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Saturday, 19 November 2016

Unintended Idiocy




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Why Lawyers And Judges Are Rubbish At Mathematics - The Voodoo Harm Claims




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(A) The, still, unproven proposition, which we will accept, for now,

Awareness (A1) = Harm 1 (H1),

thus,

Awareness (A1) + Awareness (A2) = Harm 2 (H2),

let A2 = 0, particularly, where Awareness is impossible,

Additional Harm (Hadd) = H2 - H1 = 0,

hence, in the absence of awareness, no harm occurs.*

(B) Now,

Viewer 1 (V1) = Harm 1 (H1) = Additional Harm (Hadd) = 0, as shown above,

Viewer 1 (V1) + Viewer 2 (V2) = Harm 2 (H2),

when no nexus is present, H2 = 0,

hence, there is no harm, from viewing material provided by another viewer, when no nexus to the alleged act, is present.*

 QED

 *except those real harms, created by insane laws.

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Sexual Offences Guideline Consultation

Section six: Indecent images of children

https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/sexual%20offences_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf

Response to “A Reluctant Rebellion”

Alexandra Gelber, Assistant Deputy Chief, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, July 1, 2009.

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-ceos/legacy/2012/03/19/ReluctantRebellionResponse.pdf 

A Reluctant Rebellion

Mark Hansen, Jun 02, 2009

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/a_reluctant_rebellion

A Response to Alexandra Gelber’s, “Response to “A Reluctant Rebellion,””

Dr Nigel Leigh Oldfield, Researcher and Ex-offender in This Field.

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/p/response-to-alexandra-gelbers-response.html




http://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/training/annual-national-training-seminar/2010/009c_Reluctant_Rebellion_Response.pdf





[2008] 2 All ER 1065, [2008] 2 Cr App Rep (S) 49, [2007]
EWCA Crim 3079, [2008] 2 Cr App R (S) 49

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F



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April 2017 

The Unjust, Irrational, and Unconstitutional Consequences of Pedophilia Panic

"The fear and disgust triggered by this subject help explain why laws dealing with sex offenses involving minors frequently lead to bizarre results."

https://reason.com/archives/2017/03/15/sex-and-kids

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/4/29/1295551/-Defendants-rights-victims-rights-child-pornography-and-the-Court 


https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/petitions/93882-2%20COA%20Resp%20brief.pdf

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3rd April 2017

Working with sex offenders and paedophiles


NO nexus = NO culpability = NO harm = NO victim

"The typical client is dealing with intense shame regarding their behaviour, the shattering impact of police officers arriving at the door early in the morning with a search warrant, the distress of their family and friends and the threat of losing their job. So initially I work with these issues and I describe the experiences of other clients, whilst of course maintaining strict confidentiality. This helps them understand that they are not unique. I also look at the triggers for their offending behaviour, as this awareness helps them change their behaviour to avoid being triggered.

Viewing indecent child images is not a victimless crime – others have directly abused children in order to feed the offender’s appetite.

Unless the offender is able to acknowledge this harm then therapy will not succeed. I am aware that the quality of my work will influence whether the offender recovers or continues to harm others, including children. This pressure is particularly intense when dealing with offenders who have harmed children directly."

https://www.hippocraticpost.com/medico-legal/working-sex-offenders-paedophiles

Michael Stock

"Michael Stock is a counsellor and psychosexual therapist from StopSO: The Specialist Treatment Organisation for the Prevention of Sexual Offending works to prevent sexual offending through therapy. StopSO is an agency that connects clients asking for help with a specially trained, experienced psychotherapist (or counsellor) who is geographically close. This service is available to anyone who feels at risk of committing a sexual offence, as well as those who have already committed a sexual offence. StopSO also offers therapy to the family members of sexual offenders. StopSO's aim is to reduce sexual offending by offering therapy to the (potential and actual) perpetrators in order to prevent harm, and thus protect society. www.stopso.org.uk; Telephone: 07533 996 906; info@stopso.org.uk "

http://sexualandcoupletherapy.co.uk

http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellor_22437.html

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07957640/officers

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Seek 'help', by all means, but, never lie, for redemption.
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February 1, 2018

One More Suicide Is One Too Many 

"He was just 35 yrs old.

