Tiered Registry Bill Released from Senate Appropriations Committee

Today the Senate Appropriations Committee released the Tiered Registry Bill (SB 421) from its Suspense File.  As a result, the bill’s author — Senator Scott Wiener — will take the bill to the floor of the Senate no later than Friday, June 2.  While on the Senate floor, every senator will have an opportunity to vote for or against the Tiered Registry Bill. “It’s time to Show Up, Stand Up and Speak Up,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.  “This is the time for registrants, family members and supporters to call…

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MA: Our view – SJC ruling makes sex offenders ‘invisible’ to the public

____ had already served a lengthy prison sentence for rape when, police say, he posted a fake apartment listing on Craigslist earlier this month, luring a woman to his Swampscott apartment, where he beat and sexually assaulted her. The victim of ‘_’_’s alleged May 3 attack should have been able to learn of his criminal past before meeting him. And his neighbors in Swampscott deserved to know a sexual predator was living nearby. However, thanks to a highly questionable ruling two years ago by the Supreme Judicial Court, no one…

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