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| | DANGEROUS OFFENDER LEGISLATION AROUND THE WORLD |
 | | Dangerous offenders are no longer subject to fixed sentences as they were prior to the introduction of the new legislation, and must serve an indeterminate period of time in custody without eligibility for parole until seven years has passed. | | | If the application for dangerous offenders status is denied, according to section 753(5), the court may either consider the application as one for long-term offender or the court may impose a determinate sentence on the offender. | | | The court must also judge the offender to be a danger to the public. |
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http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/PUB/C20.htm
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| | Canada, R v. Jones |
| | 755 and must be heard by the court on the dangerous offender application if, in the opinion of the court, it is relevant. | | | 755, which is to protect society from dangerous offenders, is a pressing and substantial concern in our society and is of sufficient importance to warrant limiting a constitutionally protected right or freedom, the means chosen to achieve this objective are unfair in the present case. | | | 755 of the Code, in dangerous offender proceedings "the court shall hear the evidence of at least two psychiatrists and all other evidence that, in its opinion, is relevant". |
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| | Malaspina University-College Criminology Department |
| | The term "dangerous offender" is a declaration made by the court for certain convicted individuals. | | | the court may find the offender to be a dangerous offender and may thereupon impose a sentence of detention in a penitentiary for an indeterminate period, in lieu of any other sentence that might be imposed for the offence for which the offender has been convicted. | | | The Crown must apply to the Attorney-General to have a someone declared a "dangerous offender" by the Court after they have been convicted of a "serious personal injury offense". |
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http://web.mala.bc.ca/crim/dangerous_offenders.htm
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| | CBC News - Viewpoint: Michael Weinrath |
| | Among the dangerous offender amendments in Bill C-55 in 1997 was a process for an application under Section 810.2 of the Criminal Code that now allows the court to issue recognizance orders for individuals who present a danger of committing a "serious personal injury" offence. | | | Offenders are generally released after two-thirds of their sentence. | | | Under legislation passed in 1988, the National Parole Board may prevent an offender from being released automatically at the two-thirds point and require him/her to remain in custody until warrant expiry. |
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| | CLE: Stay Current: SCC rules on dangerous offender and long-term offender provisions |
| | Johnson, 2003 SCC 46 was heard by the Supreme Court at the same time as R. | | | The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in five different appeals from the BC Court of Appeal that judges must consider whether the "long-term offender" provisions of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. | | | The Court also held that despite the fact that the offence was committed before the long-term offender provisions came into effect, the sentencing judge must consider the provisions because the offender might benefit from a less restrictive sentence if they apply. |
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http://www.cle.bc.ca/CLE/Stay+Current/Collection/2003/10/03-scc-johnson.htm
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| | Wake County District Attorney - Dangerous Offender Task Force |
| | These cases are handled in the same manner as all other Dangerous Offender cases once the case is in Superior Court. | | | Once a case has been assigned to the Dangerous Offender Unit, the case is put on a "fast-track" for speedy prosecution. | | | Once identified as such, the juvenile's case is transferred to Superior Court for prosecution as an adult. |
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http://web.co.wake.nc.us/districtattorney/dangerousoffendertaskforce.htm
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| | SENTENCES FOR SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES |
| | If the court determines that the offender is a high risk dangerous offender, the court shall state on the sentencing order that the offender has been determined to be a high risk dangerous offender and that the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence under this section shall apply. | | | The sentencing court, prior to imposing sentence on an offender under subsection (a), shall have a complete record of the previous convictions of the offender, copies of which shall be furnished to the offender. | | | If the offender or the attorney for the Commonwealth contests the accuracy of the record, the court shall schedule a hearing and direct the offender and the attorney for the Commonwealth to submit evidence regarding the previous convictions of the offender. |
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| | RCMP Best Practices - Dangerous Offender Investigations |
| | The procedures for having an offender designated a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term are found in Part XXIV of the Criminal Code. | | | CSC may either send a copy of the files requested or forward the offender's original files to the nearest parole office, where a copy may be obtained. | | | Submit a request and include the full name and FPS number of the offender, specific files to be viewed, reason the information is required which can be released under the provisions of Section 8(2)(e) of the Privacy Act. |
