Sex Offender Registry News Archives - Year 2002

Listed below are all the headlines we gathered in the year 2002 that discussed Sex Offender Registries. Go back to Main Archives page.

• November 19, 2002: US: The Internet faces a free-speech test.
  
• November 18, 2002: US: Universities to list sex offenders in registry.
  
• November 17, 2002: UK: Surgical tags plan for sex offenders.
  
• November 14, 2002: US: Megan's Law on the Internet is debated.
  
• November 13, 2002: US: Sex offender registries on the docket.
  
• November 8, 2002: IA: State May Do Background Checks On Student Teachers.
  
• November 8, 2002: Canada: Ontario convinces federal government to take serious action on justice issues.
  
• November 7, 2002: Canada: Ottawa unveils sex-offender registry plans.
  
• November 6, 2002: Canada: Justice ministers agree to establish federal sex offender registry.
  
• October 24, 2002: OH: Do You Know Your Neighbors? State Megan Law Has Loophole.
  
• September 19, 2002: OH: Taft asks broader neighbor notice.
  
• September 18, 2002: MD: New Website Helps Inform Public.
  
• September 17, 2002: MD: Website to list sexual offenders.
  
• September 17, 2002: OH: Megan’s law helps local law enforcement track local offenders.
  
• September 14, 2002: ID: Boise police say there’s better way to track sex offenders.
  
• September 8, 2002: MD: Sex Offender Site Gets Heavy Web Traffic.
  
• July 20, 2002: MA: State sex offender list faces delays.
  
• July 20, 2002: MA: Legislators cut $1.1M in budget for registry of sex offenders.
  
• July 19, 2002: MA: Sex offender's info was held up by long process.
  
• July 15, 2002: GA: Registry of sex offenders dwindles.
  
• July 7, 2002: TX: Sex offender registry in court's crosshairs.
  
• July 6, 2002: IL: Illinois Supreme Court weighs juvenile sex offender registry.
  
• July 2, 2002: GA: Sex offender registration law upgraded to felony.
  
• June 26, 2002: MI: Judge bars public from sex offender list.
  
• June 11, 2002: MI: Granholm Wants To Save Sex Offender Registry.
  
• June 6, 2002: MI: Top prosecutors plan appeal after sex offender registry unplugged.
  
• June 5, 2002: MI: State Sex Offender Registry Shut Down.
  
• June 5, 2002: MI: Judge closes Michigan sex offender registry.
  
• June 1, 2002: IN: New system puts info totally in hands of sheriff's departments.
  
• June 1, 2002: CA: Online Sex Offender Map Swamped by Hits.
  
• May 30, 2002: WI: Sex Offender Website Adds Search Tools.
  
• May 31, 2002: CO: Colorado Fights To Keep Sex Offender Registry.
  
• May 30, 2002: MO: State auditor's recommendations to bolster sex offender registry.
  
• May 28, 2002: WI: Supreme Court to decide legality of sex offender registry.
  
• May 21, 2002: National: Top court to rule on molester lists.
  
• May 21, 2002: OK: Court To Hear Sex Offender Registry Case.
  
• April 30, 2002: NJ: Sex-offender challenges give N.J. an online registry unlike others.
  
• April 22, 2002: MD: Sex Offender registry goes online, easing access but raising privacy concerns.
  
• April 5, 2002: Ontario, Canada: First year of Ontario Sex Offender Registry a success.
  
• March 5, 2002: TN: Sex offender registry could grow; Bill adds people who lured minors.
  
• March 1, 2002: OK: Keating OKs expanding sex offender registry.
  
• February 24, 2002: VA: Web sex registry may be in danger.
  
• February 22, 2002: NJ: Sex offender registry online.
  
• February 22, 2002: CT: Police want court to restore access to sex offender list.
  
• February 20, 2002: Washington: Legality of sex offender lists on Web challenged.
  
• February 19, 2002: Washington: Supreme Court to hear case on sex offender registries.
  
• February 19, 2002: Alaska: Sex offender registry Web site reactivated.
  
• February 14, 2002: Canada: Ministers unite to establish a registry for sex offenders.
  
• February 14, 2002: Canada: Ottawa agrees to national sex offender registry.
  
• February 13, 2002: Canada: Ontario and Alberta succeed in achieving national sex offender registry.
  
• February 12, 2002: Canada: Ontario shares sex offender registry technology with Alberta.
  
• February 11, 2002: Canada: Ontario will make sex offender registry available to other provinces.
  
• January 31, 2002: Canada: Feds accused of backing off sex offender registry.
  
• January 31, 2002: NJ: Online Registry
  
• January 25, 2002: CO: Tapia Seeks Listing for Sex-Offense Suspects.
  
• January 22, 2002: WA: Legislature Considers Statewide Sex Offender Website.
  
• January 13, 2002: NJ: Sex Offender Registry Deals with Limits.
  
• January 12, 2002: NJ: Megans Law Details Still Not on Internet.
  
• January 9, 2002: AK: Sex Offender Registry Offline.
  
• January 2, 2002: NJ: Predator Web site in N.J. lacks data.