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FACT CHECK: Daniel Acker Report Ignored
Through our investigation we found that a teacher, that was convicted of sexually molesting a student, was accused of a similar offense years before, but the report was not acted upon. We confronted former board members about the issue to find out why they did not remove the teacher from his position. Their answers were startling and exposed a process that is now in question.
Tags: broadcast; teacher; students; sexual abuse; sex offense
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Catch and Release
California, using the term "realignment", chose to lessen the overcrowded prison population by paroling what corrections officials said were the least violent offenders on parole. Yet parole officers told KCRA that even sex offenders were now breaking the law - living with kids, near schools, even cutting off their GPS anklets - and facing no time in prison. Our investigation reviewed more than 8,000 parolees and their re-offenses over the last year. We also used internal sources to find that the state was preparing to review nearly ten thousand absconders in order to wipe them off the prison books.
Tags: Prison realignment; parole; sex offenders; parolees
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Still Waiting After All These Years
The story examines the scandal of America's untested rape kits and tells the story of one woman who waited 13 years for her kit to be processed, during which time her attacker raped again. The story illustrates a larger issue -- a staggering 180,000 rape kits remain untested nationwide.
Tags: rape; rape kits; sex offense; untested rape kits
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Fugitive Sex Offenders
State and federal authorities have lost track of 100,000 of the nation's 700,000 convicted sex offenders. This report examines the sex offender oversight that was supposed to have been addressed by a landmark 2006 law requiring states to keep uniform records on sex offenders. Only four states complied with this law.
Tags: sex offense; oversight; FOIA; sex offender tracking; AWOL
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Clery Crime Reporting Errors
"Stories documented the university's failure to disclose sex offenses, burglaries and other crimes on the Tarleton campus. None of 10 sex offenses reported by federal law, to DOE. Further, the university disclosed only about half of the burglaries that took place on campus".
Tags: college; education; students; crime; police; law enforcement; records; underreported; university; Department of Education(DOE)
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California's Criminal Nurses
Dozens of registered nurses and other licensed health care professionals convicted of serious crimes - including sex offenses and attempted murder - remained fully licensed to practice for years in California before regulators acted against them. Some registered nurses racked up five, 10, even 14 convictions before the state moved to discipline them.
Tags: nurses; health care; criminal records; licensed nurses; hospitals; corruption
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: Marjor Crimes, Minor Criminal
"A report by Anna Song of KATU-Portland, Ore. reveals that juvenile sex offenders often go right back to school after being charged. Due to their status as minors, school administrators cannot disseminate this information beyond the staff. The story exposes the inconsistency of local school policies when it comes to such offenders: Some schools tell all staff members, some tell just a few. Ultimately, it's up to the principal and can vary by school, not just by district."
Tags: sex offenders; juvenile; school system; privacy; crime; sexual offense
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Juvenile Sex Predators
This investigation delved into the statistic that one out of four sex offenses against children are committed by children. Child sexual predators often go unpunished because of their minor status.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; FOIA; department of justice; sex crimes; sex offender; children; sexual assault; kid; teen; abuse; child services; juvenile; minor
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Sex Abuse Continues; Juvenile offenders often locked in rooms together
Staff reporter, Geoff Dutton of the Columbus Dispatch talks about the rate of sexual offenses amongst juveniles in Ohio's only prison for young rapists and sexual molesters. As this reporter discovered, there is widespread sexual activity among the inmates in this prison and also among inmates and the security personnel. The follow-up stories also covers how the facility lacks good counselors and social workers.
Tags: CAR; FOIA; Ohio's only prison for juvenile sexual offenders; juveniles crimes; juvenile prisons; inmates in juvenile prisons; Department of Youth Services; Circleville juvenile prison; Circleville; OH; Circleville
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Law and Disorder: How Oklahoma's Courts Cope with the Mentally Disabled.
The World details the issue of the treatment of those who mentally challenged defendents who are declared incompetent to stand trial by the court. This report describes as to how these defedents are often released back into the community where they only end up committing new offenses, often sex crimes involving children.Furthermore, "companies paid by the state to supervise the mentally retarded have failed to do their jobs, resulting in criminal charges being brought against their clients. There have also been cases where judges have ordered dangerous incompetent defendents to be placed in nuring rooms.
Tags: legilature; Jeff Dean Marks; Department of Mental Health