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| | The Supreme Court has found that as long as offenders are given access to parole hearings, the legislation passes all the Charter tests. | | | Critics of the Dangerous Offender provisions often discuss the violation of rights of the offender but not about the victim's right not to be deprived of life, liberty and the security of justice or the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment? | | | The Court also found that the Dangerous Offender provisions are "perhaps the most detailed and demanding in the Criminal Code". |
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http://www.victimsofviolence.on.ca/research142.html
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| | It is proposed that the initial parole review of a Dangerous Offender be moved from the third year of imprisonment to the seventh year. | | | The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Task Force on High-Risk Violent Offenders, which reported to Ministers responsible for Justice in January 1995, suggested that it makes little sense to go through the elaborate Dangerous Offender procedure, only to obtain a definite sentence comparable to what might have been obtained without this procedure. | | | Currently, a Dangerous Offender application must be made at trial. |
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| | Oregon Judicial Department - Publications |
| | We turn to defendant's assertion that the trial court's imposition of a dangerous offender sentence under ORS 161.725(1)(a) is reviewable in this court as "plain error," that is, an error of law apparent on the face of the record which, moreover, this court should exercise its discretion to review. | | | At sentencing, the trial court found that defendant met the criteria in ORS 161.725(1)(a) for a dangerous offender and, on defendant's rape conviction, sentenced him to a maximum indeterminate term of 30 years imprisonment, with a 100-month minimum. | | | The state responds that the trial court did not lack jurisdiction to sentence defendant because defendant was validly indicted and convicted for rape and contests only the sentence imposed for that crime. |
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| | State v. Wells, 265 N.W.2d 239 (N.D. 1978) |
| | If the offense for which the offender is convicted is a class A felony, the court may impose a sentence up to a maximum of life imprisonment. | | | Actually, the whole process of being found to be, and sentenced as, a dangerous special offender is a discretionary part of the procedure of sentencing a defendant upon conviction of a substantive charge, which in this case was that of murder. | | | It therefore is ordered that the case is remanded for further sentencing proceedings, and that the State may amend its notice prior to the hearing so as to comply with the requirements of the statute. |
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| | Murder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In cases where a murder involves both state and federal jurisdiction, the offender can be tried and punished separately for each crime without raising issues of double jeopardy. | | | The aggravated form of criminal damage, including arson, under s1(2) Criminal Damage Act 1971 could be the anticipatory offence rather than a charge of attempted murder. | | | In 2006, the legislation was changed so that all life sentences are reviewed by an apellate court after they have been executed for 12 years. |
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| | The court confirmed that the dangerous offender provisions must be guided by the fundamental purposes and principles of sentencing in R. v. | | | This change would have brought Canada’s dangerous offender provisions more in step with those from the United States, in particular the state of Washington. | | | The constitutionality of the An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, S.C. 1997, c. |
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| | Criminal Code, [R.S., 1985, c. C-46] >> 759. Appeal — dangerous offender |
| | (1) An offender who is found to be a dangerous offender under this Part may appeal to the court of appeal against that finding on any ground of law or fact or mixed law and fact. | | | (6) Notwithstanding subsection 719(1), a sentence imposed on an offender by the court of appeal pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have commenced when the offender was sentenced by the court by which he was convicted. | | | (1.1) An offender who is found to be a long-term offender under this Part may appeal to the court of appeal against that finding or against the length of the period of long-term supervision ordered, on any ground of law or fact or mixed law and fact. |
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| | Dangerous offender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Canadian legal system, the dangerous offender designation allows the courts to impose an indefinite sentence on a convicted person, regardless of whether the crime carries a life sentence or not. | | | Under 761(1) of the Criminal Code, the National Parole Board of Canada is required to review the case of an offender with a dangerous offender label after seven years, and parole may be granted as circumstances warrant, but the offender would remain under supervision indefinitely. | | | This page was last modified 17:03, 22 May 2006. |
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| | Violent Offender Registries |
| | The Court ruled that even if sex offender registration implicates a constitutional liberty interest, a question it found unnecessary to decide, it concluded that offenders receive all the process that is constitutionally required when they are given the opportunity to contest their guilt in the criminal proceedings. | | | Specifically, he claimed that he is not a dangerous sexual offender and that the Connecticut law deprives him of a liberty interest without giving him notice or a meaningful opportunity to be heard. | | | The Court found the registration requirement non-punitive and therefore was not a retroactive punishment forbidden by the clause. |
