UPDATED LINK: Click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89580325898 We are now using Zoom instead of a phone conference, although you can still call in using a Zoom phone number instead of using the Zoom app! Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next monthly meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2021, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific Time and will last at least two hours. This meeting will be recorded…
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CA: Rancho Bernardo Community Council pushes for state to change sexually violent predator placement policy
Source: sandiegouniontribune.com 10/13/21 The Rancho Bernardo Community Council is joining several elected officials in advocating for state-level changes when it comes to placing sexually violent predators in neighborhoods. At its Oct. 7 meeting the council unanimously approved sending a letter to the San Diego City Council, state Sen. Toni Atkins, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and California’s 57 other counties requesting an amendment to the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 6608. The amendment the council seeks would “allow local government entities to fully participate in the process…
Read MoreIN: Indiana Police target sex offenders in operation before Halloween
Source: nwitimes.com 10/15/21 LAPORTE COUNTY — As trick-or-treating season will soon entice children to front doors across the Region, law enforcement launched “Operation Candy Corn Compliance” to target violent sex offenders. On Thursday the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office conducted the countywide initiative to ensure sexually violent predators and offenders against children are in compliance of being registered as a sex offender. “All 123 of the classified and registered sexually violent predators and offenders against children were specifically targeted because of the upcoming trick-or-treat that will be taking place during the…
Read MoreFL: Orange County sergeant accused of abuse of power terminated
Source: msn.com 10/7/21 A sergeant with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has been terminated after the sheriff’s office said he abused his power during a traffic stop. … An internal investigation into a traffic stop found Vidler purposely targeted Jeremy Dewitte, a registered sex offender who has a history of arrests for impersonating a police officer. Initially, Vidler said he was pulling the convicted felon over for carrying a firearm, but it turned out to be a pepper ball gun. A sheriff’s office internal investigation found the pepper ball weapon was in plain view and…
Read MoreSenator John Cornyn introduces bill to help child abuse victims following Larry Nassar investigation
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Source: click2houston.com 10/14/21 HOUSTON – Larry Nassar, the doctor for Team USA Gymnastics, is now a convicted sex offender. … The proposal would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal law enforcement agencies to utilize the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) model when investigating cases that involve child abuse, which has been seen as one source of the failures during the FBI’s investigation of Nassar. The bill will also require the use of the MDT case review model to make sure cases don’t fall through the cracks because of…
Read MoreOK: Can child sexual abusers be rehabilitated? Experts weigh in on treatment and likelihood of reoffending
Source: stwnewspress.com 10/14/21 By the end of August, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections had more than 2,000 people incarcerated for sexual crimes against children, ranging from fondling to rape. In that timeframe, there were 23 inmates from Payne County in DOC custody convicted of child sexual crimes, with several other inmates still being in the Payne County Jail, who haven’t been transferred to DOC after their conviction. There are 10 inmates at the county jail who have been convicted this year. With so many inmates convicted of sexual violence against…
Read MoreFederal Sentencing of Child Pornography: Production Offenses
Oct 13, 2021 This report updates and expands upon the Commission’s 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses. It provides the Commission’s most in-depth study of child pornography production offenses to date through an analysis of three primary factors that the Commission has identified as relevant to sentencing child pornography production offenders. Focusing on data related to child pornography production offenders’ proximity to the victim, participation in production, and propensity to engage in other abusive behaviors, this report provides insight into how offenders exploit victims and technology to…
Read MoreFL: Former Seminole County assistant state attorney enters plea on 2 felony sex charges
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida. — A former Seminole County Assistant State Attorney has entered a plea on two felony charges of having sex with a minor who worked for him. There was emotional testimony on Thursday in court from the victim, as Andrew Jones took the deal. WESH 2’s Bob Hazen explains why he will avoid jail time for the crime. This former prosecutor, who wanted to be a judge, admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old girl. The victim testified she still has nightmares about it. But the lawyer’s plea…
Read MoreFriends Outside in LA County announce new employment program for PFR
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Read MoreW.A.R. Meeting Oct 12: Professor Ellman will share the results of their Frightening and High research
Source: womenagainstregistry.org email 10/7/21 My Fellow Warriors, October 7, 2021 We want to commend Professor Kristina Thompson, Doctor of Philosophy at Georgia Southern University on her clear precise presentation and the wealth of knowledge gleaned by our WAR Room participants from her presentation on Predicting Failure on the Sexual Offense Registry published in collaboration with Professor Beth Huebner of University of Missouri St.…
Read MoreBill to Prevent Sex Offenders Entry Into U.S.
