October 2018

CA: Sex offender task force raids valley homes, checks felon compliance

·October 31, 2018
·31 Comments

With Halloween Wednesday, children across the valley will take to the streets for a night of trick or treating. How do you know whose doors they're knocking on...and if your…

National

GA: Georgia sheriff’s office places ‘No Trick-or-Treat’ signs in sex offenders’ yards

·October 30, 2018
·84 Comments

[fox11online.com - 10/30/18] ACKSON, Georgia (WSYX/WTTE) — A Georgia sheriff's office is placing "No Trick-or-Treat" signs in sex offenders' yards in an effort to keep children safe. "As Sheriff, there…

California

CA: Convicted sexual predator running for Coalinga City Council as write-in candidate

·October 29, 2018
·20 Comments

Coalinga, California - A convicted child sex predator who's currently being housed in a state mental hospital in Coalinga wants to run for city council district 5 seat. An election flyer…

General News

Group that promotes ‘rational sex offense laws’ says it’ll open Halloween hotline (NARSOL)

·October 29, 2018
·8 Comments

A group that says it advocates for 'rational sexual offense laws' is organizing a nationwide Halloween hotline and vows to hold local governments, law enforcement agencies and parole/probation officers accountable…

General News

Halloween: When Sex Offenders Are the Scariest Ghosts

·October 29, 2018
·6 Comments

Why do we scare ourselves about how much our kids are at risk? Full Article

General News

The modern Leper: Sex Offender Law reform

·October 27, 2018
·25 Comments

Everyone who is reasonable admits (nowadays) that homosexuality is not a disease, nor should the LGBTQIA+ community be treated as irredeemable. However, there is a growing population of people, starting…

General News

SCOTUS: Justices add three new cases to this term’s docket

·October 27, 2018
·20 Comments

In United States v. Haymond, the justices will weigh in on a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that requires additional prison time for sex offenders who violate…

National

MO: Registered sex offenders in Dent County will have signs outside their home this Halloween

·October 26, 2018
·30 Comments

[ky3.com - 10/23/18] SALEM, Mo. -- We are now just 8 days away from Halloween and one local sheriff's office here in the Ozarks wants to make it a safe…

California

CA: Sex Offender Management Board Reveals Current Statistics

·October 25, 2018
·25 Comments

The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) today revealed current statistics regarding registrants during its monthly meeting. According to the board, the total number of individuals required to register in…

California

CA: Governor Vetoes Eight Sex Offender Bills

·October 25, 2018
·18 Comments

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a total of eight sex offender bills, passed by the state legislature, that could have negatively impacted registrants and their families. Of that total, three of…

National

RI: City Officials Stoke Mob Mentality in Front of Sex Offender’s Home

·October 25, 2018
·11 Comments

When _____ _____ , a convicted child sex offender, was released from prison after serving almost 30 years, he quietly moved into the Washington Park neighborhood in Providence. One would…

National

Lauren McCluskey Murder: What’s the Point of the Sex Offender Registry?

·October 24, 2018
·21 Comments

At approximately 8:20 p.m. on Monday, October 22nd, University of Utah college student Lauren McCluskey, 21, was found shot to death inside a car parked on campus. Only a short…

National

GA: DCS honors two Rome officers for work on sex offender law

·October 24, 2018
·10 Comments

Two Floyd County Department of Community Supervision officers received commendations Tuesday for the efforts to clarify the importance of ongoing supervision of sex offenders across the state of Georgia. Brandon…

California

CA: Root & Rebound’s upcoming Fair Chance Employment Workshops & Free Legal Clinics

·October 23, 2018
·0 Comments

Check out Root & Rebound's upcoming Fair Chance Employment Workshops & Free Legal Clinics! Los Angeles area: Fair Chance Employment Workshop on 10/25 in LA Legal Clinic for People with Court Debt…

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GA: All registered sex offenders will gather in Council Chambers on Halloween

·October 23, 2018
·44 Comments

[Updated] With Halloween right around the corner, Grovetown is rounding up registered sex offenders to make the night a little less frightening for parents and children out trick-or-treating. Full Article…

National

NH: Man found dead in Keene ID’d; police say he was sex offender

·October 23, 2018
·8 Comments

[unionleader.com - 10/17/18] KEENE — The identity of the man found dead in the woods off Route 101 on Oct. 6 has been confirmed as Peter R. ________. ____was reportedly…

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NE: Federal judge pulls stay that kept juveniles off sex offender registry

·October 22, 2018
·5 Comments

A federal judge Monday lifted the stay he issued last month that had kept the Nebraska State Patrol from putting juveniles on its sex offender registry if they weren't tried…

California Meetings / Events

ACSOL Emotional Support Group Meeting Alert in L.A. for Sat, Oct 27

·October 20, 2018
·1 Comment

ACSOL will conduct an Emotional Support Group for registrants and their loved ones on Saturday, Oct 27, beginning at 10 a.m. at: ACLU Building 1313 W. 8th Street Los Angeles…