Pennsylvania news series exposes sex offender registry as a sham
The Sentinel | Nov. 16, 2016 | By Naomi Creason
Sentinel reporter receives Lee President's Award
Josh Vaughn
Excerpts: Lee Enterprises honored Sentinel reporter Joshua Vaughn Tuesday with a 2016 President's Award for Excellence in News. Vaughn received the award for his monthly Digital Data packages as part of The Sentinel's ongoing "Closer Look" series that runs every week. In these packages, Vaughn uses data to dig deeper into issues, such as race and crime, overdose deaths, sex offender registration, bail policies and incarceration. "The sex offender package intrigued me because I came in with preconceived notions," Vaughn said. "The more I researched it, the more those notions were upended." MORE:
THE SERIES
Listed: a closer look at sex offender registries
The Sentinel takes a closer look at the efficacy, impact and evidence behind sex offender registries, strategies to prevent sexual violence against children and how courts have changed their views in dealing with juvenile offenders.
The Sentinel | March 26, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
When facts aren't facts: A look at the effectiveness of sexual offender registries
Excerpts: Patrick Crawley, executive director and counsel for the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee, said the assertion that outlined the states need for the law likely came from evidence presented during a committee hearing, but that he was unable to find any supporting data that was used. SORNA was sponsored by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who has the statement, Convicted sex offenders often evade current state registration requirements and go on to commit additional offenses on his website about his support for the legislation. Given more than a week to prepare, staff for Sensenbrenner was unable to provide any data or evidence used to support that statement. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 26, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
Finding statistics to fit a narrative
An article in a 1986 edition of Psychology Today has made its way into two Supreme Court cases as evidence of a frightening and high re-offense rate for sexual offenders. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 27, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
Registered offender details a lifetime debt to society
On a brisk Saturday morning in March, Gary Haney walked into Johns Diner in New Cumberland. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 27, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
Family members of offenders speak out against sex offender registries
Vicki Henry never expected to wake up to more than a dozen armed officers at her front door to search her home, but that is what happened after her son, who had been charged and convicted of possession and distribution of child pornography while he was serving in Iraq, moved into her home. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 25, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
A closer look at Pennsylvania's sex offender registry
There are currently more than 19,000 people listed on Pennsylvanias sexual offender registry. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 24, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
The changing view of juvenile justice in Pennsylvania courts
In February, Upper Township Police searched for and caught Basil Duncan. The 34-year-old man was accused of sexually assaulting a young girl for nearly five years. MORE:
The Sentinel | March 24, 2016 | By Joshua Vaughn
Preventing sexual violence against children
There were more than 60,000 incidents of sexual assault of children in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MORE: