Sep 30 - By Associated Press
The Supreme Court will decide whether sex offenders who didn't register with state officials before harsher punishments went into effect can still be sentenced to extra time in prison.

Sep 28 - By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press Writer
Georgia probation officers tried to line up temporary housing on Tuesday for nine homeless sex offenders who were kicked out of a makeshift tent city behind a suburban Atlanta office park where state officials had directed them to live.

Sep 25 - By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer
No sign marks Miracle Park, a cluster of one-story yellow buildings surrounding a small church that caters to one of society's most despised demographics: sex offenders.
Aug 26 - By Associated Press
A Cambodian court sentenced an American man on Wednesday to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl.
Jun 22 - By Associated Press
The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a federal law that permits sex offenders to be kept behind bars after they complete their prison terms.
May 14 - By Associated Press
A follower of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender.
Apr 7 - By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press Writer
A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools was sentenced Tuesday to 70 1/2 years in prison.
Apr 3 - By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
Chief Justice John Roberts has granted the Obama administration's request to the Supreme Court to block the release of certain sex offenders who have completed their federal prison terms.
Mar 9 - By Associated Press
A convicted sex offender accused of helping a man pose as a 12-year-old boy and enroll in Arizona schools has been sentenced to 51 years in prison.
Feb 23 - By Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press Writer
The Department of Justice on Monday asked a full appeals court to rule that the federal government has the power to hold sex offenders in custody indefinitely beyond the end of their prison terms.
Jan 8 - By Larry O'Dell, Associated Press Writer
Congress overstepped its authority when it enacted a law allowing the federal government to hold sex offenders in custody indefinitely beyond the end of their prison terms, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

Dec 11 - By Danny Robbins, Associated Press Writer
They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital. But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.
Nov 30 - By Associated Press
A sex offender whose lenient sentence for molesting a child led to a crackdown on punishment for sexual predators in Vermont will likely be released from prison next month, state corrections officials say.

Nov 3 - By John Curran, Associated Press Writer
Larkin Forney doesn't have the most conventional background: He's a convicted sex offender and drunken driver, a head injury victim and a marijuana legalization advocate.

Sep 10 - By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Writer
A sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years, and will go to prison for more than 70 years, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Aug 15 - By Associated Press
A Connecticut baseball umpires group has reversed its decision to give a lifetime achievement award to a convicted child sex offender.
Apr 13 - By Associated Press
A convicted sex offender who was once accused of killing and cannibalizing a boy was found dead in his cell Sunday at the Montana State Prison.
Mar 24 - By Associated Press
Under a judge's order, a man who has admitted molesting a boy has posted signs around his house and a decal on his car proclaiming that he is a sex offender.
Mar 21 - By Associated Press
A registered sex offender running for mayor of his small town says he hopes voters can overlook his 2004 arrest in which he was caught in a police sting trying to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl on the Internet.
Mar 12 - By Associated Press
A judge has decided that a convicted sex offender charged with raping a 6-year-old boy in a New Bedford, Mass., library is too dangerous to be released.
Feb 11 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
A man listed as one of the state's most dangerous sex offenders has won $10 million in the Massachusetts lottery, but the attention may have landed him in new trouble.

Feb 1 - By Mark Pratt, Associated Press Writer
A convicted sex offender who was released from prison over prosecutors' objections has been charged with raping a 6-year-old at a public library while the boy's mother used a computer nearby.
Mar 3 - By Associated Press
A Lutheran congregation is grappling with how to deal with a convicted sex offender who says his church attendance is an important step toward rehabilitation.

Jan 19 - By Bob Christie, Associated Press Writer
A charter school alerted authorities to a 29-year-old sex offender who tried to enroll there, pretending he was just 12, in what sheriff's officials said Friday may have been an attempt to lure children into sexual abuse.
Nov 8 - By David Kravets, AP Writer
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of key provisions of a ballot measure designed to crack down on sex offenders, ruling the law was unconstitutional just a day after voters overwhelmingly approved it.