July 2017 - ACSOL

San Diego repealing sex offender laws that haven’t been enforced for years

·July 31, 2017
·11 Comments

San Diego is repealing city laws that restrict where paroled sex offenders can live, but the change won’t have any impact because the laws haven’t been enforced since at least…

National

Everyone Keeps Asking Me, Why Don’t You Take a Vacation?

·July 30, 2017
·59 Comments

Life as a U.S. Registered Sex Offender isn’t Just a Posting on the Internet, its One Arbitrary Misstep Away From a Felony. Full Article

ACSOL California

California seeks to solutions to homeless sex offender rate

·July 29, 2017
·28 Comments

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has as many homeless sex offenders now as it did 2½ years ago, when a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned restrictions on where they could…

National

WI: Milwaukee may dramatically loosen sex offender residency restrictions

·July 29, 2017
·4 Comments

The City of Milwaukee may dramatically loosen its residency restrictions for sex offenders. The city's current ordinance bans many sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of places like schools,…

National

PA: Cumberland County DA Freed to request U.S. Supreme Court review of sex offender decision

·July 28, 2017
·285 Comments

Roughly two weeks ago the Pennsylvania Supreme Court deemed the state’s current sex offender registration law to be punishment and ultimately barred by both the state and federal constitutions when…

ACSOL California

City begins repeal of sex-offender residency rules

·July 28, 2017
·16 Comments

SAN MARCOS — The City Council has voted to start the process of repealing its sex-offender residency and loitering restrictions after receiving a letter threatening a lawsuit if it didn’t…

California

State Supreme Court ruling sides with Fairfield child molester

·July 26, 2017
·16 Comments

FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield child molester’s victory Monday in the California Supreme Court will “further burden our overworked and under-resourced superior courts while adding little to the fair determination of…

National

WY: Sex offenders now pay the cost of supervision

·July 26, 2017
·49 Comments

Previous source of cash has run dry, so the state charges registrants for every change of status. A new Wyoming law means sex offenders must now pay to register or…

General News

Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

·July 26, 2017
·6 Comments

When I received shift report for my very ill, bed-bound patient, the RN giving report pointed out the tracker affixed to his anklet. She had admitted him a few hours…

National

PA: Sex offender registry changes need quick evaluation (Editorial)

·July 25, 2017
·16 Comments

Jennifer Storm, Pennsylvania’s victim advocate, said her office currently keeps more than 3,900 victims notified about the status of Megan’s Law sex registry offenders, including changes in their jobs or…

California

Teacher convicted of having sex with her student suing teenage boy for defamation

·July 24, 2017
·64 Comments

A 36-year-old teacher convicted of having sex with a person under the legal age of consent in California is suing the student she slept with for defamation. Tara Stumph, who…

National

VA: Norfolk Virginia’s Children’s Hospital Bans RSO Visitors Who are NOT Parents

·July 23, 2017
·11 Comments

I’ve just learned that being a Registered Sex Offender in Virginia with a sick child who needs specialized hospitalization is another humiliating and punitive road to walk. Read more…

General News

PA: Ruling raises questions about sex offender registry’s future

·July 23, 2017
·24 Comments

Changes are coming to Pennsylvania’s sex offender registry as a result of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision issued this week, but experts say it’s unclear exactly how they will play…

National

PA: Some lawyers, prosecutors disagree on child interference convictions being Megan’s Law offenses

·July 23, 2017
·4 Comments

Philadelphia resident ____ ____ became a registered sex offender in Pennsylvania last year after pleading guilty to interfering with the custody of her daughter. But if prosecutors had let the…

National

Be wary of emotionally charged laws named after dead people

·July 22, 2017
·10 Comments

There's an old adage in politics that says "it's always better to do something than nothing." One look at emotionally charged legislation like Kate's Law, however, and that hackneyed phrase…

National

TN: White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get Vasectomy

·July 21, 2017
·21 Comments

Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that…

National

NV: Nevada implementing law on juvenile sex offenders

·July 21, 2017
·8 Comments

Counties are implementing a new law dealing with juvenile sexual assault cases, the latest effort in the state to legislate such crimes after the passage of the federal Adam Walsh…

National

NC: Sex offender registry notifies neighbors of criminal conviction

·July 20, 2017
·15 Comments

Including inmates, 616 registered sex offenders live in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties, but opinions vary among legal professionals about whether the registry protects the community or if the…