[sacramento.cbslocal.com – 4/17/21] SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (CBS13) – Dozens of people were arrested as part of a child sex predator sting throughout San Joaquin County over the last week. In total, 57 people were arrested and 37 were cited over a five-day span from April 12-16. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said the operation “targeted out-of-compliance sex offenders and persons on probation or parole for sex crimes, sex traffickers, prostitution, pimping, and pandering.” Over 100 total officials from all assisting organizations were stationed throughout the county and made contact…
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UK: Anger as Tory MPs vote against register for stalkers and domestic abusers
[theguardian.com – 4/16/21] The government is facing growing anger after voting against putting serial stalkers and domestic abusers on a national register, despite briefing they were likely to support the measures following the death of Sarah Everard. Conservative MPs voted against amendments to the domestic abuse bill on Thursday that would have placed serial domestic abusers and stalkers on the current Violent and Sex Offender Register (Visor). MPs also voted down House of Lords-supported amendments that would have given family court judges training on sexual abuse and provided greater protection…
Read MoreUK: Man who stabbed his neighbour to death in horrific case of mistaken identity where he wrongly believed he was a sex offender is detained indefinitely in hospital
[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…
Read MoreNE: 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
Read MoreOH: Lawmakers Re-introduce Reagan Tokes Act at Ohio Statehouse
[10tv.com – 4/15/21] The bill named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes aims to shore up problems with monitoring ex-prisoners first uncovered by 10 Investigates House lawmakers re-introduced a bill Thursday named after murdered Ohio State student Reagan Tokes that aims to shore up shortfalls with how ex-prisoners re-enter society and are monitored by parole officers once they leave prison. 10 Investigates has exposed example after example of the state’s repeated inability to closely monitor violent ex-offenders in recent years. The results were deadly. Reagan Tokes became one of…
Read MoreIL: Bill would make no-contact orders for sexual offenders permanent
[newschannel20.com – 4/14/21] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A new bill making its way through the Senate would protect sexual assault survivors from their attackers for life. Senate Bill 2277, sponsored by State Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, aims to protect sexual assault survivors from ever seeing their attacker again. This legislation would make civil no-contact orders permanent if the assailant is criminally convicted of sexual assault. Currently, under law, people must renew no-contact orders every two years. Read the full article
Read MoreCharles Rodrick Arraigned Today in Arizona Court
[ACSOL] Charles Rodrick, who charged registrants up to $500 to have their personal information removed from websites he created, was arraigned today in Arizona. During today’s arraignment, Rodrick entered a plea of not guilty to all charges for which he has been indicted. Rodrick is scheduled to return to court on June 8 for a pretrial conference. Because Rodrick posted bond, he is living in the community and wearing a GPS tracking device. In addition to Rodrick, two of his colleagues — Brent Oesterblad and Sarah Shea — have also been…
Read MoreFL: Bipartisan support is closing Florida’s sexual offender loophole
[tampabay.com – 4/12/21] The case of a Tampa man who molested two young girls at a community pool but has not had to register as a sex offender has exposed a loophole in Florida’s law that is a concern among parents, law enforcement groups and child advocates. The Tampa Bay Times covered the story of Ray La Vel James, who was convicted of molesting the girls in 2002. James served 15 years in prison and was given a $10,000 fine. It was expected that upon his release, James would have…
Read MoreNE: Auburn limits where sex offenders can reside, clarifies street parking laws
[newschannelnebraska.com – 4/12/21] AUBURN – The Auburn City Council adopted several resolutions at Monday’s meeting including an addition to the city code limiting where sex offenders and can live and clarifying where visitors can park. City Attorney Angelo Ligouri said the city council intended to pass a sex offender ordinance in 2006, when the state established a sex offender registry. The city recently realized the ordinance had not been passed. Read the full article
Read MoreTX: Convicted sex offender declared ineligible to run for Arlington mayor
[dallasnews.com – 4/12/21] A convicted sex offender has been ruled ineligible to run for Arlington mayor, but his name will remain on the ballot because the deadline has passed to remove it, according to the city secretary’s office. Jerry Warden was one of eight candidates vying for the position of mayor. The city initially ruled that Warden could remain in the race after another candidate filed a complaint, but reversed that decision last week. Warden holds a lifetime listing on the Texas Public Sex Offenders Registry after being convicted in…
Read MoreAustralia: Judges push for more powers to control who is placed on sex offenders register
[theage.com.au – 4/13/21] A group of County Court judges is urging the state’s law reform body to give judges more discretion over who is placed on the sex offenders register. In a submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission, the County Court of Victoria said judges should have more powers to decide whether a convicted sex offender should be placed on the register and to expunge the registration of criminals who have previously been registered. The only current exemption is for offenders under 19, who can apply to be kept…
Read MoreACSOL Urgent Action Alert for CA (April 14 deadline!): Support CDCR Repeal of Its Prop. 57 Exclusions
[ACSOL] The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is proposing the repeal of its categorical exclusion of individuals required to register as sex offenders from early parole consideration. According to the proposal, most registrants in custody will be referred to the Board of Parole Hearings for early parole consideration no later than July 1, 2021. “If CDCR’s proposed repeal becomes final, thousands of registrants who have been denied early parole consideration for more than four years will finally receive the benefits of Proposition 57,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice…
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