A bill that seeks to increase prison sentences and extend parole terms in California for certain sex crimes against minors was passed in a unanimous vote by the state Senate on Tuesday.

“Chelsea’s Law” — named after 17-year-old Chelsea King, who was raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender this year — will go to the State Assembly next week for a vote. If it passes, it will go to the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has already lent support to the legislation formally know as AB 1844.

Recently, a Chicago newspaper printed an editorial titled, “Sex-offender limits sometimes go too far,” that amazingly sought sympathy not for the thousands of children who fall victim to sex crimes each year in Illinois, but rather for a convicted child pornographer.

The assertion was that this man, “Scott,” deserves to be pitied because his life is more difficult thanks to his placement on the Sex Offender Registry. What nonsense. I find this argument both misleading and insensitive to the true victims of these heinous crimes.

A Framingham man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison for indecently assaulting a 10-year-old girl, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Carlos Davila, 31, was found guilty on Friday a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 and because he had a prior sexual offense, faced a mandatory sentence under Jessica’s Law, which lays out minimums sentences for people who commit sex crimes against children.

THIBODAUX — A 46-year-old Thibodaux man is accused of raping an 11-year-old male family member at least four times, authorities said.
Gregory Harris, 471 Frederick Drive, was arrested Saturday after the alleged victim’s mother filed a complaint with the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office, alleging her child had been raped in that parish. From that complaint, allegations emerged that Harris raped the same boy inside the Thibodaux city limits, police said Monday.

Two 19-year-old men have been accused of raping two girls they met in a church youth group, Woodstock police said. Police say there could be more victims.

While police were at an apartment complex investigating a burglary, two 14-year-old girls revealed to investigators that they had been sexually assaulted, Woodstock police spokeswoman Brittany Duncan said.

A New Jersey teenager has been indicted on charged claiming he tried to rape an 8-year-old girl at Camp Spofford last month.

The indictment, released Monday in Cheshire County Superior Court, lists four charges against the 19-year-old: kidnapping, criminal threatening, attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Justice for Sex Crime Victims

Sex Predators are allowed to roam free in Texas and across the Nation due to the lack of strong Laws to keep them quelled.

Counties without the budget to extradite allow the predators to escape justice. District Attorney’s are protected by the Texas Laws when they choose to allow a sex predator to go free because of cronyism in counties between Attorney’s and the DA’s Office. Grand Juries indict the predator and then the County Judge and District Attorney allow the predator freedom. Our Attorney General ignores this issue and does not provide the necessary allowances to give the victims an escape route.

ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill minister convicted of bilking investors out of millions of dollars now faces sexual abuse charges. It’s the third time the convicted felon who lives in York has been accused of child-abuse related charges.

Rev. Johnny William “Bill” Cabe, 50, was arrested Tuesday after a several week long investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with a child, said Lt. Mike Baker of the York County Sheriff’s Office.

Gonzales, CA – Police say a 9-year-old girl was hit by a mid-size SUV while walking to school early this morning and the woman accused of hitting her is also accused of leaving the scene. The child, who was walking in a clearly marked pedestrian crosswalk, was thrown 30-40 feet and was airlifted to an out-of-county hospital after suffering a rather severe leg injury.

A leading Baptist minister from the UK has been charged over allegations he molested young boys on church trips to the United States. Robert Dando, 46, was arrested in Fairfax County, Virginia, after a complaint was made to police by a family in the area.

This week, three 13-year-old boys were arrested on charges they sexually abused younger children. The cases are not related. The teenagers live in different towns.

One boy from Land O’Lakes is accused of raping an 8-year-old girl. He told authorities he “could not control his urges,” a report states.

Critics of the state’s troubled foster care system say it has shown improvement under Gov. Phil Bredesen, but they worry a new administration could cause the agency to lose its way along the path to reform.

A decade ago, a federal class-action lawsuit revealed harrowing stories of child abuse and neglect at the hands of a state system meant to protect some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable young people.

One boy ate his drug-addict mother’s cocaine after the state returned him to her custody, even though she had never gone to drug abuse counseling. Another was forced to live in an overcrowded shelter with older kids accused of violent crimes. And a girl was shuffled among 15 foster homes during a single year of state supervision.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla – You would think that after the countless number of news reports regarding kids being left in hot cars, that people would learn. But then again the majority of people are idiots so I guess it’s not too surprising that we continue to post about parents leaving their young kids in hot cars. In Florida. During the summer.

LOS ANGELES — Investigators are trying to learn more about a woman named Jean M. Barrie as they work to unravel the mystery of two mummified babies found wrapped in historic newspapers in a Westlake apartment building.

Authorities began autopsies on the babies’ remains Thursday.