MN: Vindictive Sex Offender Policies Do Little Good

In Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill which would expand restrictions on where people listed as sex offenders can live, and allow local communities to add even more restrictions. According to this report, the restrictions are so severe that in some of Minnesota’s largest communities there would be essentially no place for these people to live at all. Full Opinion Piece

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Teenage Sexting Is Not Child Porn (Op-Ed)

TEENAGERS who sext are in a precarious legal position. Though in most states teenagers who are close in age can legally have consensual sex, if they create and share sexually explicit images of themselves, they are technically producing, distributing or possessing child pornography. The laws that cover this situation, passed decades ago, were meant to apply to adults who exploited children and require those convicted under them to register as sex offenders. Full Opinion Piece

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SCOTUS: No registration update required after moving out of the country (Nichols)

The Court issued two opinions on Monday morning. In Nichols v. United States, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court unanimously ruled that the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act did not require Nichols, a registered sex offender, to update his registration in Kansas once he left the state. Opinion Oral Argument (Mar 1) Transcript Related SCOTUS: Justices weigh whether sex offenders should be tracked worldwide (CA RSOL) Argument preview: When a sex offender moves out of the country, does he have to tell anyone? [UPDATED] (CA RSOL) The Supreme…

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