A young man is dead.

Mark could have been any one of our sons, brothers, nephews, husbands or fathers."

https://blog.womenagainstregistry.org/one-more-suicide-is-one-too-many

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When Judges Talk Rubbish - Voodoo Obiter Dicta

http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/when-judges-talk-rubbish-time-to-start.html

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Saturday, 15 November 2014

The Mad or Bad Debate Continues



Susan van Scoyoc

Susan van Scoyoc @SusanVanScoyoc https://twitter.com/susanvanscoyoc

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Published on Sep 25, 2014 

Susan van Scoyoc: Psychologists as expert witnesses: The mad or bad debate continues


"Susan van Scoyoc, an independent practitioner, speaking at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society in Birmingham, May 2014."

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSPR93gTeE8&index=2&list=UUV-oB7KcxvahA13d80xlhAA

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15/02/2013

Susan Van Scoyoc wins Society award

"The Professional Practice Board’s Practitioner of the Year Award 2012 has gone to Susan Van Scoyoc for her outstanding commitment to professional practice in court and family work, as a researcher, teacher and supervisor, and to the Society and profession as a whole.

A Chartered Psychologist of some 20 years’ standing, Susan Van Scoyoc is an HCPC-registered practitioner in both health psychology and counselling psychology. She manages a busy private practice providing psychological therapies, training and expert witness services for solicitors, local authorities, courts, tribunals and the Crown Prosecution Service.

Susan Van Scoyoc has particular interests in subjects related to physical health, women, human rights and family relationships. She registered with UK Expert Witness and has held many senior board and committee roles within the Society."

http://www.bps.org.uk/news/susan-van-scoyoc-wins-socieety-award
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Friday, 8 November 2013

'Sarah's 'Law'' Outcomes - A Life For A Life?

8 Nov 2013 14:39

"Shockingly stupid" arsonist who killed paedophile [sic] by setting fire to his flat jailed for 10 years

"The victim had five convictions for gross indecency and indecent assault in the 1980s and 1990s against boys aged between 14 and 17.

A man who admitted killing a convicted sex offender in a flat fire has been jailed for 10 years.

Daniel Martin, 25, set fire to a wheelie bin and pushed it up against the front door of AH's flat in Worcester in the early hours of December 14, 2011, sparking a rapidly spreading and ferocious blaze in which the 52-year-old was killed.

Sentencing Martin for manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court, Mrs Justice Thirlwall said the crime was "shockingly stupid" (NS Sherlock].

She said he had intended "to do something so frightening, it would cause him (H) to move away from the area where he had lived since 2001".

"You say you threw stones at his window to try and wake him and say you saw a light come on," she added.

"Whatever you did, it was too little too late.

"You say your intention was only to frighten the victim and the prosecution accept you did not intend to kill or attempt to cause really serious harm."

She added she was "not satisfied" Martin was a danger to the public [really, wiggy?], but he "was a liar and thoroughly anti-social", with a lamentable record of previous convictions, albeit not for similar offences."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/daniel-martin-killed-andrew-heath-2691741?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Daniel Martin jailed for 10 years over Andrew Heath death in Worcester flat

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/10796253.Daniel_Martin_set_to_be_sentenced_over_Andrew_Heath_death/?ref=nt

http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/10796253.Daniel_Martin_set_to_be_sentenced_over_Andrew_Heath_death/

Man to be sentenced for fire death

http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/man-to-be-sentenced-for-fire-death-8928256.html
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Thursday, 31 October 2013

The UK Death Sentence - The SOPO

31 Oct 2013 15:27

'Serial voyeur' found dead in his prison cell, sparking murder investigation

"AG, 73, was serving a nine-month sentence after he was found lying on the floor in women's toilets at a shopping centre Lincoln Prison.

