[twitter.com – 6/4/18] You may receive updated rulings about the registries by logging in @ https://scholar.google.com & selecting “Case law”, then choose your state or federal courts. Hope this helps someone who didn’t know before! Read the original tweet
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The Holocaust of Sex Offenders
[dsdaughtry.wordpress.com – 6/3/18] A lesson from World War II is to look beyond irrational laws created by the Nazis but focus on the way those laws were quietly reinforced by citizens without challenge or question. Initially, it was the German people and other nations that played a pivotal part of extermination of Jewish populations along with homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or anyone indifferent to the political ideology of the Nazis or its particular allies. After the war, nations took an oath never to allow people to become labeled, marked, branded, or…
Read MoreMA: Victims’ advocate wants psychologists charged if sex offenders repeat
[bostonherald.com 6/3/18] A leading victims advocate wants state-appointed psychologists who declare sex offenders can be released from prison held accountable if the predators strike again. Jennifer Lane, president of Community Voices, said charges should be brought against the examiners in some cases. “I’m so sick and tired of this,” Lane told the Herald. “There are more people defending sex offenders than the victims.” Pedophiles and rapists don’t age out of their horrific habits, she said. “It’s a mental issue.” Her comments come as the Supreme Judicial Court is “taking under…
Read MoreOK: Today, They Stamped “Sex Offender” on My Driver’s License
I’d been dreading this day for months – the final day before my Oklahoma state driver’s license expired. Recently, my state had passed legislation requiring that the licenses of those convicted of aggravated sex offenses be marked “Sex Offender” in bold capital red letters in two different locations on the front of the card. Red letter days are supposed to be joyful occasions, but not so much in this case. I certainly wasn’t going to submit to this particular humiliation by renewing my license any earlier than necessary, so I…
Read MoreAUS: Do public sex offender registries work? ‘Surprise’ findings in Australian study
Public sex offender registries designed to shutdown pedophiles and rapists will not stop recidivism, while a searchable database could see house prices in some neighbourhoods drop by up to 8 percent, claims a new report. Full Article
Read MoreMO: Sex Offender Registry Bill Not Signed by Former Gov. Greitens
Out of the 77 bills that Gov. Greitens signed into law on Friday, there’s one pertaining to the sex offender registry that didn’t make the cut. It’s an amendment to a bill that would allow less serious sex offenders to be removed from the registry. Full Article
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