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Marital Loneliness and Difficult Discoveries Oct. 22, 2024

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: For the past four years, my wife and I have barely spoken. We don't share anything or do... Read More

Six-Year Sentence for Consensual Teen Sex Oct. 19, 2023

Lenore Skenazy

When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said he was 18, too. The... Read More

How SCOTUS Promoted Pernicious Myths About Sex Offender Registries: 20 Years Ago, the Justices Deemed Registration Preventive Rather Than Punitive Mar. 01, 2023

Jacob Sullum

This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a Supreme Court decision that approved retro... Read More

How Long Should I Keep Secrets for My Dad? Jan. 17, 2023

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: Here's my dilemma: I moved back into my dad's house several years ago, and he has been g... Read More

Time to Purge Bloated Sex Offender Registries Apr. 09, 2022

Diane Dimond

Those who fight for a more equitable way to keep track of sexual predators won a big victory in Mich... Read More

September 29, 2021 Sep. 29, 2021

Classic Annie's Mailbox

Dear Annie: My daughter just learned that a registered sex offender is living next door to her and h... Read More

Choose and Commit May. 03, 2021

Dear Annie®

Dear Annie: I'm so confused, and I don't know what to do. I have been married for four months, and I... Read More

Would You Label This Man a Sex Offender? Oct. 22, 2020

Lenore Skenazy

Carol Nesteikis' son Adam is 33. He is developmentally disabled and lives in Illinois with Carol and... Read More

'Boring' Home Confinement Can Lead to Trouble Apr. 04, 2020

Diane Dimond

I got a letter recently that made me wonder what Americans are doing to pass the time during the cur... Read More

The Bad Prince Nov. 28, 2019

Susan Estrich

No one forced him to go. The photo and video make clear that there was no one holding a gun to his ... Read More

The Other Halloween Myth That Won't Die Oct. 31, 2019

Lenore Skenazy

Three people on the sex offense registry in Georgia are suing the Butts County Sheriff's Office for ... Read More

When Is a Public Touch on the Arm or Waist a Sex Crime? Oct. 17, 2019

Lenore Skenazy

Last fall, in Manchester, England, an awkward 19-year-old male student touched a 17-year-old female ... Read More

Do Sex Registries Really Protect the Public? Jul. 20, 2019

Diane Dimond

Sex registries are in the news again thanks to a couple of high-profile child sex abuse cases. (Thin... Read More

The Secretary of Labor Needs to Go Jul. 11, 2019

Susan Estrich

Alexander Acosta, as the U.S. attorney in Miami, was responsible for cutting the deal that allowed n... Read More

She Wanted to Spice Up Her Marriage and Wound Up Needing Pepper Spray May. 17, 2019

Tales From the Front

After 25 years, a marriage can go stale. That was the state of Andie's marriage when she met Brian. ... Read More

Sex Offender Registry Afoul of Constitution Jan. 28, 2019

Daily Editorials

Michigan lawmakers seem keen on making important reforms to the state's criminal justice system, whi... Read More

Our Pointless, Vicious, Very American Culture of Shame Jan. 18, 2019

Ted Rall

Puritanism's obsession with guilt and shame, Nathaniel Hawthorne believed, was America's original si... Read More

Who's Scarier, the Sex Offender or the Judge? Dec. 14, 2017

Lenore Skenazy

It was more than two years ago when Zach Anderson of Elkhart, Indiana, met a girl on the app Hot or ... Read More

Crime and Autism Oct. 20, 2016

Lenore Skenazy

The law professor stood at the front of the classroom and introduced Nick, his 30-something son, say... Read More

In 2016 Trump Learns, a Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss Oct. 16, 2016

Debra J. Saunders

Yes, it has come to this. The New York Times reported on its front page Thursday that Donald Trump f... Read More