PA: City will pay $50,000 to settle sex offender lawsuit
City Council agreed last week to pay $50,000 toward the settlement of a lawsuit which was filed against the city for discriminating against a registered sex offender. ... Their eviction…
For the First Time Ever, a Prosecutor Will Go to Jail for Wrongfully Convicting an Innocent Man
Today in Texas, former prosecutor and judge Ken Anderson pled guilty to intentionally failing to disclose evidence in a case that sent an innocent man, Michael Morton, to prison for…
NH: Sex Offender Policy: Registries, Residency Restrictions, And Beyond (Radio)
New Hampshire Public Radio - Laws limiting where sex-offenders can live have been used in many towns and states aimed at protecting vulnerable populations, especially children. But a growing chorus…
Board to Rescind Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders [UPDATED]
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors vote to lift sex offender residency restrictions (March 24) Riverside County supervisors are expected Tuesday to begin the process of nullifying an ordinance prohibiting where convicted sex…
The Unintended Costs of Bi-Partisanship
Over at the Beast, some whiney old coot has a piece up on a church here in Oregon that caters to sex offenders. Or at least, that’s how the assignment began.…
CT: Restricting housing for sex offenders counterproductive (Editorial)
While well intentioned, a proposal backed by Norwich state Rep. Emmett Riley that would make it nearly impossible to house former sex offenders in urban areas is "misguided and irrational"…
Sex offender placement plan cause for concern (Opinion)
With the current controversy surrounding a convicted sex offender being released in our community, and the further insult of having the $3,200 rent check for a fairly nice house being…
OREGON’S CHURCH FOR SEX OFFENDERS
For over a decade, Sonrise Church’s Light My Way program has been ministering to society’s most downtrodden people. Ex-cons, prostitutes, meth addicts, the impoverished, and the homeless are all welcome…
Is a lifetime of involuntary GPS monitoring constitutional?
When the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that affixing GPS devices to vehicles to track their every move without court warrants was an unconstitutional trespass, the outcome was seen as…
TX: Lawsuit targets Krum city law
The city of Krum was presented with a lawsuit Friday morning that alleges its sex offender residency restrictions are unconstitutional. Attorney Richard Gladden is representing 22-year-old Denton resident ____ ____…
State Legislation Would Require SVP’s to Reside Near Police Departments
A state Assembly bill would, if enacted into law, require anyone deemed a sexually violent predator (SVP) to live within 10 miles of a "permanent physical police or sheriff's station".…
Janice’s Journal: Registered Citizens Continue to Face Banishment
Registered citizens continue to face banishment throughout the land. They are often torn from their families and relegated to the dark corners of society where they sleep in their cars…
Living with 290: Tied Down and Forced Intimcay: Therapy
My Letter to Sharper Future’s San Diego Office in regards to civil rights violations. Yesterday I walked to the back parking area, just as David and Youngster were converging from…
Living with 290: Afraid to fight for his rights…Does he have them?
Greetings, I am a family member and supporter of my sibling who is a 290 registrant. He has completed his 1 year anniversary this past January 2015 with flying colors. …
Orange County: Is it time for District Attorney Tony Rackauckas to resign?
Sitting down with District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, I ask the same question I’ve been asking others for several days, but it’s personal when it comes to the man who has…
MI: Animal abuse registry would be unfair, ineffective
We still have our doubts about Logan's Law. It's not a law yet, just a bill in the Michigan Legislature — again. First proposed in 2012, the law seeks to…
Housing the unwanted
Under state law, ____, as a paroled sex offender, cannot live within 1,000 feet of schools—making large swaths of Brooklyn off-limits. Parole conditions also prohibit him from fraternizing with other…
NY: ‘Brittany’s Law,’ bill to establish statewide violent offender registry
Legislation that would create a statewide violent felony offender registry has been included in the New York State Senate's one-house budget, state Sen. Michael Nozzolio said Wednesday. "New York state…