GPS helping U.S. keep track of high-risk offenders

BOSTON: Electronic surveillance technology is changing the way the authorities in the United States monitor repeat offenders. Its advocates say the new technology can save lives. Its detractors fear a widening breach of civil liberties and an illusory sense of protection.
Coast to coast, the authorities are expanding electronic monitoring to fight crime. They are moving beyond [...]

Former youth pastor sent to prison; given lifetime probation

By Vanessa Miller (Contact)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

CORRECTION (5/30/08): In this story, Boulder District Judge D.D. Mallard was misquoted. In referring to Peter Kim, she said, “He was the adult. He was the one who committed the crimes.”
Years after first being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child, a Longmont youth pastor Wednesday was [...]

3 jailed for violating terms of GPS monitoring program

Todd Cook won’t take no for an answer.
On Thursday, his persistence paid off with the jailing of a young trio of alleged home invaders accused of raping a woman in front of her husband.
Cook, who heads Knox County Probation and Pretrial Services, and Assistant District Attorney General Phil Morton have been trying for [...]