For the first time any home in the Booneville School District where children are being home schooled is undergoing a check to verify no sex offenders live in the home. Though the Arkansas civil code 6-15-508, homeschooling is prohibited in a home where a sex offender lives. As a result Booneville Schools student resource officer Norman Wilder is using the legally required forms turned in at the administration building to check to see if any of the residents are registered sex offenders. Full Article
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VA: Virginia pulls 132 confined sex offenders from list of eligible voters
RICHMOND — State officials abruptly removed 132 sex offenders from Virginia’s list of eligible voters last week, reacting to the latest problem emerging from Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s sweeping move to restore voting rights to felons who had served out their sentences. Full Article
Read MoreCity of Arcadia Repeals Residency Restrictions
The Arcadia City Council unanimously voted on June 21 to repeal its residency restrictions. This action was the second and final step needed to permanently rid the city of restrictions that prohibited registered citizens from living within 2,000 feet of “residential exclusion zones”, which includes schools, parks, swimming pools and hotels. The repeal will take effect on July 31. “This is a significant victory for registered citizens and their loved ones,” stated CA RSOL president Janice Bellucci. “No longer will families in Arcadia be torn apart.” Residency restrictions in the…
Read MoreWA: 17-year-old harasser is convicted of distributing child porn of himself
… E.G. was therefore charged for making the harassing calls and for “dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit activity” — essentially for distributing child porn of himself. Full Article Opinion
Read MoreLong Beach Residential Restrictions For Sex Offenders to Be Amended After State Rules Buffers Unconstitutional
The City of Long Beach is amending the portion of its municipal code dealing with where sex offenders are allowed to live in the city, a move that comes as the city fights a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of its restrictions. Full Article
Read MoreCT: Connecticut Is Rethinking Its Policies Toward Jobs and Housing for Sex Offenders
Before she started work at New Haven’s Columbus House as senior manager of housing services, Cathleen Meaden’s job was housing people whose crimes were seemingly unforgivable. Her charges were people on the state’s sex offender registry, and when she’d talk to people about her job, the reaction was often not-very-hidden disgust that she worked in close proximity with people who’d committed such heinous crimes. Full Article
Read MorePublic Safety Committee Approves Internet Identifier Bill (SB 448)
The Assembly Public Safety Committee today approved Senate Bill 448, which would require some registered citizens to reveal their internet identifiers to local law enforcement. Included within the bill are registered citizens convicted of possessing child pornography on January 1, 2017, or later. The Committee passed the bill unanimously despite testimony in opposition to the bill from six representatives of California RSOL and the Public Defenders Association. The ACLU, which previously opposed the bill, stated during the hearing that they no longer opposed the bill, but did not give a…
Read MoreMI: Mom wants sex offender boyfriend to spend time with kids
An unusual court battle is playing out in Macomb County. A woman is fighting to allow her boyfriend to see her children but the issue is that the mom’s boyfriend is a register sex offender. Now the woman wants the judge to reverse the agreement she made to bar him from having contact with the children. Full Article
Read MoreCA RSOL president Janice Bellucci sworn into the U. S. Supreme Court Bar Association
CA RSOL president Janice Bellucci was sworn into the U. S. Supreme Court Bar Association today. As a member of that association, she is eligible to argue cases before the Court.
Read MoreWhy sex offender registries don’t work
“He is a lifetime sex registrant. That doesn’t expire. Just like what he did to me doesn’t expire, doesn’t just go away after a set number of years.” Full Article
Read MoreHundreds of child molesters arrested: ‘Operation Broken Heart’
We don’t have all the details yet, but one thing was certain Saturday: Hundreds of child molesters are off Southland streets after a massive federal and local law enforcement crackdown. “Operation Broken Heart III” nabbed 238 suspected child predators during a two-month drive, according to officials. Participating law enforcement agencies will provide the full story to the public Monday. Full Article
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: A Man Committed Suicide
After being arrested for possession of child pornography, a man committed suicide yesterday. We can only speculate why he would commit such a desperate act. Was it because he was also charged with “exchanging sexually explicit messages with a teen in California”? Was it because he was a member of law enforcement, a deputy sheriff in Florida? It is likely that we will never know his reason why. What we do know, however, is that many others have chosen the same path. That is, many men have committed suicide because…
Read MoreFL: Broward sheriff’s deputy arrested for child porn charges kills self
FORT LAUDERDALE — A Broward County Sheriff’s deputy who was arrested on more than two dozen child porn charges died Wednesday night after shooting himself, according to the sheriff’s office. Full Article
Read MoreNC: Newton wants to restore sex offender rules
After a federal judge struck down part of North Carolina’s law restricting the activities of registered sex offenders, Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson, on Thursday rolled out a new version of the law he said would address the judge’s concerns. Full Article
Read MoreNorm Pattis: Bonds of civil society dissolving in name of righteousness
I’m not hopping on the bandwagon circling the Santa Clara County, California, courthouse. Don’t add my name to the million-plus names of those calling for the scalp of Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky. Far from a goat, Judge Persky is a hero. Full Op-Ed Piece
Read MoreStanford offender’s life sentence
The victim fought back with words of rage. “ I thought there’s no way this is going to trial; there were witnesses, there was dirt in my body, he ran but was caught,” she wrote in a 12-page statement at the sentencing of ____ ____, the former Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting her. “He’s going to settle, formally apologize, and we will both move on. Instead, I was told he hired a powerful attorney, expert witnesses, private investigators who were going to try and find details about my personal…
Read MoreNY: Senate passes “terrorist registry” bill
The State of NY may soon have a “terrorist registry” much like the sex offender registry. Their Senate, yesterday, passed legislation that would create a list of people convicted of terrorism and post their information publicly, so that the community and law enforcement can be aware of “somebody in their community that has been convicted of terrorism who still may be a threat to the safety and security of Americans” Full Article
Read MoreThe Ridiculous Laws That Put People on the Sex Offender List
Three maps show states that register people as sex offenders for consensual teenage sex, peeing in public, and prostitution. Full Article
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