A 73-year-old prisoner serving a nine-month sentence for voyeurism has been found dead in his cell, sparking a murder investigation.

AG, a serial peeping tom, was jailed in October after he was found lying on a cubicle floor in the women's toilets of a Leicester shopping centre.

An ambulance was called after staff found him in his cell at Lincoln Prison at around 5.45am this morning, but he was pronounced dead at the scene the Prison Service said.

A 35-year-old male inmate - understood to have been sharing a cell with G - has been arrested in connection with the incident, Lincolnshire Police said, as it opened a murder investigation.

G was jailed after admitting voyeurism and breaching a sexual offences prevention order which was imposed in 2009. It had banned him from loitering near or entering female toilets for five years, according to reports.

While jailing G for nine months, Judge Robert Brown at Leicester Crown Court also extended the order - banning him from ladies' lavatories for the rest of his life."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/serial-voyeur-alan-goode-found-2661211

Prisoner death murder probe

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-10-31/murder-probe-launched-after-73-year-old-found-dead-in-prison-cell

HMP Lincoln murder probe as inmate AG found dead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-24762623

Serious safety failings found at Lincoln jail last year

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-10-31/murder-probe-launched-after-73-year-old-found-dead-in-prison-cell
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Sunday, 6 October 2013

Neither Stops A Liar - We Know, We Have Seen Too Many Of Them

PUBLISHED: 01:19, 6 October 2013 | UPDATED: 01:54, 6 October 2013

Judges bid to banish the Bible from court over fears witnesses and defendants no longer take the oath seriously

">Religious oath could be scraped amid concerns it is not taken seriously,
>Witnesses and defendants would take new oath without mentioning God,
>Is claimed oath would be fairer for everyone and be easier to understand."

"A MoJ spokesman said: ‘We have no plans to change the arrangements for swearing an oath or making an affirmation in court, which have worked well for many years and still do.’" [hahahahahahahaha]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2446250/Judges-bid-banish-Bible-court-fears-witnesses-defendants-longer-oath-seriously.html
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Not Just These Experts

October 1, 2013

Psychological association admits that forensic experts are biased in favor of who hires them

"Forensic psychologists and psychiatrists are ethically bound to be impartial when performing evaluations or providing expert opinions in court. But new research suggests that courtroom experts’ evaluations may be influenced by whether their paycheck comes from the defense or the prosecution. The research is published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

The findings reveal that experts who believed they were working for prosecutors tended to rate sexually violent offenders as being at greater risk of re-offending than did experts who thought they were working for the defense.

“We were surprised by how easy it was to find this ‘allegiance effect,’” says psychological scientist Daniel Murrie of the University of Virginia. “The justice system relies often on expert witnesses, and most expert witnesses believe they perform their job objectively — these findings suggest this may not be the case.”

Murrie and co-author Marcus Boccaccini at Sam Houston State have worked in forensic psychology for years, watching the adversarial justice system use forensic experts to gain an advantage in their cases."

http://www.psychcrime.org/news/index.php?vd=2187&t=Psychological+association+admits+that+forensic+experts+are+biased+in+favor+of+who+hires+them
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Friday, 27 September 2013

Defending the Unthinkable: Could You Even Run This Conference, In The UK, Or Would There Be Any Real Point?

2013 Fall Meeting & Seminar

Defending the Unthinkable: Zealous Advocacy in Sexual Assault & Child Victims Cases

Savannah, GA / October 16-19, 2013

"Now, more than ever, the defense needs to be on top of the newest techniques, strategies, science, and psychology available to boldly and successfully counter the prosecution's case. In order to effectively serve your clients charged with sex offenses, you have to be prepared to aggressively confront the prosecution and their witnesses.

This unique seminar will equip you with the knowledge base, strategies, and methods to win even the most difficult of cases. We will address modern charges of sexual misconduct in cases involving child pornography, female sex offenders, cell phone data, false confessions, and much more, while also analyzing child development, adolescent sexuality and communication, and providing you with strategies for confronting "other acts" evidence.

