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CA: Maywood City Council Begins Repeal of Residency Restrictions

·July 14, 2018
·2 Comments

The Maywood City Council began a two-step process aimed at repealing its residency restrictions during a regularly scheduled meeting on July 11. The second step is expected to take place…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: Three Courts Issue Three Harmful Decisions

·July 13, 2018
·55 Comments

In the span of just one week, three courts have issued decisions that significantly harm registrants. Those decisions affect registrants’ marriages, homes and overseas travel. It’s a lot to absorb…

ACSOL General News

Federal District Court Dismisses IML Challenge

·July 13, 2018
·59 Comments

A federal district court dismissed the recent IML challenge yesterday when it granted the government's Motion to Dismiss a legal challenge to the International Megan's Law (IML). That challenge, filed…

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ACSOL Monthly Meetings 2018 (UPDATED)

·December 20, 2017
·15 Comments

UPDATE 06/13: October 6 Meeting in West Sacramento added. ACSOL holds monthly meetings in various locations on a monthly basis throughout most of the year. Meetings are held on Saturdays…

California

CA: Assessing the Real Risk of Sexually Violent Predators: Doctor Padilla’s Dangerous Data [Paper]

·July 18, 2018
·0 Comments

[ssrn.com - 7/16/18] Abstract This Article uses internal memoranda and emails to describe the efforts of the California Department of Mental Health to suppress a serious and well-designed study that…

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AK: Convicted Sex Offenders: Serving Full Sentences Rather Than Getting Out Early on Parole

·July 18, 2018
·0 Comments

[nwahomepage.com - 7/17/18] BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KFTA) -- Benton County detectives say more convicted sex offenders are choosing to serve their entire sentences than get out early on parole. "We have…

General News

Sex, Race, and the Law: Considering America ‘In the Dark’

·July 18, 2018
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[thenation.com - 7/18/18] If Childish Gambino’s song “This is America” and Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You perfectly distill the absurd comedy and violent hell of the United States…

National

Is it an unconstitutional taking of property without just compensation to require sex offenders to move away from their home if a school, etc is established near their home after their initial occupation?

·July 16, 2018
·10 Comments

In Mann v. Georgia Department of Corrections,653 S.E.2d 740 (Ga. 2007), the Georgia Supreme Court held that a state statute prohibiting registered sex offenders from living or working within 1,000…

National

WI: Here’s why it’s time to reconsider sex offender residency restrictions

·July 15, 2018
·8 Comments

[kenoshanews.com - 7/12/18] Nicholas Fitzpatrick is now homeless. After serving time for sexual assault — he pleaded guilty to having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend when he was 17 —…

National

OH: Ohio House bill offers 2nd chance to teenagers caught sexting

·July 14, 2018
·2 Comments

[wcpo.com - 7/14/18] CINCINNATI -- The punishment for teenagers caught sharing sexually explicit images could be lessened in Ohio. A House bill would allow first-time offenders who are 18 or…

General News

Conference Call Audio for July 2018 Monthly Meeting uploaded

·July 14, 2018
·7 Comments

Please join me and ACSOL President Chance Oberstein, a criminal defense attorney, for our "monthly" meeting to be held telephonically. The conference call will be on Saturday, July 14 at…

National

MI: Courts deemed Michigan’s sex offender registry unconstitutional. Two years later, nothing’s changed

·July 14, 2018
·13 Comments

[michiganradio.org - 7/14/18] The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the state of Michigan over its handling of the state's sex offender registry. In 2016, the 6th Circuit Court ruled…

National

IL: 7th Circuit Upholds Illinois Residency Restrictions

·July 13, 2018
·11 Comments

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld residency restrictions adopted by the state of Illinois that prohibit anyone convicted of a sex offense involving a minor from living within…

National

Families for Justice Reform Rally Tuesday

·July 12, 2018
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[womenagainstregistry.org 7/12/18] The Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) 'Families Rally for Justice Reform' event began Tuesday at 9 AM with breakfast at the FAMM office in Washington, D.C.. Kevin Ring…

California

CA: Child molester slain by fellow inmate at California prison

·July 11, 2018
·25 Comments

[abc7.com - 7/11/18] WASCO, Calif. -- Authorities say a convicted child molester was beaten to death by another inmate just days after arriving at a California prison. Wasco State Prison…

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CA: Pico Rivera Repeals Residency Restrictions

·July 11, 2018
·12 Comments

The City of Pico Rivera repealed its residency restrictions which prohibited registrants from living in most of that city, on either a temporary or a permanent basis, and the repeal…

National

GA: Convicted sex offenders removed from registry

·July 10, 2018
·19 Comments

A little over two decades ago, ____ ____ stood before a judge and pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy with his 6-year-old daughter. “____ ____ molested his biological daughter,” Chatham County…

National

MA: Changing sex offender law needs to be evidence-based

·July 10, 2018
·1 Comment

Massachusetts is hardly soft on sex offenders, being one of only 20 states and the District of Columbia that incarcerate people convicted of sex offenses after they’ve completed their criminal…

International

Third Circuit Upholds Denial of Registrant’s Right to Sponsor Wife for Citizenship

·July 9, 2018
·38 Comments

[ACSOL 7/9/18] The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that an individual convicted of a sex offense does not have the right to sponsor his foreign…

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