June 2019 – ACSOL

TN: Tennessee Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order

·June 30, 2019
·5 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 6/30/19] A federal Judge in Tennessee has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a law scheduled to go into effect tomorrow from being enforced. The law would have…

California Meetings / Events

Emotional Support Group is now available in Sacramento most Thursdays!

·June 30, 2019
·4 Comments

You don’t have to be stranded on an island! Help is on the way! Do you feel like you are alone and no one else knows what you are going…

National

GA: Tag reading cams going up at these schools to catch speeders, sex offenders

·June 30, 2019
·44 Comments

[wsbtv.com - 6/22/19] GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - School's out, but new safety measures are already planned for the upcoming school year. New tag reading cameras are going up at four…

National

CO: Court upholds ruling to require teen who traded naked selfies with girls his age to register as a sex offender

·June 29, 2019
·19 Comments

[sentinelsource.com - 6/28/19] Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling last week that required a juvenile boy to register as a sex offender after sexting and trading erotic pictures with two…

National

TN: New Law Forces Dozens on Sex Offender Registry from their Homes [UPDATED 6/30/19]

·June 29, 2019
·23 Comments

UPDATE 6/30/19: Tennessee Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order [floridaactioncommittee.org - 6/30/19] Original article: Last Sunday, Jason broke the news to his 7-year-old daughter: He’d be moving out. When a…

National

IL: Column: Now it’s Wayside Cross residents’ turn to be blindsided

·June 29, 2019
·3 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 6/28/19] Yes, this is a story about the law. In particular, it’s about a law that prohibits child sex offenders from being within 500 feet of a public…

National

A New Argument In The Debate Over Airbnb: Stranger Danger

·June 29, 2019
·7 Comments

[huffpost.com - 6/26/19] “With a revolving door of strangers coming and going from short-term rental properties, tools like sex offender lists are becoming obsolete,” wrote Stacie Rumenap, president of the…

General News

Kat’s Blog: Registrants and a Defeatist Attitude

·June 28, 2019
·22 Comments

Recently I read some comments on another advocacy website pertaining to TN’s new law effective July 1, 2019, in which adult registrants may not reside overnight in a home with…

National

FL: Florida’s sex offender population is aging. Where can they live out their silver years?

·June 27, 2019
·1 Comment

[miamiherald.co - 6/20/19] When Mark Sullivan found his roommate, Aquila “Bud” Albertson, grasping onto their refrigerator door, clearly in pain, Sullivan said the 94-year-old needed medical attention, but Albertson tried…

General News

SCOTUS: Justices Nix Heavy Sentences for Repeat Sex Offenders

·June 26, 2019
·22 Comments

In an opinion that aligns Justice Neil Gorsuch with his liberal colleagues, the Supreme Court overturned a law that imposes heightened punishments on sex offenders who are caught with child pornography. “Only…

International

Bahamas: ‘Don’t Let Public See Sex Register’

·June 26, 2019
·3 Comments

The country’s leading counselling and advocacy services provider for abuse victims does not want a sex offender register to be made public. Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson, director of the Bahamas Crisis…

Meetings / Events

Florida Action Committee Weekly Update 2019-06-18: Trip to ACSOL Conference

·June 25, 2019
·1 Comment

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 6/18/19] Dear Members and Advocates, Some people travel to Los Angeles hoping to run into celebrities or rock stars. My trip to LA for the Alliance for Constitutional…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: Court Decision an Important Point on Path to Tipping Point

·June 24, 2019
·16 Comments

Another court has spoken the truth: registration is punishment. That court is Division III of the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case is People v. In the Interest of T.B.…

National

NY: Bill preventing minors from living under same roof as sex offenders awaits Cuomo’s OK

·June 23, 2019
·9 Comments

Minors will no longer be able to live under the same roof as sex offenders who have committed violent sexual crimes thanks to a bill from Island Assemblyman Charles Fall…

National

CO: “The ultimate scarlet letter”: A 29-year-old could get name off sex-offender registry for juvenile crimes if Denver court decides he’s being cruelly, unusually punished

·June 22, 2019
·13 Comments

[denverpost.com - 6/22/19] A 29-year-old Coloradan made to register as a sex-offender for the rest of his life because of two sexual offenses he committed as a child and teenager…

International

Romania: To have a national sex offender registry

·June 21, 2019
·2 Comments

Romania is to have a national sex offender registry that will allow the rapid identification of persons who have committed sexual offenses. President Klaus Iohannis signed on Thursday, June 20,…

National

CO: Colorado Sex-Offender Registry Takes Another Brutal Hit

·June 21, 2019
·12 Comments

Colorado's sex-offender registry, already under legal siege, just took another hit. On June 20, the Colorado Court of Appeals determined that the lifetime registration requirement for Coloradans found guilty of…

General News

Kat’s Blog: Where Does the Burden of Proof Lie?

·June 21, 2019
·2 Comments

Just by virtue of being on the registry comes the erroneous assumption that all registrants are a danger to the public. With some of what I’ll call, the lesser offenses,…