ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
ACSOL President Chance Oberstein to Discuss Travel Law Updates
ACSOL President Chance Oberstein will discuss travel law updates on September 17 at 11 a.m. (Pacific) during this year's ACSOL annual conference. Mr. Oberstein's presentation will address both domestic and…
MN: Long Weekend Protest Rocks Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons
Source: texansagainstcivilcommitment.com 8/29/21 MOOSE LAKE MN. Behind barbed wire fences a protest movement is swelling for an end to Minnesota’s Shadow Prisons, “treatment facilities” that detainees say are an unconstitutional…
PA: Life sentence for Edwardsville man convicted of child pornography
Source: timesleader.com 8/27/21 WILKES-BARRE — In what attorneys believe to be the first in Pennsylvania, an Edwardsville man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of possessing child pornography was sentenced…
Kansas Supreme Court Ruling: City Conviction Requires Sex Offender Registration
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man's municipal conviction for sexual battery requires him to register as a sex offender. The 5-2 decision comes in the case of…
FL: FBI Agent, Army Reserves Col. charged with sex crimes against children in Florida
Source: cbs42.com 8/27/21 FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — An FBI agent who investigated sex crimes against children has been arrested and charged with multiple sex crimes against children across several…
ACSOL’s Chance X. Oberstein Celebrated for Dedication to the Field of Law
Source: 24-7pressrelease.com 8/26/21 LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA, August 26, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Chance Oberstein has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled…
CA: Sex offender in Marin County will be turned out on streets; unlikely allies say that’s not safe
Source: ktvu.com 8/26/21 SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - A 68-year-old registered sex offender has no time left on his stay at a Marin County hotel and his case manager is making…
Janice’s Journal: Uneven Results in Beginning of Petitioning Process
[ACSOL] The petitioning process under the Tiered Registry Law has begun. A quick look at the first 60 days of the process shows uneven results. The best news is that…
Why Blanket Registration of Youth as Sex Offenders is Bad Public Policy
Source: thecrimereport.org 8/5/21 We praise children for their curiosity. How else are they to learn to navigate the world? But sometimes a child’s curiosity leads to a lifetime of punishment…
CA: YouTube host leads police to arrest suspected sex offender in EG
Source: egcitizen.com 8/18/21 The Elk Grove police on Aug. 11 arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly visited Morse Community Park to have a sexual encounter with a minor in a…
New Report Finds IML Negatively Impacts Mobility of Registrants
The International Megan's Law (IML) has negatively impacted registrants' mobility across five dimensions, according to a newly released academic report. The dimensions are legally, bureaucratically, societally, subjectively and relationally. An…
IN: Federal Appeals Court OKs Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law
Source: wfyi.org 8/24/21 A federal appeals court said Indiana’s sex offender registry law does not violate the U.S. Constitution, overturning previous rulings. Indiana’s sex offender registry law does not require…
Court Stops First Challenge to CA Tiered Registry Law
A judge in Sacramento Superior Court today stopped the first challenge to the Tiered Registry Law. The action was taken during a virtual hearing held before Judge Shama Mesiwala. The…
Action Alert: Call before Aug 26 to support the Jeremy Rose family against job discrimination
Women Against Registry (W.A.R.) 8/24/21 NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION! We are all in this together so please take action as soon as possible and certainly before the program airs on…
India: ‘My crime is I fell in love’: should India rethink tough laws on underage sex?
Source: theguardian.com 8/24/21 Laws intended to tackle child abuse are resulting in young men in consensual relationships being imprisoned. Activists argue a more nuanced approach is needed Mani*, 21, began…
W.A.R. Room Online Presentation Aug 24: Is reform a modern day cliche or the beginning of a tidal wave?
Source: womenagainstregistry.org 8/24/21 My Fellow Warriors, On August 24 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time, we will be celebrating WAR Room #10. It is amazing to witness our growth. The feedback…
CT: Committee Considers Sex Offender Registry Changes
Source: ctnewsjunkie.com 8/24/21 A subcommittee of the state Sentencing Commission is working to create a process to allow certain individuals to be removed from the public sex offender registry. After…