Read more sex offenders stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3752/sex-offenders.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:34:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74416/post-office-drops-north-pole-letter-program.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFurious North Pole residents are accusing the Postal Service of playing Grinch by ending its letters to Santa program—because it attracted a sex offender. Since 1954, the Postal Service has happily sent letters to Santa to North Pole, Alaska, where volunteers respond and mail them back with a North...http://www.newser.com/story/74416/post-office-drops-north-pole-letter-program.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:18:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73927/wife-poses-as-schoolgirl-to-nab-husband.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he...http://www.newser.com/story/73927/wife-poses-as-schoolgirl-to-nab-husband.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73331/calif-parole-bungled-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJaycee Lee Dugard could have been found and Phillip Garrido put behind bars much sooner if California parole officials had done their jobs properly, a report by a state prison monitor says. For starters, authorities did nothing when Garrido’s electronic monitor showed he’d traveled further from his home than permitted....http://www.newser.com/story/73331/calif-parole-bungled-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 15:58:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72710/sex-offender-held-in-uk-facebook-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field where...http://www.newser.com/story/72710/sex-offender-held-in-uk-facebook-murder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 4:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72308/missing-girls-body-found-in-ga-landfill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA child's body found in a Georgia landfill has been identified as Somer Thompson, a 7-year-old Florida girl missing since Monday. The local sheriff told reporters that police were now in "full investigation mode" after discovering the corpse. Somer, who was identified from her clothes and a birthmark, disappeared while...http://www.newser.com/story/72308/missing-girls-body-found-in-ga-landfill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 6:56:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71479/abuse-victim-fights-for-homeless-sex-offenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe homeless sex offenders who live under Miami’s infamous Julia Tuttle Causeway aren't quick to thank two of their most diligent advocates for working on their behalf. “They know who we are, and don’t like us very much,” says Lauren Book-Lim. Book-Lim was sexually abused by her nanny from age...http://www.newser.com/story/71479/abuse-victim-fights-for-homeless-sex-offenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:41:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71454/parents-track-sex-offender-homes-for-halloween.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParents are preparing for their kids' trick or treating this year with a costume, candy bag—and a map of all the sex offenders in the neighborhood. Concerned families are turning to an iPhone application locating sex offender addresses to plan routes on the spooky night. "With Halloween, I'm able...http://www.newser.com/story/71454/parents-track-sex-offender-homes-for-halloween.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 2:13:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70610/iphone-app-tracks-sex-offenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConcerned parents—or vigilantes—with an iPhone can download a new set of applications that track crime, list fugitives, or even pinpoint the locations of freed sex offenders. Using public records, developers have built programs like Offender Locator, which uses the phone's GPS to identify homes of nearby felons, complete...http://www.newser.com/story/70610/iphone-app-tracks-sex-offenders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 5:00:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70374/poland-oks-chemical-castration-for-pedophiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new law in Poland will require convicted pedophiles or those who rape family members to undergo chemical castration when their prison term is up. Human rights groups immediately raised objections, but Poland's prime minister isn't budging—he says the criminals in these cases don't qualify as "human," notes Reuters....http://www.newser.com/story/70374/poland-oks-chemical-castration-for-pedophiles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Sep 2009 14:54:14 CDT