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| | A dangerous offender released to parole prior to the sentence expiration shall serve the remainder of the sentence term imposed under ORS 161.725 and 161.735 on parole. | | | (1) Notwithstanding subsection 1 of OAR 255-036-0005, a inmate sentenced as a dangerous offender under ORS 161.725 and 161.735 may request a parole consideration hearing prior to the earliest time the inmate is eligible for parole release or a two year review. | | | (2) A person sentenced as a dangerous offender for felonies committed prior to November 1, 1989 is eligible for parole release: |
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http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/OARS_200/OAR_255/255_036.html
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| | Dangerous Offender Applications |
| | Over the years, the legislation has been modified on a number of occasions and, most recently, between 1977 and 1997, a Dangerous Offender could be sentenced to either a determinant or indeterminate term. | | | A further revision, known as Bill C-55, was made in 1997 whereby the of rendering a Dangerous Offender finding would automatically result in indeterminate sentence. | | | In fact, Canada has had legislation allowing for indeterminate detention of “persistent dangerous criminals” for many years, beginning with Habitual Criminal Legislation in 1947. |
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| | to the court, the district attorney and the dangerous juvenile | | | dangerous juvenile sex offender, the court shall initiate the | | | If the court determines that the individual is a dangerous |
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| | In reversing, the State Supreme Court concluded that Hendricks requires a finding that the defendant cannot control his dangerous behavior even if, as provided by Kansas law, problems of emotional, and not volitional, capacity prove the source of behavior warranting commitment. | | | When the state of Kansas filed a petition in a Kansas district court to have Michael T. Crane, a previously convicted sexual offender, committed, the Kansas District Court ordered his civil commitment. | | | In a 7-2 opinion delivered by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the Court held that Hendricks set forth no requirement of total or complete lack of control, but that the Constitution does not permit commitment of the type of dangerous sexual offender considered in Hendricks without any lack-of-control determination. |
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| | CBC News: Edmonton judge declares Teskey dangerous offender |
| | The Crown applied to have him declared a dangerous offender, which would allow for an indefinite sentence and additional conditions placed on any release. | | | Provincial court Judge Brad Kerby called Teskey is "a dangerous criminal" whose violent crimes were "the epitome of brutality." | | | He also sentenced Teskey to 14 years in prison for a crime that shocked Alberta more than four years ago, though he could stay behind bars much longer than that unless his mental state changes considerably. |
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| | Under the dangerous offender legislation, a judge has the discretion to incarcerate the person indefinitely, or sentence the person to a fixed term behind bars. | | | Expert evidence plays a prominent role in the hearing, and, by law, the Crown and the defence must each call a psychiatrist to testify about a person's likelihood to commit further crimes. | | | The Crown may also call evidence about other violent acts the person is suspected of committing. |
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| | If the report issued by the department is favorable and recommends probation, parole, or other alternative sentence[, the court shall follow the recommendations of the department if] and the court deems it appropriate in light of all the information before the court, the court may follow the recommendations of the department. | | | If the court deems that a hearing is necessary, the state shall be a party, represented by the prosecuting attorney that prosecuted the offense. | | | The total authorized maximum terms of imprisonment for a persistent offender or a dangerous offender are: |
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| | The crucial element of the statute is that the imposed term exceeded one year; however, the defendant is not required to actually serve one year in prison but is only required to have been imprisoned. | | | The Connecticut Supreme Court has ''interpret[ed] the language of § 53a-40 (d) [now § 53a-40 (f)] and its legislative purpose to require a sequence of offense, conviction and punishment for each prior felony before a defendant may be subject to an enhanced penalty as a persistent offender.'' State v. | | | If you find that the defendant was convicted of [ ], and imprisoned under a sentence to a term of imprisonment of more than one year or death, then you must find that the defendant is a persistent dangerous felony offender. |
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| | A distinction must be made between a dangerous sexual offender subject to civil commitment and other dangerous persons who are perhaps more properly dealt with exclusively through criminal proceedings; otherwise, civil commitment becomes a mechanism for retribution or general deterrence. | | | However, the Constitution does not permit civil commitment with no lack-of-control determination at all. | | | Crane (2002) __ U.S. __, 122 S.Ct. 867, 151 L.Ed.2d 856, a Kansas trial court ordered the civil commitment of defendant, a previously convicted sex offender who suffered from both exhibitionism and antisocial personality disorder, under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act. |
