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Coalinga State Hospital
Coalinga State Hospital (CSH) is a state mental hospital in Coalinga, California. The facility opened on September 5, 2005; it was the first state hospital to be constructed in California in more than 50 years. It is a maximum security facility built to ensure that sexually violent predators are kept separate from the community. Currently, the facility houses 941 individuals alleged to be sexually violent predators and 294 mentally disordered offenders. The facility also houses 50 mentally ill prisoners from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR); however, the California Department of State Hospitals designates CSH as a civil commitment facility only. CSH also houses two inmates deemed not guilty by reason of insanity and one individual under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. Intake and occupancy In California, all prisoners convicted of sexual assault or child sexual abuse are flagged and reviewed six months prior to parole. The law in California dicta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalinga State Hospital
Coalinga State Hospital (CSH) is a state mental hospital in Coalinga, California. The facility opened on September 5, 2005; it was the first state hospital to be constructed in California in more than 50 years. It is a maximum security facility built to ensure that sexually violent predators are kept separate from the community. Currently, the facility houses 941 individuals alleged to be sexually violent predators and 294 mentally disordered offenders. The facility also houses 50 mentally ill prisoners from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR); however, the California Department of State Hospitals designates CSH as a civil commitment facility only. CSH also houses two inmates deemed not guilty by reason of insanity and one individual under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. Intake and occupancy In California, all prisoners convicted of sexual assault or child sexual abuse are flagged and reviewed six months prior to parole. The law in California dicta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Criminal Law Review
The ''New Criminal Law Review'' () is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal published by University of California Press. It was established in 1997 as the ''Buffalo Criminal Law Review'', but changed names in 2007 after the University of California Press took responsibility for publishing the journal. The ''New Criminal Law Review'' focuses on examinations of crime, philosophy of criminal law, and punishment in domestic, transnational, and international contexts. The ''New Criminal Law Review'' is ranked as the seventh best criminal law journal.see Washington & Lee Law School, Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking, law.wlu.edu) Notable papers This is a list of notable papers that have appeared in the journal. * George P. Fletcher, “The Fall and Rise of Criminal Theory”, 1(2) ''Buff. Crim. R.'' (1998). * Nicola Lacey Nicola Mary Lacey, (born 3 February 1958) is a British legal scholar who specialises in criminal law. Her research interests include criminal justice, cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place For Paedophiles
''A Place for Paedophiles'' is a British documentary that was televised on 19 April 2009. Produced and presented by Louis Theroux, the documentary ran for 60 minutes, and took place at Coalinga State Hospital, a mental hospital in California for sexually violent predators. Reception The programme was widely praised for its approach to the subject of paedophilia. ''Leicester Mercury'' called the programme "a brilliantly-made, well-observed documentary. Fascinating, not sensationalist or sympathetic." In 2010, Theroux received a Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...'s award in the best presenter category for the documentary. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Place for Paedophiles, A Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials BBC televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Theroux
Louis Sebastian Theroux (; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, Theroux moved to the United States and worked as a journalist for ''Metro Silicon Valley'' and ''Spy''. He moved into television as the presenter of offbeat segments on Michael Moore's ''TV Nation'' series and later began to host his own documentaries for the BBC, including '' Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends,'' '' When Louis Met...'', and several BBC Two specials. Early life Louis Sebastian Theroux was born in Singapore on 20 May 1970, the son of English mother Anne (née Castle) and American father Paul Theroux, a noted travel writer and novelist. His paternal grandmother, Anne Dittami, was an Italian-American grammar school teacher, while his paternal grandfather, Albert Eugène Theroux, was a French-Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David Norman
John David Norman (October 13, 1927 – May 22, 2011) was an American pedophile and sex offender convicted numerous times between 1960 and 1998 on charges of child molestation and child pornography. Throughout his life, Norman operated various direct mailing services dedicated to distributing child pornography and arranging sex trafficking. Among these operations were the Odyssey Foundation based out of Dallas; the Delta Project, Creative Corps and M-C Publications based out of Chicago; and Handy Andy based out of Pennsylvania. Norman is known for his alleged links to serial killers Dean Corll and John Wayne Gacy. He was eventually arrested for the last time in August 1987, in Illinois, and spent the rest of his life in state custody. He died in 2011, at age 83. Biography Little is known about John Norman's life, particularly his childhood and teenage years. He was born on October 13, 1927, in Ada, Oklahoma, and is known to have lived in California, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hydrick
