July 2017 – Page 3

AUS: Should child sex offenders be allowed to travel?

·July 13, 2017
·2 Comments

Australia has passed tough, "world-first" legislation that will deny passports to about 20,000 people on the national child sex offenders register. The aim is to stop Australians who are planning…

California

New state law aims to limit where California judges place violent sex offenders out on conditional release

·July 12, 2017
·3 Comments

A state law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this week would make it harder for violent sex offenders released under a court's conditions to live in counties where they have…

National

OR: New law means life sentences for second-strike sex offenders

·July 12, 2017
·29 Comments

Repeat rapists and certain sex offenders can now be given a "two strikes and you're out" ticket to life in prison under a bill recently passed by the Oregon Legislature.…

ACSOL California

Tiered Registry Bill Passed by Assembly Committee

·July 11, 2017
·238 Comments

The Tiered Registry Bill (Senate Bill 421) was passed today by the Assembly's Public Safety Committee. The final vote on the bill was 5 in favor (Chairman Jones Sawyer as…

ACSOL California

OC’s district attorney sounds off against 3 Senate bills that would change the state’s bail system, sex-offender registry and laws for gun crimes

·July 10, 2017
·40 Comments

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and victims’ rights advocates sounded off on Monday against three state Senate bills that would make sweeping changes to California’s bail system, sex-offender registry…

California

Sex offender revamp in works under state bill

·July 9, 2017
·32 Comments

California’s sex offender registry didn’t protect Chelsea King. A registered child predator abducted, raped and murdered the 17-year-old high school senior after she set off for a jog on the…

General News

DOJ urges SCOTUS not to review Sixth Circuit panel decision finding retroactive application of Michigan sex offender law unconstitutional

·July 8, 2017
·70 Comments

As reported in this post from last summer, a Sixth Circuit panel concluded in Does v. Snyder, No. 15-1536 (6th Cir. Aug. 25, 2016) (available here), that Michigan's amendments to its Sex…

National

PA: Judge was right to protect foreign kids from U.S. sex predator, court says

·July 8, 2017
·3 Comments

An Allegheny County judge acted correctly when she sentenced a sex predator to a 20- to 40-year prison term to ensure he'll be too old to molest foreign children when…

National

TX: Should independent living complexes have to notify residents of sex offenders?

·July 8, 2017
·5 Comments

The Houston Housing Authority has changed the way the agency reviews its 60,000 tenants after Channel 2 Investigates found a registered sex offender getting a housing allowance he is barred…

National

IA: State can’t block sex offender from having smart phone

·July 7, 2017
·1 Comment

The state can't stop a convicted sex offender from having a smart phone or internet access, according to a ruling from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Full Article

California

Court strikes down sex registration requirement

·July 6, 2017
·24 Comments

A California appellate court has again struck down a requirement that ____ ____ ____, a well-known Redding man who often ran for elected office and who was sentenced to prison…

National

NY: Sex offenders banned from driving for Uber, Lyft

·July 6, 2017
·6 Comments

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers approved a ride-hailing law in April, it would have allowed certain low-level sex offenders to drive for companies like Uber and Lyft. That's…

General News

Houston federal judge revokes sex offender’s naturalized citizenship

·July 5, 2017
·8 Comments

A federal judge this week approved an order revoking the naturalized citizenship of a Harris County man convicted of a sex offense more than 20 years earlier, one of a…

Janice’s Journal: Freedom from Tyranny of the Registry

·July 4, 2017
·121 Comments

Today we sit on top of a mountain. We take a short rest after an arduous journey up a steep path. We gather strength. We gather numbers. We prepare for what we believe will…

General News

Sex offender rules need to be revisited (Letter to the Editor)

·July 4, 2017
·4 Comments

Surely there needs to be a lot of changes made in the sex offender registry. I heard about a man in his early thirties who committed some sort of a…

National

Business Ethics Discussion Topic – Public Accommodation and the Sex Offender Registry

·July 3, 2017
·12 Comments

My company operates campgrounds on public lands under contract with various public agencies. Over the past several years, there has been a lot of discussion about public accommodation (e.g. can…

International

IRE: Seeking to track sex offenders poses human rights questions

·July 3, 2017
·2 Comments

The idea of electronic tagging for sex offenders is not a new one. It was considered by the Department of Justice in 2009 in relation to the Discussion Document on…

National

NC: Iredell sex offender’s charges dismissed after Supreme Court ruling on social media

·July 2, 2017
·4 Comments

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has overturned a nearly 10-year-old law in North Carolina that banned registered sex offenders from using social media like Facebook. The unanimous ruling allows…

ACSOL’s Conference Calls

Month: July 2017

AUS: Should child sex offenders be allowed to travel?

New state law aims to limit where California judges place violent sex offenders out on conditional release

OR: New law means life sentences for second-strike sex offenders

Tiered Registry Bill Passed by Assembly Committee

OC’s district attorney sounds off against 3 Senate bills that would change the state’s bail system, sex-offender registry and laws for gun crimes

Sex offender revamp in works under state bill

DOJ urges SCOTUS not to review Sixth Circuit panel decision finding retroactive application of Michigan sex offender law unconstitutional

PA: Judge was right to protect foreign kids from U.S. sex predator, court says

TX: Should independent living complexes have to notify residents of sex offenders?

IA: State can’t block sex offender from having smart phone

Court strikes down sex registration requirement

NY: Sex offenders banned from driving for Uber, Lyft

Houston federal judge revokes sex offender’s naturalized citizenship

Janice’s Journal: Freedom from Tyranny of the Registry

Sex offender rules need to be revisited (Letter to the Editor)

Business Ethics Discussion Topic – Public Accommodation and the Sex Offender Registry

IRE: Seeking to track sex offenders poses human rights questions

NC: Iredell sex offender’s charges dismissed after Supreme Court ruling on social media