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| | 035 FACTOR: The court makes a finding of dangerous offender, sentences the person to an indeterminate sentence of 30 years with a minimum term served before the board begins its review. | | | - The criminal justice system is overloaded with drug users HB 2478: Provides that State Board of Parole land Post-Prison Supervision determines whether person sentenced ad dangerous offender is no longer dangerous for purposes of determining whether to release person on parole or post-prison supervision. | | | SHEPARD: The court could make that finding, and then if they find that there is a previous person felony the sentence is mandatory. |
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| | MPR: Critics charge sex offender screening tool doesn't work |
| | As a result of the Dru Sjodin case, Gov. Pawlenty ordered all Level 3 offenders be considered for civil commitment. | | | Those who fall in the high risk category are considered for civil commitment. | | | The problem for state officials is there's no surefire way to know who will re-offend. |
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| | New Hampshire Department of Safety, Division of State Police |
| | The list is made available for the purpose of protecting the public; however, it is your responsibility to make sure the information you access pertains to the person about whom you are seeking information. | | | Please note, however, that the list will not contain information about an offender against children where a court has granted the offender against children´s application for removal from the public registry requirement, pursuant to RSA 651-B:7, VI. | | | Anyone who uses this information to injure, harass, or commit a criminal act against any person may be subject to criminal prosecution. |
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| | What is a "dangerous offender procedure?" When is it used? - Publications - Alberta Justice Home - Alberta Justice |
| | Dangerous Offender Proceedings Guideline, 1995 April 25, 1996 May / Criminal Justice Division, Alberta Justice. | | | The user agrees to the terms and conditions set out in the Copyright and Disclaimer statement. | | | If the judge is convinced by evidence of violent previous conduct, psychiatric testimony and other evidence that the individual is likely to engage in further violent conduct, the judge may make the dangerous offender finding and sentence the offender to an indeterminate term in a penitentiary. |
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| | Dangerous Offender: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | The court system of canada is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction.... | | | In the Canadian legal system Court system of Canada quick summary: | | | (on average 24 dangerous offenders are admitted to the Canadian prison system each year. |
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| | Section 558-021 Extended term procedures. |
| | At the sentencing hearing both the state and the defendant shall be permitted to present additional information bearing on the issue of sentence. | | | In a trial without a jury or upon a plea of guilty, the court may defer the proof and findings of such facts to a later time, but prior to sentencing. | | | (3) The court makes findings of fact that warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the court that the defendant is a prior offender, persistent offender, dangerous offender, persistent sexual offender or predatory sexual offender. |
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| | TheStar.com - Pedophile declared dangerous offender |
| | Long-term offenders serve a regular prison sentence before being released under lengthy parole. | | | For more than two hours yesterday, Superior Court Justice Joseph Henderson read out the reasons for his decision in a courtroom crowded with Newton's victims, many now grown men. | | | While the decision to declare a criminal is the judge's alone, he is guided by the testimony of witnesses, the most important among them being forensic psychiatrists. |
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| | Several case studies will be used to explore the specific issues and challenges that the designation presents to the offender, the courts, and, to society, in general. | | | It will be argued that the investigation of the Dangerous Offender in the criminal justice system must be coupled with an examination of the nature, function and implications of risk assessment. | | | In the end, we will have engaged in the examination of the “high risk” dangerous criminal as (s)he is processed through the criminal justice system—a system that increasingly relies on risk assessment and management. |
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| | Court rules woman not dangerous offender |
| | — The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a woman once described as one of Canada's most violent young criminals should no longer be designated a dangerous offender. | | | Chief Justice Catherine Fraser headed a three-member panel that took 15 months to examine Neve's case. | | | In sentencing Neve in 1994, Justice Alec Murray of Alberta Court of Queen's Bench said that Neve, then 21, had a "severe, anti-social personality disorder which manifests itself in evil, violent and sadistic thoughts." |
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| | He was again declared a dangerous offender in 1992, and given an indefinite prison term. | | | He was declared a dangerous offender in 1984, but his sentence was not changed. | | | He was charged after writing threatening letters to Crown prosecutors in which he talked about his future plans of evil. |
