WI: Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling gives hope to offenders on lifetime GPS

Source: captimes.com 7/3/23 Benjamin Braam has already decided a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling means he can stop recharging an electronic tracking bracelet the state forced him to wear for the rest of his life. The high court’s decision involved a case unrelated to Braam, but it shot down the rationale that former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel used to justify the lifetime monitoring of one-time sexual offenders even after they completed their sentences and were no longer under court-ordered supervision. Authorities from the state Department of Corrections “called me…

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CA Court Ends Frank Lindsay’s Requirement to Register

A court in California has ended Frank Lindsay’s requirement to register by granting his petition for removal from the registry.  A copy of the court order issued in San Luis Obispo County was sent today by email to attorney Janice Bellucci.   Frank Lindsay was convicted of a single sex offense in 1979.  He had no prior or subsequent convictions of any kind yet he was required to register for more than 40 years. Frank Lindsay is author of the book, “We’re All in This Together,” which describes his life both…

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Action Alert for MA: Call/Write to stop H 1342 from ban of registrants from state-subsidized public housing

Source: lowellsun.com 7/3/23 H 1342:  – The Housing Committee held a hearing on legislation that would prohibit Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders from being placed in public housing in Massachusetts. The bill is similar to a 1998 federal law that bans some sex offenders from federally subsidized housing. “[The bill] is common-sense legislation that would extend the same protections that are currently in place for residents of federally-subsidized public housing to tenants living in state-subsidized public housing,” said sponsor Rep. Brad Jones (R-North Reading).” Read the full article…

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