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VA: Hearing Thursday: EFF Tells Court That Clicking on a URL Isn’t Enough Evidence to Justify A Search Warrant

·January 30, 2019
·3 Comments

[eff.org/ - 1/29/19] Identifying IP Address That May Have Connected to a URL Doesn’t Amount to Probable Cause Richmond, Virginia—On Thursday, January 31, at 8:30 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation…

MO: Salvation Army Opens Extreme Emergency Cold Weather Shelter

·January 29, 2019
·29 Comments

[ozarksfirst.com - 1/29/19] SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Salvation Army announced Tuesday they are opening up their extreme cold shelters due to extremely cold temperatures. ... A picture ID will be…

Florida State Senator Lauren Book introduced Senate Bill 540 that includes the establishment of a “Soliciting for Prostitution Registry”

·January 29, 2019
·13 Comments

[flsenate.gov - 1/25/19] SB 540: Human Trafficking GENERAL BILL by Book Human Trafficking; Requiring the owner or operator of a public lodging establishment to train certain employees and create certain…

PA: Family of Pedophile Pastor Now Spreads the Word on How To Prevent Abuse

·January 28, 2019
·5 Comments

[blackchristiannews.com - 1/28/19] SOMERSET, Pa. – Jimmy and Clara Hinton don’t want others to miss what they didn’t see for years: their father and husband, a respected pastor for years…

IN: Northwest Indiana legislators support bills closing loopholes in sex offender laws

·January 27, 2019
·8 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 1/25/19] Northwest Indiana legislators said they are in support of bills looking to close some of the loopholes in the state’s sex offender laws. One of those bills…

MD: Maryland House GOP to push for state income tax cut, violent offender registry

·January 26, 2019
·31 Comments

[baltimoresun.com - 1/25/19] Republican leaders in Maryland’s House of Delegates on Friday released their legislative priorities for 2019, including a state income tax cut, a registry for violent repeat offenders,…

MI: Sex Offender Registry afoul of constitution (Editorial)

·January 25, 2019
·6 Comments

Michigan lawmakers seem keen on making important reforms to the state’s criminal justice system, which should expand protections for civil liberties. Another item they should add to the list: Revamping…

HI: Proposal would put tough restrictions on where sex offenders can live

·January 25, 2019
·6 Comments

A proposal before lawmakers would make it illegal for any registered sex offender to temporarily or permanently live within 1,000 feet of a school, childcare facility, playground or park. Full…

CA: Wiener legislation seeks to end ‘blatant discrimination’ in sex offender registry laws

·January 24, 2019
·20 Comments

A new state bill introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, could possibly change the way young offenders, specifically those who identify as LGBT, are put on the state’s sex…

IL: Court tosses lawsuit in sex-video suicide case

·January 23, 2019
·11 Comments

A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a suburban Chicago school by parents of a student who killed himself after staff warned him he may have…

MI: ACLU suit seeks changes to Michigan sex offender registry

·January 20, 2019
·24 Comments

Civil rights advocates say ___ is an example of how thousands of people have been unfairly penalized by the Michigan Sex Offender Registry more than two years after the Sixth…

NH: Relief for Some Persons on the NH Sex Offender Registry

·January 17, 2019
·13 Comments

Effective June 6, 2016, in New Hampshire, Tier 2 and Tier 3 sex offenders who were convicted before 1992 have a clear process by which they can seek to be…

FL: Women Against Registry Call to Action – Video visits replacing in-person visits.

·January 17, 2019
·8 Comments

Seminole County Jail inmates can no longer handle letters or pictures mailed by family and friends as a new system requires those incarcerated to view digital copies of their messages.…

SC bill would prohibit sex offenders from working, volunteering around kids

·January 15, 2019
·23 Comments

[live5news.com - 1/15/19] MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Right now, registered sex offenders are allowed to work and volunteer around kids, but a South Carolina bill introduced last week in…

NE: People question legality of sex offender living in assisted living facility

·January 15, 2019
·37 Comments

[wowt.com - 1/14/19] FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (WOWT) - Concerns have been raised over a registered sex offender who is living in an assisted living community in Fort Calhoun. A few…

Kat’s Blog: The Registry: A Valuable Public Safety Tool?

·January 9, 2019
·26 Comments

If you have a few minutes, read Florida’s Sex Offender Registration and Monitoring Triennial Review 2018 (www.oppaga.state.fl.us). Even if you don’t live in Florida, it’s an interesting slog thru what…

NARSOL: RIT study is Butner Redux deja vu

·January 9, 2019
·9 Comments

[narsol.org - 1/7/19] Michael M . . . A recent study conducted by researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology, or RIT, is already being cited in Federal Court cases…

OR: Living with a label

·January 6, 2019
·8 Comments

For most youth, childhood is a seemingly innocent and simple time, typically full of school work, play time and life lessons. But when a child becomes a registered sex offender…

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