[dailymail.co.uk – 4/16/21] A man who stabbed his neighbour to death in an horrific case of mistaken identity has been detained indefinitely in hospital. Richard Matthews killed Paul Wells after wrongly believing he was a sex offender who raped him as a child, Bristol Crown Court heard today. The court was told how Matthews was convinced he was the victim of a child abuse ring aged 10 and accused Wells of historical abuse when he moved in next door to him in Highbridge, Somerset. Today, the defendant, 45, was sentenced…
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NE: Vigilante won’t fight murder charge for shooting sex offender 7 times
[omaha.com – 4/16/21] Raising a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle, James Fairbanks riddled Mattieo Condoluci with seven shots, bullets entering Condoluci’s back and chest. One bullet pierced Condoluci’s forehead, near his temple. All after Condoluci, a convicted sex offender, answered his door near 43rd and Pinkney Streets in May 2020. Yet Fairbanks and his attorney, Steve Lefler, contemplated a self-defense claim up until minutes before the 44-year-old Omaha man pleaded no contest Thursday to second-degree murder and a gun charge. They said Condoluci had charged the armed Fairbanks after he showed…
Read MoreACSOL Announces 2021 Conference Schedule, Speakers
ACSOL is proud to announce that distinguished keynote speakers — Jill Levenson, and Miriam Aukerman — have agreed to speak at this year’s conference on Friday, September 17, and Saturday, September 18. In addition, the conference will feature presentations by Chance Oberstein, Janice Bellucci and Richard Gladden regarding Smith v. Doe, the Tiered Registry Law as well as domestic and international travel. In addition to these presentations, the conference will include panels on a variety of topics important to registrants and their families such as employment options and opportunities, housing…
Read MoreCenter for Employment Opportunities puts you to work while working with you to find full time employment
[Center for Employment Opportunities – ceoworks.org] Are you or a loved one currently on parole or probation? Are they experiencing hardships in finding employment? Center for Employment Opportunities is a nationwide non-profit Workforce Development organization that puts you to work while we work with you to find full time employment. Many of our offices are equipped to work with individuals who are required to register and have been successful in connecting them with employers in the region. To become a participant of our work crews, please contact your case manager or parole…
Read MoreNCRJ.org Webinar: A conversation about the re-emergence of political and moral panics about child sexual abuse and trafficking
[NCRJ.org] Join Gira Grant and Nathan for a conversation about the re-emergence of political and moral panics about child sexual abuse and trafficking. How are QAnon-generated myths of pedophile cannibal rings related to the (long-debunked) daycare and satanic panics of the 1980s and 1990s? How are they different? What might we do about them? Judith Levine will moderate. Debbie Nathan was among the first journalists to expose the daycare and “satanic abuse” panics of the 80s/90s; her book Satan’s Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch…
Read MoreAction Alert for CA: Oppose CDCR Regulations That Exclude Registrants From Resentencing Opportunities
[ACSOL] The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has issued proposed regulations which exclude most registrants from resentencing opportunities. Comments upon the proposed regulations can be submitted to CDCR before or on May 7, 2021. In addition, CDCR will conduct a public hearing on May 7 at 10 a.m. regarding the proposed regulations. “CDCR is repeating the same mistake it made when it issued its Proposition 57 regulations, that is, the agency is excluding registrants from the benefits of legislation,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We must strongly…
Read MoreCA: El Cajon neighbors outraged over placement of 10 registered sex offenders together in one house
[cbs8.com – 4/15/21] Neighbors in El Cajon are livid, after learning that ten registered sex offenders are now living together in one house in their kid-friendly community. Calling it “a living nightmare,” these parents say they are now fearful for their children’s safety, and are demanding answers from the state. According to California’s Megan’s Law website, the crimes these registered sex offenders living here are convicted of range from sodomy with a minor under age 18, to lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14. Dozens of El Cajon…
Read More“The Book” on registration laws becoming available for purchase
[floridaactioncommittee.org – 4/16/21] Professors Wayne Logan (Florida State University School of Law) and JJ Prescott (University of Michigan School of Law) have edited the textbook on sex offense registration laws, literally. The two professors, along with other professionals; Andrew J. Harris, Scott M. Walfield, Alissa R. Ackerman, Lisa L. Sample, Kelly Socia, Amanda Agan, Jill S. Levenson, and Elizazeth J. Letourneau, have written “Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws, An Empirical Evaluation” to serve as an academic textbook on the subject. Read the full article
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