California Changes Its Rape Laws
California has eliminated its statute of limitations for rape and other sexual-assault charges—in a major change to its criminal code. The measure, proposed by State Senator Connie Leyva, a Democrat…
Justice Department Announces Almost $18 Million In Awards To Support Sex Offender Registration, Assessment, Intervention
Today the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded almost $18 million to implement and enhance sex offender programming throughout the United States. "We have made tremendous strides…
Sex offenders will have to disclose email addresses, user names under new law
Sex offenders will soon have to report their email addresses, user names and other Internet identifiers to police under a bill Governor Jerry Brown signed Wednesday. The bill, authored by…
Campaign uses Mostly False specter of Brock Turner case to oppose Prop 57
"Brock Turner’s early release will be a regular occurrence if Prop. 57 passes," claims the headline of a news release on the Stop57.com campaign website. Later in the press release,…
Sex Offenders International
It would have taken enormous courage to say no because it was a shockingly awful idea that played well to the simplistic and ignorant. President Obama lacked that courage. Perhaps…
FL: Preliminary Injunction granted (Internet Identifiers)
The Judge’s Order was just filed in our Motion seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the Internet Identifier changes and WE WON!!! Source (FAC)
FL: I’m an ex-sex offender. Florida should use fact, not emotion, to write laws
No matter how a person may have corrected his or her actions and paid for failures, in the state of Florida, it's "once a felon, always a felon." What is…
OR: ‘Incorrigible’ public masturbator shouldn’t be locked up for life, Supreme Court says
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday for the first time reversed a life prison sentence for an unstoppable public masturbator -- saying Oregon's three-strikes-you're-out law for repeat sex offenders isn't…
FL: The Dobbs Wire – A win in the 11th Circuit today!
A win in the 11th Circuit today! Miami-Dade is infamous for encampments of homeless registrants, permanent housing very scarce because of residency restrictions. Despite national media attention to bad laws…
Federal Judge Dismissed Challenge to IML
A federal district court judge today granted the government's motion to dismiss a challenge to the International Megan's Law. The law, passed by Congress in February, allows the federal government…
ACSOL Conference Call on September 28 – International Megan’s Law
ACSOL is pleased to announce that our first conference call will be on Wednesday, September 28, at 5 p.m. Pacific time. I will speak about our challenges to the International Megan's…
ID: 104 sex offenders sue Idaho over its registry laws
A lawsuit challenging Idaho’s laws governing registration and community notification of sex offenders seeks a permanent injunction to stop the state and counties from enforcing portions of the law. The…
Atlanta RSOL Conference 2016 take-away: Whose voice is missing?
This year’s RSOL conference in Atlanta was the author’s first, as speakers from across the country brought to bear upon an audience ready and needful of informative lectures and empathetic, well-sourced thought-pieces a…
Slovakia: US and Slovakia agree to share sex offender information
An agreement has been signed in order to gain more information on the movement of convicted child sex offenders by Alan Bersin, the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs of the United…
IA: Sex offenders sue over Iowa’s civil commitment program
Nine men who were convicted of sex crimes, served their prison sentences and are now indefinitely confined to an Iowa mental health unit have filed a federal lawsuit against the…
Heated debate over tougher punishment for sex crimes as some worry it could unfairly affect California’s minorities
High-profile cases have spurred a number of bills now before Brown, many of which like the proposal championed by Sanchez, would provide tougher penalties and repercussions against defendants in sex…
GA: Man mistaken for child molester yells during fatal beating, ‘I have kids. It’s not me’
While being beaten to death, mistaken for a man his alleged attackers believed had molested a young girl, ____ ____. screamed, “I didn’t do this. I have kids. It’s not…
MN: South St. Paul set to dramatically restrict where sex offenders can live
Eyebrows also raised when ____ ____ moved to the inner-ring suburb. ____ was busted for criminal sexual conduct in 2011 after repeated contact with a 10-year-old girl. But it was ____ ____'s…