Join your NACDL colleagues in historic and beautiful Savannah-a southern gem bursting with charm-where dramatic old-world architecture mingles with trendy restaurants and art galleries, and prepare yourself for being the best possible advocate for your client at trial."

http://www.nacdl.org/LegalEducation.aspx?id=16306&libID=16276

https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/events/12

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ga-nacdl-2013-fall-meeting-seminar.html#.UkVgk1NjP1E 

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10/03/2013

The seductive appeal of aggressive advocacy: and why you should avoid it 

"Few barristers will ever find themselves publicly lambasted to quite the same extent as Mr McNulty, but if it does nothing else the case should serve as a constant reminder that with the great privilege of advocacy comes a corresponding duty. No scheme of registration and accreditation will ever replace the individual advocate’s duty to practice the craft with discretion, tact and responsibility."

http://barristerblogger.com/2013/10/03/seductive-appeal-aggressive-advocacy-avoid

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How We Work

http://www.falselyaccused.co.uk/how-we-work

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 Date: 17 October 2013

Evidence in Child Abuse Cases Conference

"Cutting edge guidance from an expert multi-disciplinary team

Speakers: Jeremy Weston QC, Mr William Newman, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Helen Whittle, Behavioural Analysis Unit Researcher, Dr Kieran Hogarth. Consultant Neuroradiologist and Mr Jayaratnam Jayamohan, Consultant Neurosurgeon

Chairperson: The Honourable Mr Justice Keehan

Location: Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London

Date: 17 October 2013"

http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/training-and-development/family-law/-medical-evidence-in-child-abuse-cases-?cc=g238q
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Your Populist, Disinforming, Rhetoric Sickens Us

Tuesday 24 September 2013 21.30 BST

Labour to pledge fresh legislation that would give victims [sic] of crime new rights

"Sadiq Khan, shadow justice secretary, will cite treatment of Milly Dowler's parents when highlighting need for new victims' law

Labour's Sadiq Khan will say victims [complainants] of crime can no longer be treated as criminals [they are not, and never have been, in your lifetime] in court hearings.

Victims of crime would be given new rights under fresh legislation to ensure they can no longer be treated as criminals in court hearings [complainants] or have little idea when their attacker is freed from jail, Labour will pledge today.

Sadiq Khan, the shadow justice secretary, will cite the treatment of the parents of Milly Dowler and the remarks of a Crown Prosecution Service barrister, who referred to a 13-year-old sexual abuse victim as predatory, to highlight the need for a new victims' law."

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/24/labour-pledge-new-rights-victims-crime

Lawyers and judges must stop treating victims as criminals, says Khan

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/lawyers-must-stop-treating-victims-as-criminals-says-khan/5037842.article

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Sadiq Khan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_Khan

http://www.sadiqkhan.org.uk

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sadiq-khan/1577

https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan

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Tuesday 1 April

“Recruitment that’s open to all: a reducing re-offending roundtable” 

"Cheaper, fewer victims and more people fulfilling their potential."

http://www.sadiqkhan.org.uk/_recruitment_that_s_open_to_all_a_reducing_re_offending_roundtable
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"All Other Claims Against Defendants Are Dismissed With Prejudice" - Well, At Least The Court Terminology Is Honest - USA

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Doe v Raemisch

"Plaintiffs' affidavits explain in detail the difficulties and embarrassment they and their families have endured as a consequence of complying with these new restrictions, even though their convictions are now almost twenty years in the past and they have led completely law-abiding, if not exemplary, lives in the interim. Their stories raise substantial questions as to the wisdom and fairness of subjecting them and similarly situated individuals to lifetime registration and notification requirements with their attendant obligations and restrictions. But given the previous decisions addressing the issues Plaintiffs raise, I conclude that the relief, if any, must come from the legislative branch. With one limited exception, the fact that the restrictions are difficult and cumbersome is not enough to make them unconstitutional. For the most part, the amendments to the Wisconsin sex offender registry system do not depart in any meaningful way from the systems already found to be constitutional by the Bollig and Smith Courts.

