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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> | ||
*Starting around January 22 and continuing into February, [[Free Spirits]] was subjected to a number of [[DDoS]] attacks. So far no person or group has come forward to take credit for these attacks. | |||
*[[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 on the 28th of November, 2014, killing him in cold blood. The British 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> | *[[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 on the 28th of November, 2014, killing him in cold blood. The British 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> | ||
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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]
- Starting around January 22 and continuing into February, Free Spirits was subjected to a number of DDoS attacks. So far no person or group has come forward to take credit for these attacks.
- 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 on the 28th of November, 2014, killing him in cold blood. The British court ruled that her original sentence was “unduly lenient” [4]
- January 28 - in what Police are calling Operation Malaise, 13 people throughout Quebec and in Toronto were arrested, who they described as a Pedophile ring, on trumped-up charges steming from "allegedly exchanging advice on ways to sexually abuse children without raising suspicion", simply for their association in real life and in internet support forums. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
February
February 1 - The U.S. House voted to pass the International Megan's Law (HR 515). It will now go to the President for his signature. [11] [12]
February 8 - President Barack Obama signed HR 515, known as the International Megan's Law, into law.[13] [14]
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. [15]
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
- ↑ Police bust Quebec pedophile ring
- ↑ Accused in child sex exploitation case appear in court
- ↑ Police bust Quebec pedophile ring
- ↑ Des animateurs scouts parmi les présumés pédophiles
- ↑ Club de pédophiles: cinq accusés libérés aujourd'hui
- ↑ Another arrest made in alleged Quebec pedophile ring
- ↑ International Megan’s Law passes with no opposition
- ↑ http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/house_passes_rep_smiths_international_megans_law.html
- ↑ President Signed HR 515, International Megan’s Law
- ↑ Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 515, H.R. 4188, S. 2152
- ↑ Isis: 15-year-old thrown from roof for being gay while Daesh chief he's caught with is spared
