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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1997

Page

7

Public sex offender notices backlog widens as dangerous predator alert rises

A backlog in notifications includes a named offender and verified addresses for public checks. The dangerous predator provision triggers special notices. First alert involved Richard Abrahamson, 18, of Waterloo. The push follows May incident in Coralville where James Johnson, 36, allegedly molested an 8 year old.

Richard Abrahamson Waterloo Coralville James E. Johnson

Sex Offender Registration Notice Sparked by City Arrival

Coralville police sought state approval to notify residents about Johnson's arrival in the community but were denied due to missing guidelines on public release of information.

Coralville Johnson

Florida Supreme Court allows electric chair executions

The Florida Supreme Court in a 4 3 decision upheld the electric chair as constitutional delaying the resumption after a seven month pause. Five justices urged lawmakers to offer lethal injection or make it the sole method. The ruling over Leo Jones keeps the method available with plans to proceed after a prior March incident.

Tallahassee Fla Florida Supreme Court Leo Jones

McCormick presses hog lot reform and school funding in Iowa race

Democratic candidate McCormick criticizes the hog lot law as tilting toward factory pork facilities and calls for local boards to approve large hog lot placements. He links crumbling schools to prevention needs and outlines a crime plan emphasizing prevention, secure prisons, and community corrections. He seeks the 1998 governor nomination against Tom Vilsack.

McCormick Hog Lot Boards of Supervisors Iowa Supreme Court Des Moines Tom Vilsack Mount Pleasant Vilsack United Auto Workers American Federation of State U.S Jim Ross Lightfoot David Oman Joy Corning Paul Pate Terry Branstad Bob Ray Iowa

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