The lone exception I find to this is the $100 fine provision, which I have concluded cannot be constitutionally imposed on them. With this exception, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment is DENIED. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment declaring that imposition of the $100 annual fee on Plaintiffs pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 301.45(10) constitutes punishment in violation of their rights under the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Wisconsin constitutions and enjoining Defendants from assessing or collecting such amount from Plaintiffs. All other claims against Defendants are dismissed with prejudice."

September 25, 2013

Federal Court of Appeals: Sex Offender Registry Fee Unconstitutional Ex Post Facto Violation Under Certain Circumstances

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/federal-court-of-appeals-sex-offender_25.html

Doe v Raemisch

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8848008220643270891&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr

http://sexoffender-decisions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/doe-v-raemisch.html

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/federal-court-of-appeals-sex-offender_25.html
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Saturday, 21 September 2013

She Is Sharp (As A Turd), Is That Vera Baird



Ms Vera Baird - Hypocritical Mistress Of Hole-Plugging and Fast Cars

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20 Sep 2013 12:24

Judge joins forces [independent?] with Vera Baird over sex offenders' jail sentences

"A top judge is backing police commissioner Vera Baird in her fight to get tougher [why tough, Vera?] prison sentences for convicted sex offenders.

A top judge has joined forces with police commissioner Vera Baird in a bid to stop convicted sex offenders walking free [sic].

Vera Baird believes there is a ‘loophole’ [hahahaha] in sentencing laws [no, they are clear] which means offenders convicted of crimes such as downloading or making images of child abuse are sometimes given non-custodial sentences so that they can be put on Sex Offender Treatment Programmes quickly.

Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner said, under current guidelines, a custodial sentence of two years or more is needed for those convicted of such crimes to undergo an accredited 39-week sex offender treatment programme in prison."

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/judge-joins-forces-vera-baird-6070031

Police boss’s [police's boss !!!] call to plug sex offender loophole [sic]

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/police-boss-s-call-to-plug-sex-offender-loophole-1-6068858

 Commissioner wins influential support in battle over sex offender loophole [sic]

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10686368.Commissioner_wins_influential_support_in_battle_over_sex_offender_loophole/

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23 June 2010 Last updated at 18:39

Ex-solicitor general Vera Baird banned from driving

"Vera Baird Vera Baird represented Redcar from 2001 to May 2010.

The former solicitor general Vera Baird has been banned from driving for six months after travelling at nearly 100mph along the M4 motorway.

Magistrates in Pontypridd rejected the QC's arguments to keep her licence. She claimed it would cause her hardship winding up her parliamentary affairs.

Former MP Baird, of Crouch End, London, lost her Redcar seat in May's election.

She was given five penalty points, which added to those already on her licence gave her an automatic ban.

She was also fined £400.

Baird, 60, had previously been found guilty in her absence but the case was reopened when she explained she had never received a summons."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10396311

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Published on the 22 August 2013

Speeding drivers targeted

"Speeding and inconsiderate drivers are being targeted in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the Alnwick area.

Officers have been working with community volunteers on a Speedwatch scheme as well as visiting local schools to reinforce safety messages to the drivers of the future.

The crackdown has the backing of the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird, who is encouraging anyone concerned about anti-social behaviour to get in touch so action can be taken.

Neighbourhood Inspector Paul Truscott said: “Residents and local councillors at public forums have raised the issue of motorists driving at speed on rural roads causing a danger."

http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/speeding-drivers-targeted-1-5974105

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Anti-social indeed, Vera, in fact, actually, extremely, dangerous - should be locked-up.
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Thursday, 19 September 2013

We Know Judges Can Be Ignorant, Incorrect And Out-Of Touch, But ...


Dismissed: Lord Chief Justice Sir John Thomas, judged that the claims
of sex offender CP had no merit, and that he should be named

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PUBLISHED: 19:19, 18 September 2013 | UPDATED: 23:35, 18 September 2013 

Paedophile [sic] named and shamed [?] as High Court rubbishes his claim that sex offender laws 'breach his human rights'

"While his claim was being processed he was granted anonymity by the courts, but the judges said that they 'cannot see any basis' for keeping his identity secret."

