Prosecutor seeks tougher law on child exploitation in Kansas
Douglas County Assistant District Attorney Mark Simpson urged the Kansas Legislature to redefine sexually explicit conduct and raise penalties for secretly filmed child pornography. He testified before the House Judiciary Committee supporting Rep. Tom Sloan's bill, noting current statutes grant probation when a nude child is recorded without the child's awareness for sexual gratification.
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Douglas County
Kansas
Mark Simpson
House Judiciary Committee
Tom Sloan
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House Bill 2002 tightens penalties for child nude image cases
Sponsor Rep. Tom Sloan says the bill would harden punishment for possessing creating or distributing nude child images recorded with or without the child knowledge. A House Judiciary vote is expected next week. Simpson notes harsher penalties for aware recordings and lighter for secret unnoticed cases amid a related breach of privacy charge. A Euora man faced breach of privacy after a girlfriend 11 year old daughter found secret recordings in a bathroom.
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Tom Sloan
R-Lawrence
House Judiciary Committee
Eudora
Senate panel weighs bill to prosecute teachers over material
Opponents say the proposal is too broad and could trap educators in hot water for discussing literature like Huck Finn. The bill would remove the existing exemption from criminal liability for K 12 teachers presenting materials harmful to minors. A hearing was held Wednesday before the Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee. A similar bill previously cleared a different committee but did not advance. Senator Mary Pilcher Cook cited Johnson County 2013 as the source of the issue.
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Lawrence superintendent to oppose moving local elections
Lawrence schools Superintendent Rick Doll will present a resolution to the school board opposing moving local elections to November. The move is advocated by some lawmakers to pair local races with state and federal elections, but board members urged action to protect focus on local issues and avoid mid term board turnover.
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Lawrence
Rick Doll
Shannon Kimball
Lawrence School Board
Steve Huebert
Valley Center
Kansas
Kris Kobach
Executive Branch
Greenland ice sheet mapped by EU KU team
EU scientists with NASA support publish the first complete map of Greenland’s ice sheet using ultra sensitive radar from CReSIS at KU. The study traces deep Eemian and other ancient channels, revealing pockets of lasting ice amid margins that melted, informing future sea level rise predictions.
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Prasad Gogineni
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Ku’s
School of Engineering
NASA
Journal of Geophysical Research
Earth Surface
Earth
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