While a sexual relationship with a teacher is innocently portrayed as the subject of countless fantasies in music, movies, and television, the real life consequences of hooking up with a student are not so glamorous. Recently, a teacher at Davie County High School showed just how life-changing these accusations or charges can be.

On December 1, the Davie County School System read reports that one of their teachers, Jessica Welch Greene, 27, was engaging in a sexual relationship with one of the students at the school. She was suspended without pay the following [...]

There are already strict restrictions on anyone who has been convicted of a sex offense in our state, no matter how severe the offense was or how long it has been since the offense was committed.

Well, North Carolina is set to make those restrictions even tighter with legislation concerning the places a sex offender can and cannot go.

The Jessica Lunsford (Restoration) Act

The legislation in question was not drawn up this year. Or last year. Or the year before.

The Jessica Lunsford Act, named for a child who was kidnapped and [...]

If you want to easily find housing, a job, or receive federal assistance, you need to stay off the North Carolina sex offender registry.

The sex offender registry is a public list that will follow you and for the rest of your life. It includes the names, addresses, and criminal history of anyone who has been convicted of a sex crime – especially those who have been involved with minors.

But what exactly are sex crimes? Some of what are state considers a sex crime is probably obvious – but not everything.

Below [...]