"They added: 'As to the contention that the claimant should be anonymised on the basis that he would be identified as a person on the Sexual Offenders Register and his rehabilitation impeded, there is nothing in the evidence before us which suggests that there are any special risks to him or to public order by him being identified.'"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424572/Paedophile-named-High-Court-rubbishes-claim-sex-offender-laws-breach-human-rights.html

It would be laughable, if it were not so deadly serious ...


RIP GC (not even anywhere near being a 'Sex Offender')

The OSC

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Kieran Corcoran

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Kieran+Corcoran

https://twitter.com/kj_corcoran

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/kierancor

http://journalisted.com/kieran-corcoran

http://thegatewayonline.com/authors/kieran-corcoran

http://kjcorcoran.wordpress.com
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Too Valuable A Scapegoat

18 September 2013 Last updated at 11:03

Paedophile [sic] loses bank rule challenge

"A convicted paedophile [sic] has lost a legal challenge against rules requiring him to disclose bank details to police.

The man jailed for child sex offences claimed the rules breached his right to a private life and were not necessary.

The recently-introduced measures require convicted sex offenders to reveal bank accounts and credit cards.

But rejecting the challenge, the High Court said the rules were a "very valuable" practical and proportionate means of providing further protection.""

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24144417

Paedophile [sic] named and shamed [?] as High Court rubbishes his claim that sex offender laws 'breach his human rights' 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424572/Paedophile-named-High-Court-rubbishes-claim-sex-offender-laws-breach-human-rights.html

“Follow the money” powers do not breach sex offenders’ privacy rights

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/09/18/follow-the-money-powers-do-not-breach-sex-offenders-privacy-rights

http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/09/follow-the-money-powers-do-not-breach-sex-offenders-privacy-rights-uk-human-rights-blog

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Tightening the law on sex offenders

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tightening-the-law-on-sex-offenders

Sex offender to take case to Court of Appeal

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Sex-offender-to-take-case-to-Court-of-Appeal-22082013.htm

 New Sex Offenders Notification Regime to be challenged

http://www.gcnchambers.co.uk/news/new_sex_offenders_notification_regime_to_be_challenged
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Thursday, 12 September 2013

Not Juicy Enough For Most

12:02PM BST 12 Sep 2013

Cameras to be allowed in English courts for the first time

"Cameras are set to be allowed to broadcast from inside court rooms for the first time, after the House of Commons granted approval.

The Court of Appeal ruled that the father had a right to know his secret accuser's identity

From next month filming will be allowed at criminal and civil hearings in the Court of Appeal during legal argument and judgments.

The Government is also planning to extend filming to allow the broadcasting of sentencing remarks in Crown Court cases.

However, unlike in the United States and some other countries in the world, there are no plans to show witnesses or defendants in court.

The proposal will now go before the House of Lords, but limited filming is expected to begin next month."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10304437/Cameras-to-be-allowed-in-English-courts-for-the-first-time.html

Live Appeal Court broadcasts get backing from MPs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24068266
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Sunday, 1 September 2013

The Law Of Unintended Consequences Is Causing So Much Damage That Society Needs To Reassess

30/8/13

The unintended consequences of laws addressing sex between teachers and students

"There is a painfully uncomfortable episode of “Louie” in which the comedian Louis C.K. muses that maybe child molesters wouldn’t kill their victims if the penalty weren’t so severe. Everyone I know who watches the show vividly recalls that scene from 2010 because it conjures such a witches’ cauldron of taboo, disgust and moral outrage, all wrapped around a disturbing kernel of truth. I have similar ambivalence about the case involving former Montana high school teacher SDR. Louie concluded his riff with a comment to the effect of “I don’t know what to do with that information.” That may be the case for many of us, but with our legal and moral codes failing us, our society needs to have an uncensored dialogue about the reality of sex in schools.

