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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/01/06/the-yellow-star-the-scarlet-letter-and-international-megans-law/ The yellow star, the scarlet letter, and ‘International Megan’s Law’] | *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/01/06/the-yellow-star-the-scarlet-letter-and-international-megans-law/ The yellow star, the scarlet letter, and ‘International Megan’s Law’] | ||
::When I was growing up, in a Jewish family in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Hitler and the Holocaust were common subjects of conversation in my household. Though at the time it all seemed like ancient history — (David Post - The Washington Post, | ::When I was growing up, in a Jewish family in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Hitler and the Holocaust were common subjects of conversation in my household. Though at the time it all seemed like ancient history — (David Post - The Washington Post, US, January 6, 2016)<!-- Added 1-8-16 --> | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/lord-janner-you-cant-try-a-dead-man/17759 Lord Janner: you can’t try a dead man] (Luke Gittos - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 12-29-15 --> | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/lord-janner-you-cant-try-a-dead-man/17759 Lord Janner: you can’t try a dead man] (Luke Gittos - [[spiked]], UK, December 29, 2015)<!-- Added 12-29-15 --> | ||
::It would be a perversion of justice to put the deceased on trial. | ::It would be a perversion of justice to put the deceased on trial. | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/st-helena-is-no-paedophiles-paradise/17750 St Helena is no paedophiles’ paradise] | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/st-helena-is-no-paedophiles-paradise/17750 St Helena is no paedophiles’ paradise] | ||
::How a charity and two social workers succeeded in witch-hunting an entire island. (Barbara Hewson - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 12-23-15 --> | ::How a charity and two social workers succeeded in witch-hunting an entire island. (Barbara Hewson - [[spiked]], UK, December 21, 2015)<!-- Added 12-23-15 --> | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-goddard-inquiry-therapy-not-justice/17685 The Goddard Inquiry: therapy, not justice] | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-goddard-inquiry-therapy-not-justice/17685 The Goddard Inquiry: therapy, not justice] | ||
::This huge inquiry into child abuse has nothing to do with truth. (Luke Gittos - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 12-1-15 --> | ::This huge inquiry into child abuse has nothing to do with truth. (Luke Gittos - [[spiked]], UK, December 1, 2015)<!-- Added 12-1-15 --> | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-make-believe-world-of-child-abuse-campaigners/17669 The make-believe world of child-abuse campaigners] | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-make-believe-world-of-child-abuse-campaigners/17669 The make-believe world of child-abuse campaigners] | ||
::A new report is light on facts and heavy on scaremongering. (Joanna Williams - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 11-26-15 --> | ::A new report is light on facts and heavy on scaremongering. (Joanna Williams - [[spiked]], UK, November 26, 2015)<!-- Added 11-26-15 --> | ||
*[https://nowtoronto.com/news/john-robin-sharpe-sexual-outlaw/ John Robin Sharpe: sexual outlaw] | *[https://nowtoronto.com/news/john-robin-sharpe-sexual-outlaw/ John Robin Sharpe: sexual outlaw] | ||
::He successfully challenged Canada's obscenity laws, but opinion in political queer circles was divided on the self-styled rebel pervert. (See also:[[Robin Sharpe]]) (Maria-Belén Ordóñez, Robert Teixeira - NOW, Ca)<!-- Added 11-9-15 --> | ::He successfully challenged Canada's obscenity laws, but opinion in political queer circles was divided on the self-styled rebel pervert. (See also:[[Robin Sharpe]]) (Maria-Belén Ordóñez, Robert Teixeira - NOW, Ca, November 8, 2015)<!-- Added 11-9-15 --> | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/tom-watson-the-unacceptable-face-of-the-paedo-panic/17535 Tom Watson: the unacceptable face of the paedo panic] | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/tom-watson-the-unacceptable-face-of-the-paedo-panic/17535 Tom Watson: the unacceptable face of the paedo panic] | ||
::Watson is being sacrificed to save the child-abuse crusade. (Tim Black - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 10-14-15 --> | ::Watson is being sacrificed to save the child-abuse crusade. (Tim Black - [[spiked]], UK, October 14, 2015)<!-- Added 10-14-15 --> | ||
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/operation-midland-treating-fiction-as-fact/17473 Operation Midland: treating fiction as fact] | *[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/operation-midland-treating-fiction-as-fact/17473 Operation Midland: treating fiction as fact] | ||
::The crusade against [[Historical sex abuse (dictionary)|historical sex abuse]] is destroying due process. (Frank Furedi - [[spiked]], UK)<!-- Added 9-28-15 --> | ::The crusade against [[Historical sex abuse (dictionary)|historical sex abuse]] is destroying due process. (Frank Furedi - [[spiked]], UK, September 28, 2015)<!-- Added 9-28-15 --> | ||
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamara-rice-lave/are-sexually-violent-predators-dangerous-enough_b_8140714.html?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime Are Sexually Violent Predators Dangerous Enough?] | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamara-rice-lave/are-sexually-violent-predators-dangerous-enough_b_8140714.html?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime Are Sexually Violent Predators Dangerous Enough?] | ||
::On June 15, U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank struck down Minnesota's law allowing for the civil commitment of so-called sexually violent predators. SVP laws allow a person to be locked away indefinitely after he has completed his maximum prison sentence. Twenty states and the federal government have passed such laws, and over 5,000 SVPs are incarcerated at an annual cost in excess of 450 million dollars. (Lave and McCrary, The Huffington Post, US)<!-- Added 9-16-15 --> | ::On June 15, U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank struck down Minnesota's law allowing for the civil commitment of so-called sexually violent predators. SVP laws allow a person to be locked away indefinitely after he has completed his maximum prison sentence. Twenty states and the federal government have passed such laws, and over 5,000 SVPs are incarcerated at an annual cost in excess of 450 million dollars. (Lave and McCrary, The Huffington Post, US, September 15, 2015)<!-- Added 9-16-15 --> | ||
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Popular interest
- When I was growing up, in a Jewish family in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Hitler and the Holocaust were common subjects of conversation in my household. Though at the time it all seemed like ancient history — (David Post - The Washington Post, US, January 6, 2016)
- Lord Janner: you can’t try a dead man (Luke Gittos - spiked, UK, December 29, 2015)
- It would be a perversion of justice to put the deceased on trial.
- How a charity and two social workers succeeded in witch-hunting an entire island. (Barbara Hewson - spiked, UK, December 21, 2015)
- This huge inquiry into child abuse has nothing to do with truth. (Luke Gittos - spiked, UK, December 1, 2015)
- A new report is light on facts and heavy on scaremongering. (Joanna Williams - spiked, UK, November 26, 2015)
- He successfully challenged Canada's obscenity laws, but opinion in political queer circles was divided on the self-styled rebel pervert. (See also:Robin Sharpe) (Maria-Belén Ordóñez, Robert Teixeira - NOW, Ca, November 8, 2015)
- Watson is being sacrificed to save the child-abuse crusade. (Tim Black - spiked, UK, October 14, 2015)
- The crusade against historical sex abuse is destroying due process. (Frank Furedi - spiked, UK, September 28, 2015)
- On June 15, U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank struck down Minnesota's law allowing for the civil commitment of so-called sexually violent predators. SVP laws allow a person to be locked away indefinitely after he has completed his maximum prison sentence. Twenty states and the federal government have passed such laws, and over 5,000 SVPs are incarcerated at an annual cost in excess of 450 million dollars. (Lave and McCrary, The Huffington Post, US, September 15, 2015)