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| | Fugitive sex offender considered dangerous - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | He appeared in District Court in Na'alehu on Sept. 8 to face a contempt of court charge in connection with a traffic violation, and police were waiting to arrest him on a warrant from Washington, said detective Lucille Melemai. | | | HILO, Hawai'i — Big Island police are seeking a convicted sex offender and escapee from Washington state who was released on bail last month after his arrest in Ka'u. | | | Lindsey has convictions in three states for theft, shoplifting, burglary, felony assault and sexual assault involving a child, police said. |
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| | Dangerous Sex Offender Sought by San Diego Task Force |
| | Frederick McClean, 54, was charged in San Diego Superior Court in January of 2005 of four counts of child molestation and one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14. | | | McClean may have changed his appearance to aid in his flight from justice. | | | He has made numerous statements about suicide and has made it known he would rather die than go to prison. |
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| | In essence, such statutes "proceeded from the premise that: the ‘sexual psychopath’ is neither normal or legally insane and for that reason, requires special consideration, both for his own sake and for the safety of society" (Pratt, 70). | | | Ironically (or not) these are also the types of criminals most likely to be referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist for assessment (Pratt, 74). | | | This arbitrariness in decision-making is also reflected in the types of criminals most likely to be deemed dangerous. |
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| | CTV.ca Roszko didn't meet dangerous offender criteria |
| | James Roszko was flagged as a possible dangerous offender in 1995, but police couldn't apply the distinction because he didn't meet the required criteria, despite a record heavy with 44 charges and 14 convictions. | | | The dangerous offender distinction would have meant longer jail terms, and possibly prevented the deaths of the four Mounties. | | | But Roszko's criminal record did not meet the criteria for the designation that would label him a dangerous offender, despite a sexual assault conviction, weapons charges, and dozens of other offences on his record. |
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| | Defence lawyer Jean Bertrand challenged whether that was enough to recommend someone be declared a dangerous sex offender and locked up indefinitely. | | | "Dangerous offender status is one of the heaviest penalties in the Criminal Code," he said. | | | Lawyers for convicted rapist Jean-Christophe Chevreuil argued yesterday that evidence suggesting the real-estate developer should be declared a dangerous offender is so weak that the process ought to be halted. |
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| | As part of her plea agreement, Homolka became a Crown witness and testified against her former husband, Paul Bernardo. | | | Bernardo, who has been declared a dangerous offender, is serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole. | | | Ontario's Attorney General is pushing for Canada-wide changes to dangerous offender laws, so that convicted sex offenders like Karla Homolka can be put back in prison if they pose a threat to society. |
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| | State law requires that Edwards serve his probation in Polk County, where he was convicted. | | | Supreme Court will look at 'dangerous' Oregon decision | | | SALEM - One of Oregon’s most notorious sex offenders was released from a Marion County prison Wednesday to serve his probation in neighboring Polk County. |
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| | BBC NEWS UK England Bradford Dangerous sex offender on the run |
| | "He should not be approached as he may present a danger to the public." | | | At his trial at Leeds Crown Court in August 2002, Judge James Stewart expressed concern that Moules had already been on the sex offenders' register for two years and said police should have been monitoring him. | | | Roland Moules should not be approached by the public |
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| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | If a person is harmed by such a weapon that is left unguarded, improperly used, or causes harm even to a person who plays with it without permission, the victim or his/her survivors can sue for negligence and possibly win a judgment. | | | dangerous weapon synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary. |
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| | A 34-year-old man was classified a dangerous offender yesterday after a Superior Court judge ruled the man's life demonstrated a strong link between his substance abuse and his violent behaviour. | | | In a written decision, Judge Colin McKinnon ruled the evidence against Donald Owen Brown was substantial, given his history of substance abuse problems, his personality disorders and his violent behaviour that had made him a threat to society. | | | Donald Owen Brown's history of substance abuse, personality disorders and violent behaviour make him a threat to society, a judge ruled yesterday in classifying the man a dangerous offender. |
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| | KOMO : Dangerous Sex Offender Avoids Background Check |
| | They're free, and come right to your e-mail. | | | Police make sex offender bulletins available to anyone who asks. | | | He even re-registered after being forced out of his apartment by a fire. |
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