As protesters decry the leniency of R’s sentence — he will spend 30 days in prison after pleading guilty to raping 14-year-old Cherice Morales, who committed suicide at age 16 — I find myself troubled for the opposite reason. I don’t believe that all sexual conduct between underage students and teachers should necessarily be classified as rape, and I believe that absent extenuating circumstances, consensual sexual activity between teachers and students should not be criminalized. While I am not defending Judge G. Todd Baugh’s comments about Morales being “as much in control of the situation” — for which he has appropriately apologized — tarring and feathering him for attempting to articulate the context that informed his sentence will not advance this much-needed dialogue.

I do think that teachers who engage in sex with students, no matter how consensual, should be removed from their jobs and barred from teaching unless they prove that they have completed rehabilitation. But the utter hysteria with which society responds to these situations does less to protect children than to assuage society’s need to feel that we are protecting them."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sex-between-students-and-teachers-should-not-be-a-crime/2013/08/30/dbf7dcca-1107-11e3-b4cb-fd7ce041d814_story.html

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Now how the media and CPI exploit the reality, into money-making fantasy ("if it bleeds, it leads") ...

'Paedophile [sic] Sir sent me texts from under his desk': Two schoolgirls tell of how teaching assistant seduced them on Facebook

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2408412/Paedophile-Sir-sent-texts-desk-Two-schoolgirls-tell-teaching-assistant-seduced-Facebook.html

SB: The pervert [offensive and inflammatory] teacher who groomed three girls - one aged just 14 - from the same school

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/three-young-victims-tell-how-2241774

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Mark Williams-Thomas (and cronies) thinks weasel words and stating the obvious is an argument ...


https://twitter.com/mwilliamsthomas

https://twitter.com/PaintsNature 

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The painful lesson of the Cherice Moralez rape trial

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/03/painful-lesson-cherice-moralez-rape

A Spectacularly Awful Week in Rape

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/montana_massachusetts_rape_cases_when_judges_can_t_get_even_the_easy_cases.single.html

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Teacher put on sex offenders register for affair with pupil moves teenager into her marital home

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2416179/Teacher-sex-offenders-register-affair-pupil-moves-teenager-marital-home.html

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Petition calling for victim to see teacher

http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/petition-calling-for-victim-to-see-teacher-1-5470946

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 Sexy teacher fantasies are not reality

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/11/sexy_teacher_fantasies_are_not_reality
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Friday, 30 August 2013

Sexual Orientation - Disability - Sexuality - Normality ... Persecution - Prejudice - Harm - ABH

 2013

Crime Time Line Court Case Timeline: Bradley Graham Pinchion

http://www.thelawpages.com/court-case-timeline/crime/9639/Bradley-Graham-Pinchion-Cambridge-Crown-Court-ABH-Assault-occasioning-actual-bodily-harm

Bradley Graham Pinchion

 http://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Bradley-Graham-Pinchion-9639-1.law 

R v Pinchion 2013 EWCA Crim 242

Basically, Pinchion successfully-appealed, against a guilty 'hate crime charge', based on Paedophilia being a bonafide Sexual Orientation ... which, of course, in law, it is not, at this time. 

It being a Disability, is ;)
  
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'Sarah's Law' Advert Of The Week 

"Published: 12/11/2012 08:25 - Updated: 12/11/2012 08:29

'Paedophile' slur and violent attack on innocent man

"Cambridge Crown Court

Two drunk men launched an “unforgivable” attack on a man in his 60s because they wrongly believed he was a paedophile.

Toby Cleaver-Wright, 22, and Bradley Pinchion, 21, followed their victim as he left the White Lion pub in Sawston and threw punches, kicks and accusations at him in a dark alley on October 22 last year.""

 http://therealosc.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/sarahs-law-advert-of-week_13.html

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Two men deny rob bid charge

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Two-men-deny-rob-bid-charge-23052011.htm 

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Comment:

Just a preparation, until the CoA decision is available.
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Monday, 26 August 2013

Consent Has Not Been Obtained Unlawfully

Aug 26, 2013, 12.56 AM IST

Consensual sex with minor not a crime, Delhi court says

"The court made these observations while acquitting a 22-year-old youth of charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl whom he later married.

