Lindemeier challeges constitutionality of new sex offender requirements
North Platte attorney Bob Lindemeier filed a complaint in Lincoln County District Court seeking to permanently bar enforcement of Nebraska’s new sex offender registry laws.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 4 on behalf of “John Doe”, was granted an ex-parte order by Judge John Murphy. The order effectively enjoins the entirety of LBs 97 and 285 from going to into effect in Nebraska until a hearing can be held.
The hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 14.
“We’re saying enough is enough,” Lindemeier said of the new requirements for registrants. “There’s some real problems with the law when you have individuals who are nearing the end of their periods of having to register, and haven’t re-offended, now being told they have to continue registering.”
Lindemeier said in the lawsuit that what he referred to as the “New Act” is tantamount to making crimes greater than at the time they were committed. Read more…
Nev. Jeffrey Michael Lister Child Molestation
Jeffry Michael Lister,
At the Jan. 18, 2008, party at the home of former Fallon softball coach Tami Peel, who hosted dozens of minors who were drinking alcohol that she supplied, while her children were in the home. Peel, 40, had told parents, including the victim’s mother, that she was hosting a sleepover with no boys, just pizza, movies and soda.
Authorities said Lister, then 18, bragged about having sex with the drunk girl in his truck.
Witnesses reported Lister bragged, “I’m the judge’s son. I can never get in trouble,” records show.
TWISTED JUSTICE:Across America thousands of people are going to prison, and being labeled sex offender for much less than what this Judge’s Son… Once again, Justice goes to the highest bidder.
Fallon judge’s son gets year in jail for having sex with minor
jomalley@rgj.com
The 19-year-old son of a Fallon judge was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum term of a year in jail for having sex with a severely intoxicated 15-year-old girl at a teen drinking party hosted by a Fallon high school softball coach.
Churchill County District Court Judge William G. Rogers told Jeffrey Michael Lister he was lucky his lawyer was able to negotiate with the state attorney general’s staff on a plea of no contest to the gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit an obscene, indecent or immoral act.
The conviction does not require Lister to register as a sex offender. He had been charged with statutory sexual seduction which would have mandated registration. Rogers said Lister was “lucky” because some people serve prison terms for less serious offenses.
Lister, the son of Fallon Municipal Court Judge Michael Lister, declined to address Rogers.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Ronda Clifton and state parole and probation officers recommended Lister serve 30 days in jail and then be on probation.
“The attorney general’s office worked very hard to reconcile this case and come up with a fair resolution,” Clifton said. “We did the right thing. We believe in the justice system, and we believe the judge did what he thought was right.”
Lister’s lawyer sought probation.
At the Jan. 18, 2008, party at the home of former Fallon softball coach Tami Peel, who hosted dozens of minors who were drinking alcohol that she supplied, while her children were in the home. Peel, 40, had told parents, including the victim’s mother, that she was hosting a sleepover with no boys, just pizza, movies and soda.
Authorities said Lister, then 18, bragged about having sex with the drunk girl in his truck.
Witnesses reported Lister bragged, “I’m the judge’s son. I can never get in trouble,” records show.
Peel was sentenced to 11 months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a gross misdemeanor count of child endangerment. Officials said Peel was intoxicated when she checked into the county jail in May to serve part of her original sentence.
The girl told authorities she was raped by as many as four boys at the party. Clifton said her office is continuing to investigate that allegation.
CT-William R. Edwards Sr. Child Molestation
Does he live next door to you?
theday.com (CT): Former NL cop apologizes at sex assault sentencing.
Apparently, if you are a police officer (or other public official) who sexually assaults a child, you do not have to register as a sex offender.
Former New London police officer William R. Edwards Sr. apologized to his family this morning as he was sentenced to two years in prison and 10 years’ probation for inappropriate sexual contact with a young boy.
The 22-year police veteran had pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor, tampering with a witness and violating a protective order.
Because he was so well-known by law enforcement authorities in New London, his case was heard in the Windham County judicial district. State’s Attorney Patricia M. Froehlich said Edwards forced the victim, who was 5 to 7 years old at the time, to submit to sexual contact during a self-described “dark period” of his life when he was abusing drugs and alcohol. She said Edwards seemed to have very little insight into his problems based on statements he made during a pre-sentence interview with the Department of Adult Probation.
Edwards, who had served as New London’s community police officer, was suspended and then fired following his arrest in January 2009. He had been well-respected in the community, and several people sent letters of support to the court.
The judge said the sentence was in the best interest of the community. He ordered Edwards to undergo sex offender evaluation and treatment, if necessary while on probation. He is to have no contact with the victim and no unsupervised contact with children under 16.
He will not be required to register as a sex offender.
Contact State’s Attorney Patricia M. Froehlich
Suite 208 120 School Street Danielson, CT 06239
860-779-8510
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