According to this article appearing in the
Seattle Times, a homeless sex offender on GPS monitoring in the Seattle area has confessed to killing a 13 year old girl. The passive monitoring system corroborated his confession by placing him in the field where the girl was found.
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According to this article appearing in the
Palatka Daily News, a sex offender in Florida has been ruled out as a suspect in the case of a missing child. The offender's GPS tracking unit places him at home on the night the child disappeared.
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An Ohio man has been indicted on burglary related charges based in part on information from his GPS tracking device which placed him within a few feet of residences on the dates and around the times the burglaries were believed to have taken place.
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Dayton Daily News.
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A juvenile offender could be required to wear a device to monitor his movements while on probation, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment. As a condition of probation, the defendant was required to wear a GPS device to track his movements. The defendant argued that the condition violated his constitutional right to privacy.
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Maryland is one of the latest states to propose legislation that would allow judges to order GPS tracking of domestic abusers.
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Herald-Mail.
Indiana also has similar legislation pending.
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Pilot-News.
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According to this article appearing in the
Waco Tribune-Herald, sheriffs' departments in Texas are trying to change a state law that only authorizes Community Supervision and Corrections Departments to administer electronic monitoring programs. McClellan County, in particular, wants the flexibility to use electronic monitoring to help manage jail space more effectively.
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This editorial written by the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy, makes a number of cost saving recommendations for the correctional system in Texas. One of the recommendations argued for is the expanded use of electronic monitoring as an alternative to returning offenders to prison on technical revocations.
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Houston Chronicle.