A city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The court said the provisions of POCSO Act suggest that where a physical relationship — which is not in the nature of an assault — takes place with the minor girl's consent and where the consent has not been obtained unlawfully, no offence can be said to have been committed."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Consensual-sex-with-minor-not-a-crime-Delhi-court-says/articleshow/22056783.cms?
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Thursday, 22 August 2013

Conviction Does Not Equal Reality


Tuesday 23 April 2013

Rape conviction rate at an all-time high

"CPS statistics reveal conviction rate is currently at 63% as prosecutors respond to claims too few cases appear in court

The CPS has had to defend its record in rape cases.

Conviction rates for rape and domestic violence cases have risen to an all time high, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) has revealed, amid criticism that too few cases are being brought to court.

Figures released by the Crown Prosecution Service show that the conviction rate for rape prosecutions has increased to the highest on record, from 58% in 2007/8 to 63% in 2012/13. The CPS figures on rape are expressed as a percentage of cases where charges were brought and "flagged" as involving rape. In raw figures, there were 3,692 prosecutions for rape last year, resulting in 2,333 convictions."

 http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/apr/23/rape-conviction-rate-high?CMP=twt_gu
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Indirectly Abusing Things In Law - How Does That Work?

20 August 2013 Last updated at 15:58

CA's naked children phone photos 'generally innocent'

"A man who had almost 500 photographs of naked children on his phone has been given a community-based sentence.

CA, aged 41, from Perth, was given the non-custodial punishment after the sheriff said the pictures were "generally innocent".

The photographs included children running across a beach or in naturist or nudist surroundings.

A admitted [there was your mistake, friend] two charges relating to the possession of indecent images when he appeared at Perth Sheriff Court.

Sheriff Lindsay Foulis ruled that A had indirectly abused the children."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-23765168  

Another one for the collection.
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Sunday, 18 August 2013

Oh Richard, At Least Play 'Fair'

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Unduly Lenient Sentences, Appeals, and Failures That Seem To Make No Sense [sic].

"Back in 2010, MT was found guilty of molesting a toddler and a schoolgirl, as well as amassing a library of 766 Indecent Images of Children, some being video clips.

At the time, the Judge sentenced him to a three year Supervision Order, a Youth Offending Programme and a residency and Sexual Offenses [sic] Prevention Order.

Basically he walked out of court, a free man.

Disgusting!"

http://jerseyric.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/unduly-lenient-sentences-appeals-and.html

Hardly. Interesting content, though. Thank you.

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Saturday, 28 September 2013

Indecent Images of Children & the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme - A Reply

"You have also asked about the unduly lenient sentencing scheme and why it applies only to certain offences. The scheme, whereby the Law Officers may refer sentences to the Court of Appeal to consider whether they are unduly lenient, is confined to those offences that are so serious that they must be tried at the Crown Court (‘indictable-only’ offences, such as rape or robbery), and to certain ‘either-way’ offences which, although they may be tried in the Crown Court or a magistrates’ court, are capable of being serious enough to justify a high maximum penalty."

http://jerseyric.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/indecent-images-of-children-unduly.html

Each image is a separate charge, Richard, but, sentencing is concurrent. 

The  reason it remains summary, initially, is for low level/low number IIOC - again, Thank you. 

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Monday, 30 September 2013

IIOC vs ULS vs Indictable Offenses - An Open Question

"Tough justice for those who watch child porn [watching is not illegal]: Grayling announces perverts will no longer escape with 'slap on the wrist' in crackdown on soft punishments

A quick update on my post from a couple of days ago.

Following the above article published yesterday, the below has been sent, with the question asked if the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Police Minister Damian Green would be happy for me to publish their responses here.

awaiting their replies with interest ..."

http://jerseyric.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/iioc-vs-uls-vs-indictable-offenses-open.html

Yes, Richard, in the present climate, you may be onto a populist winner, here.
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