Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry
The justice system is founded on the premise of rehabilitating offenders. Individuals are sentenced to punishments deemed to fit the crime. Once a sentence is carried out, offenders are said to have paid their dues. Yet there are some crimes … Continue reading
Tagged sex crime |Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
While awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, millionaire financier Jefferey Epstein is believed to have committed suicide in his jail cell at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10. Epstein, aged 66, had been incarcerated since early July when he … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Internet Crimes | Internet Luring of Child | Sex Crimes
Members of the Cherry Creek School District have read unsettling headlines in the past few weeks. A bus driver in the community was charged with internet luring of a child. The man is currently on administrative leave. An undercover officer … Continue reading
Tagged Sex Crimes |Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
A Colorado man was convicted of sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust in 2016. Why? Because he ordered his 4-year-old foster child to approach him, removed his … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Rape | Sex Crimes | Statutory Rape
Statutory rape laws are based on the premise that minor children are incapable of informed consent to sex acts. The inability of minors to form consent is written in the statutes – hence the term “statutory rape.” In statutory rape, … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
Generally speaking, the overall crime rate on college campus has dropped substantially — except for one important area. Reports of sex crimes increased by an astounding 205% between 2001 and 2015. This probably sounds terrifying – and it should. However, … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
Sex crime consequences are some of the most severe in the Colorado criminal statutes – and for good reason. Sex crimes have long-lasting psychological impacts on survivors, and are a threat to society. To protect potential victims, convicted sex offenders … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
Recently, a Colorado man received the longest-ever sentence for human trafficking in U.S. history. Brock Franklin, 31, was convicted on 30 violations that fall under Colorado’s Organized Crime Control Act, including numerous sex crimes. Several children and women provided testimony … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry
If you’re convicted of a sex crime, one of the consequences of that crime usually involves having to register as a sex offender. Every state, along with our federal government, has a sex offender registry, but one court has found … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
In our state, if you’re convicted of a sexual offense, you are required to register as a sex offender for five, 10, or 20 years – up to life. What happens, however, when you’ve completed your registration period? Your first … Continue reading
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