December 2020

The Outspoken Offender: Can You Shed The Sex Offender Stigma? [Podcast]

·December 30, 2020
·16 Comments

[radio.com - 12/29/20] "My hope is to encourage registered citizens, former inmates, and anyone facing stereotypes and social ostracism to move beyond society's labels" A positive podcast offering advice, tips,…

International

Taiwan: Justices urged to keep forced treatment of molesters [Updated 12/31]

·December 30, 2020
·11 Comments

[taipeitimes.com - 12/31/20] Victims’ rights groups and lawmakers yesterday urged the Council of Grand Justices to uphold the involuntary psychiatric treatment of sex offenders as the council is to hand…

National

How Thousands of American Laws Keep People ‘Imprisoned’ Long After They’re Released

·December 30, 2020
·0 Comments

[politico.com - 12/30/20] In the run-up to the election in November, there was a pervasive belief that the fate of the nation could hinge on Florida because of its 2018…

General News

It Could Be You – Vicky Henry with Women Against Registry – Recorded Dec 16, 2020

·December 30, 2020
·2 Comments

[womenagainstregistry.org - 12/16/20] Listen to Vicky Henry with Women Against Registry The program is courtesy of “It Could Be You”, and KABF 88.3 FM Community Radio, The Voice of the…

National

MI: Whitmer signs bill with long-awaited changes to sex offender law

·December 30, 2020
·300 Comments

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bill that would eliminate school safety zones and certain appearance requirements in Michigan's Sex Offender Registration Act. Full ArticleFull Article

California

LA Times Editorial: End irrational sentencing

·December 30, 2020
·3 Comments

[latimes.com - 12/30/20] The explosion in California’s prison population can be traced to first-term Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature on the Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976, a bill that was…

International

UK: ‘Black Panther of Oxford’ calls for racists to be put on sex offenders-style ‘race offence register’

·December 30, 2020
·17 Comments

[thesun.co.uk - 12/30/20] A LEADER of a new political party inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement has called for people accused of racism to be put on a sex…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: The Year of Perfect Vision, Part 2

·December 29, 2020
·23 Comments

When this year began, I wrote a column called “20/20: The Year of Perfect Vision.” In that column, I expressed a long list of hopes for the year 2020 including…

ACSOL

CA Supreme Court Decision Overturns CDCR’s Prop. 57 Regulations [UPDATED 1/6/21]

·December 28, 2020
·43 Comments

[Updated 1/6/21 with new link] The California Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision that overturned regulations issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that prohibited all…

National

NV: How Public Defenders Rocked Las Vegas Judge Elections

·December 24, 2020
·6 Comments

[theappeal.org - 12/21/20] Community organizing in Nevada’s Clark County helped judicial candidates “flip the bench” to challenge cash bail and mass incarceration. When Christy Craig started working at the public…

General News

Join the Virtual Florida Action Committee Holiday Party December 24 and 25

·December 24, 2020
·0 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 12/23/20] If you find yourself stranded for the holidays, no where to go….just pick up the phone and come to our FAC Virtual Holiday Party. TEN full hours…

National

NY: New York Issues First-In-Nation Moratorium On Facial Recognition In Schools

·December 24, 2020
·1 Comment

[forbes.com - 12/22/20] Topline New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday temporarily banning the use of facial recognition in schools, making it the first state to take such…

National

New Federal COVID Bill Provides Funding for Registrant Management

·December 22, 2020
·37 Comments

[ACSOL] Congress passed a new bill yesterday that is primarily focused upon COVID issues. Hidden in that legislation, which totals more than $900 billion, is about $200 million for the…

National

How extreme porn has become a gateway drug into child abuse

·December 22, 2020
·15 Comments

[theguardian.com - 12/15/20] Michael Sheath has been counselling people with what he describes as “deviant sexual interests” for a long time. “I have been working with men who abuse children…

General News

FL: Motion to Alter or Amend filed in Ex Post Facto Plus Case

·December 22, 2020
·2 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org 0 12/22/20] As promised, the Ex Post Facto Plus case has not seen the end of the road. Yesterday, attorneys for the Does filed a Motion to Alter or…

National

Crow introduces bill to deny Congress members’ pensions for sexual misconduct

·December 21, 2020
·15 Comments

[gazette.com - 12/21/20] U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was among the representatives on Friday to propose denying members of Congress their annual retirement payments if convicted for sexual misconduct. “As a…

National

WA: UW Seattle to host homeless Tent City 3 again [except for sex offenders]

·December 20, 2020
·9 Comments

[kiro7.com - 12/20/20] SEATTLE — The University of Washington welcomed back Tent City 3, hosting up to 70 residents for the next three months. UW said the lower occupancy will…

National

MI: ACLU calls for Whitmer veto on Legislature-approved changes to Sex Offender Registration Act

·December 20, 2020
·3 Comments

[mlive.com - 12/20/20] DETROIT - Approved changes to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act are unconstitutional and ineffective at stopping offenders, argues the state’s ACLU chapter in an appeal for Gov.…