides in the town of Wayland, allegedly formed a relationship with the child through social media channels. (Staff reporter - Democrat & Chronicle, US, April 1, 2016)
The Bellevue Police Department says the arrests are the result of an investigation beginning on October, 30, 2015, when investigators received a report of teens using cellphones to exchange sexually explicit images of children. (Marjorie Sturgeon - KMTV News US, April 1, 2016)