August 2018 – ACSOL

Action Items California Meetings / Events

Action Alert: CA Dept. of State Hospitals Schedules Hearing on Sept. 20

·August 23, 2018
·24 Comments

The California Department of State Hospital (DSH) will conduct a public hearing on September 20 for the purpose of considering proposed amendments to regulations that limit patients" possession of, or…

National

NY: Sex offender gets jail for not reporting social media password

·August 31, 2018
·52 Comments

A Level 1 sex offender from the Tuscarora Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to a year in the Niagara County Jail for not telling authorities one of his social media…

California

CA: Bail overhaul plan would limit release of sex crime suspects

·August 30, 2018
·22 Comments

People arrested on suspicion of crimes that would require them to register as sex offenders would need a judge's approval to leave jail while awaiting trial under a change to…

California

CA: Bill to Track Registered Sex Offenders Detained in County Jail Advances to Gov’s Desk

·August 30, 2018
·8 Comments

Today, the Assembly unanimously approved Senate amendments to Assembly Bill 1994 by Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (D-Corona), sending it to Governor Jerry Brown for his consideration. AB 1994 will provide law…

National

TX: Pastor convicted of child porn gets probation, must post sex offender sign at his home

·August 30, 2018
·30 Comments

An associate pastor who told police he kept child porn on his computer as part of research for “a possible lesson involving Cupid, love and human trafficking” has been sentenced…

National

MO: New three-tiered sex offender law goes into effect Tuesday

·August 30, 2018
·5 Comments

Starting Tuesday, August 28, a new law goes into effect that’s expected to drop the number of registered sex offenders in Missouri. It will be a three-tiered system that punishes…

California

CA: Gov. Brown signs Wilk’s sex offender bill into law

·August 28, 2018
·13 Comments

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1199 into law Monday evening, an attempt to correct the way Jessica’s Law led to a disproportionate number of sexual offenders being released to…

National

FL: The Last Victim: One man caught in the day-care hysteria decades ago still seeks justice

·August 27, 2018
·1 Comment

[nationalreview.com - 8/23/18] On January 23, 2014, the Florida Parole Commission sent Frank Fuster a letter informing him that, owing to a recent policy change, it had determined that his…

General News

IL: Appellate court reverses sex offender registration conviction

·August 27, 2018
·6 Comments

An Illinois appeals court reversed a man’s conviction after he was accused of failing to register as a sex offender. The Fifth District Appellate Court, in reversing former judge John Baricevic, found…

General News National

TX: Something Is Wrong with the Sex Offender Registry, and Deregistration Is the Only Tool We Have to Fix It

·August 25, 2018
·25 Comments

Something is wrong with the sex offender registry. It is not working the way it was intended to work. Worse, the registry is causing innocent people to be harmed. Yet…

Living with 290

Living with 290: Not above the law

·August 25, 2018
·7 Comments

No one is above the law. Punish me for the crimes I committed, but obey the law yourselves in doing so. I was told they wanted to ask me some…

California Living with 290

Living with 290: No More use of the term “Sex Offender”

·August 25, 2018
·11 Comments

I would like to ask and insist that we all stop, that is STOP using the words "sex offender." It's pejorative, demeaning, and keeps the idea that registrants keep "offending."…

National

MN: Protracted Sex Offender Program suit comes to end

·August 24, 2018
·7 Comments

A long-running class-action lawsuit over the constitutionally of Minnesota's civil commitment program for sex offenders effectively ended Thursday when a federal judge dismissed the remaining claims but stood by his…

National

NY: Educators, officials seek more housing limits on sex offenders

·August 24, 2018
·13 Comments

With classes across Long Island set to resume in the coming weeks, some Suffolk education leaders and elected officials are raising concerns that nearly two dozen of the highest-risk sex…

General News

The polygraph as applied: Are we focusing on technology at the expense of everything else that works?

·August 23, 2018
·7 Comments

[sajrt.blogspot.com - 8/22/18] By David S. Prescott, LICSW, Kieran McCartan, Ph.D., &Alissa Ackerman, Ph.D. Nothing divides the professional and academic community that works in the field of sexual abuse quite…

General News International

Bermuda: Do not make sex offender registry public

·August 23, 2018
·1 Comment

[royalgazette.com - 8/23/18] Government expert: Seb Henagulph, a consultant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and Westgate Correctional Facility A forensic psychiatrist said there was no clear evidence to show that…

National

IN: Sex offender’s rights not violated by registration extension

·August 22, 2018
·21 Comments

An Allen County sex offender’s constitutional rights were not violated when the period of time he was required to register as a sex offender was extended under a law amended…

General News

Study: Oregon Has the Fewest Sex Offenders Per Capita

·August 22, 2018
·14 Comments

[portlandmercury.com - 8/21/18] A new study shows that Oregon has the fewest sex offenders per capita of any state, with only 195 sex offenders per one million residents. The company…

ACSOL’s Conference Calls

Month: August 2018

Action Alert: CA Dept. of State Hospitals Schedules Hearing on Sept. 20

NY: Sex offender gets jail for not reporting social media password

CA: Bail overhaul plan would limit release of sex crime suspects

CA: Bill to Track Registered Sex Offenders Detained in County Jail Advances to Gov’s Desk

TX: Pastor convicted of child porn gets probation, must post sex offender sign at his home

MO: New three-tiered sex offender law goes into effect Tuesday

CA: Gov. Brown signs Wilk’s sex offender bill into law

FL: The Last Victim: One man caught in the day-care hysteria decades ago still seeks justice

IL: Appellate court reverses sex offender registration conviction

TX: Something Is Wrong with the Sex Offender Registry, and Deregistration Is the Only Tool We Have to Fix It

Living with 290: Not above the law

Living with 290: No More use of the term “Sex Offender”

MN: Protracted Sex Offender Program suit comes to end

NY: Educators, officials seek more housing limits on sex offenders

The polygraph as applied: Are we focusing on technology at the expense of everything else that works?

Bermuda: Do not make sex offender registry public

IN: Sex offender’s rights not violated by registration extension

Study: Oregon Has the Fewest Sex Offenders Per Capita

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