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The new law abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers from 12 to 37 years. [3] [79] It also clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse by making such an offense a third degree felony rather than a misdemeanor.
State sex-offender registration and notification programs are designed, in general, to include information about offenders who have been convicted of a "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" or a "sexually violent offense," as specified in the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act ("the Wetterling Act") [1] – more specifically ...
The new law: abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers; clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse; makes conversations with law enforcement agents exempt from non-disclosure agreements; and creates a fund for ...
Four PA men arrested as part of child sexual exploitation investigation in Centre County. Bret Pallotto. November 13, 2023 at 12:29 PM. Prosecutors made public Monday the arrest of four men as ...
Jun. 10—The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Monday denied an appeal by a Dennison Township man who challenged his lengthy state prison sentence for downloading and sharing child sexual abuse ...
A Pennsbury School District music teacher is facing felony charges after authorities say they found more than 2,000 images and videos depicting child pornography on his cell phone and an Amazon ...
At the end of 2023, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape rebranded and combined with the group Respect Together [31] and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The new name was the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect. On December 18, 2023, the 20-year-long CEO, Karen Baker, retired from the organization.
In 1947, California became the first state in the United States to have a sex offender registration program. [11] C. Don Field was prompted by the Black Dahlia murder case to introduce a bill calling for the formation of a sex offender registry; California became the first U.S. state to make this mandatory. [12]