1.   That would put a lighter burden on the prosecution, and improve the chances of convicting an offender.

2.   Most of the women here are first-time offenders convicted of nonviolent crimes like theft and embezzlement.

3.   Once the bill is signed into law, the public could ask the Criminal History Systems Board whether particular people are convicted sex offenders.

4.   Sweden, Germany and Denmark all offer chemical castration to convicted sex offenders but none forces it as a condition of parole.

5.   The court also agrees to rule on the constitutionality of state laws that list convicted sex offenders on a state registry.

6.   The Texas Youth Commission, which houses convicted juvenile offenders, also is being forced to address their mental health needs.

7.   They concentrated primarily on half-brothers Michael Larwick and Eugene Dykes, both convicted sex offenders with histories of drug abuse.

8.   Twenty-two states, not including Alaska or Connecticut, still list convicted offenders on Internet sites.

9.   - A bill to have convicted sex offenders sentenced more harshly as repeat offenders if they had any such convictions as juveniles.

10.   The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a Cincinnati law that bans convicted drug offenders from certain parts of the city.