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In the beginning of January 2016, a number of groups came forward including [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc]] and [[California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization]] to oppose the bill H.R.515 <ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/515</ref> known as the [[International Megan's Law]]. In an editoral in the Washington Post, David Post compared the law to Nathaniel Hawthorne's, ''The Scarlet Letter'' <ref>https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/summary.html</ref> and "Hitler and the Holocaust" and the roundup of the Jews and the infamous “yellow star,” <ref>[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’]</ref> | In the beginning of January 2016, a number of groups came forward including [[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc]] and [[California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization]] to oppose the bill H.R.515 <ref>https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/515</ref> known as the [[International Megan's Law]]. In an editoral in the Washington Post, David Post compared the law to Nathaniel Hawthorne's, ''The Scarlet Letter'' <ref>https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/summary.html</ref> and "Hitler and the Holocaust" and the roundup of the Jews and the infamous “yellow star,” <ref>[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’]</ref> | ||
[[January 22]], the vicious heterosexual murderer Sarah Sands had her sentence increased to | [[January 22]], the vicious heterosexual murderer Sarah Sands had her sentence increased to seven and a half years from her original three-and-a-half year prison sentence for stabbing eight times the 77-year-old boylover Michael Pleasted killing him in cold blood. The court ruled that her original sentence was “unduly lenient” <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/22/woman-killed-paedophile-london-sentence-doubled Vicious heterosexual murderer has her sentence more than doubled]</ref> | ||
===February=== | ===February=== | ||
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2016 (MMXVI) is the current year and a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter CB), the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.
January
In the beginning of January 2016, a number of groups came forward including Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc and California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization to oppose the bill H.R.515 [1] known as the International Megan's Law. In an editoral in the Washington Post, David Post compared the law to Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter [2] and "Hitler and the Holocaust" and the roundup of the Jews and the infamous “yellow star,” [3]
January 22, the vicious heterosexual murderer Sarah Sands had her sentence increased to seven and a half years from her original three-and-a-half year prison sentence for stabbing eight times the 77-year-old boylover Michael Pleasted killing him in cold blood. The court ruled that her original sentence was “unduly lenient” [4]
February
Events
- Current events
- International Boylove Day Dates: June 25, 2016 and December 17, 2016
- Archive of news articles from 2016
Births
See Category:Births
Deaths
January 1 - An unidentified 15-year-old loved boy was murdered by the Islamic State (Isis) in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor. [5]
References
- ↑ https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/515
- ↑ https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/summary.html
- ↑ The yellow star, the scarlet letter, and ‘International Megan’s Law’
- ↑ Vicious heterosexual murderer has her sentence more than doubled
- ↑ Isis: 15-year-old thrown from roof for being gay while Daesh chief he's caught with is spared
