October 2021

IN: Beware of Halloween Stranger Danger, Know Your Local Sex Offender Registry

·October 31, 2021
·21 Comments

Source: wevv.com 10/30/21 Halloween is nearly here. Soon thousands of Tri-State children will flock to the streets for their fill of candy and frights, but while costumes monsters and villains…

ACSOL News Meetings / Events National

ACSOL to Conduct SORNA Regulations Meeting on November 1 at 3pm PT

·October 29, 2021
·49 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will conduct a meeting on Monday, November 1 starting at 3 p.m. (Pacific) to discuss the proposed SORNA regulations. ACSOL President Chance…

Janice's Journal

Janice’s Journal: Proposed SORNA Regulations Can Be Defeated

·October 29, 2021
·40 Comments

Perhaps it is fitting that the proposed SORNA regulations, which were dormant for more than a year, have resurfaced during the week before Halloween. That is because the proposed regulations…

Commentary

The sexually violent predator next door

·October 29, 2021
·8 Comments

Source: latimes.com 10/29/21 Lawtis Donald _____ sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in Florida in 1969 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. When he got out — but while…

California

CA: 3 men receive 15 years to life for killing registered sex offender in Redondo Beach

·October 29, 2021
·16 Comments

Source: dailybreeze.com 10/28/21 Three men were sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading no contest this week to killing a registered sex offender during a home-invasion robbery…

General News

National Action Alert: Write and Call! SORNA Regulations Moving Forward, Now Awaiting AG Approval

·October 28, 2021
·140 Comments

UPDATED NEWS 12/8/2021: Unfortunately, this is going to be implemented. Read more here ACSOL's Response to the proposed regulations: Download a PDF of the following letter https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Proposed-regulations-Aug-2020.pdf https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Response-to-proposed-regs-Oct-2020-FINAL.pdf

National

IL: Landlords want shared risk to rent to risky tenants in Bloomington-Normal

·October 27, 2021
·0 Comments

Source: wglt.org 10/27/21 McLean County social service leaders say they aren’t yet seeing the impact of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic eviction moratorium – but they’ve been preparing. During…

National

TN: Tennessee sex offender registry gets online ‘overhaul’ of data, resources

·October 27, 2021
·14 Comments

Source: wjhl.com 10/27/21 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The overhauled online registry of sex offenders in the state launched this week and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it gives the…

Commentary

Sex Offenders: Fear vs. Fact on Halloween

·October 27, 2021
·13 Comments

Source: thecrimereport.org 10/26/21 Media fearmongering over “Registered Sex Offenders” in the community has become an annual Halloween tradition in the same way as razor blades and poison in candy. Wendy…

National

SEPTA rape case is latest in a U.S. pandemic of police lying. There must be consequences.

·October 26, 2021
·1 Comment

Source: inquirer.com 10/24/21 The police disinformation about passengers watching the SEPTA rape is just one of a series of cop lies rocking the U.S. political debate. Enough is enough! You…

California

CA: New Phone Scam Targets Local Registered Sex Offenders, Sheriff’s Office Says

·October 26, 2021
·15 Comments

Source: lostcoastoutpost.com 10/14/21 The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has recently received reports of a phone scam targeting local PC 290 Registrants. As part of this scam, the caller claims they…

National

She Poses as Teen Girls to Catch Pedophiles Online

·October 26, 2021
·11 Comments

Source: thedailybeast.com 10/26/21 The new Discovery+ series “Undercover Underage” trails Roo Powell, who regularly poses as young girls—employing a variety of disguises—to catch child sexual predators online. Filling the vacuum…

International

IL: First female mayor of Illinois village sparks outrage after hiring registered child sex offender who spent 24 years in prison for brutal gang rape to be town’s code enforcement officer – which requires him to enter homes

·October 25, 2021
·5 Comments

Source: dailymail.co.uk 10/25/21 The new mayor of a village in a Chicago suburb unleashed a firestorm after it has emerged that she hired a registered child sex offender who worked…

International

What Led a Well-off Israeli Teen to Seduce and Murder a Sex Offender?

·October 25, 2021
·5 Comments

Source: haaretz.com 10/25/21 'A very sensitive kid' is how classmates describe the 16-year-old accused of murdering a convicted sex offender, after seducing him using Instagram. In a journal, he recounts…

National

Virgin Islands: $400,000 Award from the U.S. Department of Justice in Support of SORNA

·October 25, 2021
·9 Comments

Source: justice.gov 10/25/21 ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S.…

Commentary National

States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety

·October 25, 2021
·4 Comments

Source: pewtrusts.org 12/3/20 More than 3.5 million, or 1 in 72, adults were on probation in the United States at the end of 2018—the most recent year for which U.S.…

National

IN: Community raises concerns on operator of new business run by a registrant

·October 25, 2021
·13 Comments

Source: washtimesherald.com 10/13/21 LOOGOOTEE – The fact that a convicted sex offender has opened a tattoo shop near a preschool brought out an overflow crowd of more than 30 to…

Meetings / Events National

W.A.R. Room: Alex Gittinger leads a discussion of Registry, Public Scrutiny, Cocooning and Mental Health on Oct 26

·October 25, 2021
·3 Comments

Source email from Women Against Registry 10/25/21 Our next guest in The WAR Room will be Alex Gittinger on Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021 at 5 PM Pacific Time, 7 PM…