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Op-Ed: A Mother on the Registry
My children mean the world to me. Like any good mother I try to support them as much as I possibly can; I work 60 hours a week just to make ends meet. However, I am not like most mothers. No matter how hard I try, I’m not able to be there for them the…
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Who hijacked Halloween?
The Memory When I was a kid, Halloween was a night of freedom, fun, and candy. Our parents never accompanied us. We were neighborhood kids, and this was our community. Years later, when I had a child of my own, some aspects of the holiday had changed. A parent always accompanied each group of kids. Neighborhoods…
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It’s time to reform the CT sex offense registry – CT Mirror
This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the public Sex Offender Registry (SOR) in Connecticut. The SOR – also called the sexual offense registry by advocates who want to move past the stigma of dehumanizing labels – is a publicly accessible internet database of individuals who have been convicted of a sexual offense and reside, work,…