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
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
If you are the parent of teenagers, you’ve probably heard all kinds of things about the dangers of sexting. If you are a young single adult, you’ve probably heard horror stories from friends or peers about sexts gone wrong. Even … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
Whether the offender is a teenage boy or a fully grown adult, no one likes a Peeping Tom. The term is a silly name for someone who “peeps” into the windows of homes, either by using binoculars from a distance, … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
Our country needs a lesson on sexual assault. College campuses around the nation are awash in controversy over allegations, accusations, and a “rape culture.” Regardless of whether the incidents actually occurred, our President-elect has openly bragged about committing sexual assault, … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry
We often talk about different types of crimes in two categories: violent and non-violent. Violent crimes cause bodily harm to others (think assault or murder), and non-violent crimes typically involve white-collar crimes or indiscretions concerning money or property (theft, embezzlement, … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes
Only weeks after Brock Turner’s six-month sentence for sexual assault charges sparked outrage across the nation, another light sentence for sexual assault has made national news. This time, the offender was sentenced right here in Colorado. Austin James Wilkerson, a … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry
Colorado has harsh sentences for sex crimes. As just one example, in the past offenders convicted for possessing underage pornography have received life sentences. To put that in perspective, these are non-violent crimes that receive the same sentence as that … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
Sexual assault is a serious crime – both here in Colorado and throughout the United States. It’s so bad that we usually can’t go a week without hearing about a sexual assault case on the news. For example, there was … Continue reading
Posted By: Jacob Martinez
Category: Child Pornography | Sex Crimes
Last year, the FBI operated one of the largest child pornography websites on the internet for almost two weeks. Yes, you read that right. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was running a child pornography site. The site gave users access … Continue reading