Source: iowatorch.com 10/7/21 DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced a bill on Wednesday that blocks sex offenders from immigrating to the United States, and deports those convicted of sexual offenses. The “BE GONE” Act, or the Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by un-Naturalized Emigrants Act – that would make “sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence” a disqualifying act for those seeking to immigrate to the U.S.—such as those given the temporary status of “humanitarian parole.” The bill also gives law enforcement the ability to deport those…
Read MoreWI: County to work with municipalities on placement of violent sex offenders
Source: apg-wi.com 10/6/21 Local municipalities will be part of the violent sex offender placement review process in Kenosha County under a resolution approved by the Kenosha County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Erin Decker, who worked to draft the resolution, said it requires the county to work with local municipalities, makes the process more transparent and requests the State Legislature clarify and revise certain definitions within the state statute. “Right now the municipalities are not given a heads-up that this is going to happen until after the placement has been…
Read MoreFL: Citrus County judge says being on the sex offense registry for life is punishment
Source: chronicleonline.com (found by Florida Action Committee) Howard decided on Monday a lifelong label as a sex offender was a suitable punishment for Ashlee _____, the Dunnellon 21-year-old who sexually coerced and molested a teenage boy. After Ashlee _____pleaded no contest to her fate, Howard adjudicated her guilty of soliciting a child for sexual conduct, two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between 12 and 16 years old and three counts of transmitting harmful material to a minor. For the first six years of registering as a…
Read MoreC.U.R.E. National Action Alert: Bring down unjust, expensive prison phone rates
Source: Charlie Sullivan of curenational.org I am asking that you help bring down prison phone rates to help families of the incarcerated by doing these two things: (1) Ask your two members of the Senate to co-sponsor Senate Bill 1541. It is called the “Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2021” This capitol phone number will get you to your senators: 202-224-3121 If you prefer to email, click here to find your senators. Type the name of your state in the search field above the list of senators (not…
Read MoreCanada: Sajjan defends military amid uproar over general’s handling of sex misconduct file
Source: nationalobserver.com 8/6/21 Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s office is standing by the military’s decision to reassign a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender to a new job that involves reviewing ways to eliminate sexual misconduct from the Canadian Armed Forces. Yet survivors and experts of military sexual misconduct are expressing outrage over Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe’s new role, saying it raises even more questions about the Armed Forces’ ability and commitment to addressing the problem. “This decision clearly illustrates an inability to think rationally about the…
Read MoreUK: Man fined after sex offender warning daubed on pavement with mop
Source: northantslive.news 10/5/21 A Northampton man has been fined after painting a message outside a house he believed to belong to a sex offender. Jamie David Owens, of Darwin Walk, attended an address in the East Hunsbury area of Northampton on August 1 2021. He took a “pot of white paint and a mop” and proceeded to write a message on the road outside the house. The court was not told what the message said. However, prosecutor Suky Singh told Northampton Magistrates Court Owens “believe the home belonged to a…
Read MoreSupreme Court won’t consider whether states can require ID cards for sex offenders
Source: nbcnews.com 10/4/21 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether states can require ID cards or drivers licenses to identify people as convicted sex offenders. A Louisiana man, Tazin Hill, challenged a state law that required him to carry an identification card that included the words “sex offender” in all-capital letters after he was convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. Hill said the law violated the First Amendment by forcing him to convey the government’s message. A state court judge…
Read MoreNC: Man civilly committed as a sex offender for child abuse on Crow Indian Reservation
Source: ktvq.com 10/1/21 A man accused of sexually molesting young girls on the Crow Indian Reservation has been civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. In a press release issued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, authorities said Oliver _____, 33, was ordered taken into custody. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina litigates all Adam Walsh Act cases for the entire country. All sexually dangerous persons…
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