James Alan Hydrick (born February 28, 1959) is an American former stage performer and self-described psychic, and convicted sex offender. Hydrick claimed to be able to perform acts of telekinesis, such as his trademark trick of moving a pencil resting at the edge of a table. Following a nationally televised demonstration of his abilities on ''That's Incredible!'', he was unable to prove his supernatural abilities on ''That's My Line'', and later confessed the fraud. Hydrick was imprisoned for child molestation in 1989; he remains in a psychiatric hospital. Early life Hydrick was born in South Carolina to thirty-six year old Billy Hydrick and a thirteen year old teenage mother named Lois Hydrick. His father was allegedly abusive. In 1989, he told an interviewer that he started learning karate at age six to protect himself from his father after seeing one of his brothers beaten to death. He and his other siblings later lived in a series of foster homes and orphanages. Hydrick was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc., was an American media conglomerate that operated daily and weekly newspapers, websites and mobile applications, as well as ''Coast Magazine'' and other specialty publications. Headquartered at 625 N. Grand Avenue in Santa Ana, California, it was owned by a private equity firm, 2100 Trust, established in 2010 by investor Aaron Kushner Freedom's flagship newspaper was the ''Orange County Register'', based in Santa Ana. Ownership Founder R.C. Hoiles gained a one-third interest in his first newspaper (''The Alliance Review'' in Ohio) sometime in the 1910s. He and his brother Frank bought many more local newspapers over the next several decades. In 1935 he moved his base of operations to Santa Ana, California, and in 1950 he incorporated his syndicate as Freedom Newspapers, Inc. It was renamed Freedom Communications in 1993. Freedom was operated as an entirely family-owned business until 2004, when private-equity firms Blackstone Group and Providence Eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appeal-Democrat
The ''Appeal-Democrat'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper printed in Marysville, California, United States. It has an estimated circulation of 13,000 copies a day, primarily in Yuba and Sutter counties. The paper also is sold in Colusa County to the west and Butte County to the north. History The ''Appeal-Democrat'' formed from the 1926 merger of two earlier newspapers, the ''Marysville Appeal'' (founded in 1860) and the ''Marysville Evening Democrat'' (founded in 1884). R.C. Hoiles, who built the Freedom Communications newspaper chain around the Santa Ana paper that became the Orange County Register, bought the ''Appeal-Democrat'' in 1946 and placed his son-in-law Robert C. Hardie in charge as its publisher. Hardie directed the paper for the next 55 years, as circulation rose from about 7,500 to more than 20,000. Even as residents and businesses gradually shifted west from Marysville to nearby Yuba City Yuba City (Maidu: ''Yubu'') is a city in Northern California and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Law Review
''California Law Review'' (also referred to as ''CLR'') is the journal of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. It was established in 1912. The application process consists of an anonymous write-on competition, with grades playing no role in the consideration of membership. A personal statement is also considered. ''CLR'' is ranked third and fifth among United States law journals in studies conducted by Washington & Lee University and the University of Oregon, respectively. History ''California Law Review'' was the first student-run law review in the Western United States. It is the ninth-oldest surviving law review published in the United States. A companion volume, the ''California Law Review Online'', was launched in 2014, followed by a podcast in 2021. These publications feature shorter articles, essays, blogs, and audio content. Notable alumni Past editors and contributors have included * Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor (former editor-in-chief), * Justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica's Law
Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend. A version of Jessica's Law, known as the Jessica Lunsford Act, was introduced at the federal level in 2005 but was never enacted into law by Congress. The name is also used by the media to designate all legislation and potential legislation in other states modeled after the Florida law. Forty-two states have introduced such legislation since Florida's law was passed. The law is named after Jessica Lunsford, a young Florida girl who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in February 2005 by John Couey, a previously convicted sex offender. Public outrage over this case spurred Florida officials to introduce this legislation. Among the key provisions of the law was classifying lewd or lascivious molestation on a person under the age of 12 as a life felony, and a mandatory minimum sentence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of The United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point of federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." The court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. The court may decide cases having political overtones, but has ruled that it does not have power to decide non-justiciable political questions. Established by Article Three of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
