Source: cbsnews.com 3/27/23 HAMPTON, Pa. (KDKA) – Violent sexual predators are living just steps away from playgrounds and elementary schools right here in our area. It’s a common yet false belief that sex offenders can’t come close, or live close, to our kids. “Anyone in Pennsylvania should be thinking about this issue, especially if they have children because there are a lot of schools and daycares in Pennsylvania, and this could be happening anywhere.” There’s actually nothing to stop sex offenders from coming too close for comfort. Currently, Pennsylvania is…
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Action Alert for Illinois Residents: Call and email today to support SB 2158 to end weekly police registration
Source: Illinois Voices for Reform, Chicago 400 Illinois residents, we have a great opportunity to support legislation that would improve the lives of registrants and their loved ones, and we urgently need everyone’s help! Our colleagues at the Chicago 400 have been hard at work on a bill that, if passed, would make the following changes to our harmful and wasteful registration and residency laws: reduce residential banishment zones to 250 feet; remove home daycares from the list of zones around which banishment zones are imposed; grandfather in existing residences…
Read MoreUT: Utah Governor signs bill H.B. 139 to allow some lifetime offenders to petition the courts for registry removal
Source: le.utah.gov 3/14/23 Utah Governor signed bill H.B. 139 to allow lifetime-offenders, convicted in another jurisdiction, the ability to Petition the Courts to be removed from the registry after living in the State for two consecutive years (at least 183 per years), with the intent of primarily residing in Utah, and meeting other conditions. This is available 20 years after release from confinement, or if no confinement from sentencing – as long as you have no class A mis., felony, or capital felony in the last 20 years. There is…
Read MoreNH: Sex Offender Accused Of Having Grindr, Facebook Accounts: Concord Log
Source: patch.com 3/7/23 Daniel _____, 38, unknown address in Concord, was arrested at 12:20 p.m. on March 7 on two felony registration of online identifiers charges. _____ reported to Concord police at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 27 to update his sex offender registration — something he needs to do since he was convicted on an aggravated felonious sexual assault charge in December 2001 in Franconia. He told police he was using a vehicle purchased for him and wanted it registered. After updating the registration, _____ spoke to the detective about…
Read MoreKent State Univ. is seeking young adult research participants who have been incarcerated
Source: Kent State University research Kent State research is seeking young adults who have been in the justice system. Examples: arrested, been to court, been incarcerated. They want to understand how these experiences affect growing up and becoming an adult. Virtual interviews will be 60-90 minutes. They will record only your voice. We will give you a $25 gift card in compensation for your time. Contact Maddy Steward for more information by email or text: [email protected] Text 330-474-9108
Read MoreOK: Bill would close loophole on sexual predators working in senior living communities
Source: mcknightsseniorliving.com 3/27/23 Legislation preventing sexual predators and human traffickers from working in senior living communities is working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature. Last week, the Oklahoma Senate approved Senate Bill 369 to prohibit long-term care facilities from employing anyone listed on the state’s juvenile sex offender registry, maintained by the Office of Juvenile Affairs, or who has been convicted of human trafficking. The bill applies to assisted living communities, residential care homes, continuing care retirement / life plan communities, nursing facilities, home health settings and adult day centers.…
Read MoreVA: Governor approves compensation payment for man wrongfully convicted of molestation
Source: roanoke.com 3/27/23 David Wayne Kingrea’s long search for justice took another step this month as Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved more than $50,000 in compensation for Kingrea’s wrongful conviction and the year he spent in jail. Kingrea, 49, of the Pilot community in Montgomery County, said Thursday that the money will help him and his wife care for their special-needs son Dylan. What is planned to be a series of payments and community college tuition waivers is to begin in July. “It’s a new beginning once this comes,” Kingrea said.…
Read MoreRI: Many people in the leadership of Warwick, Rhode Island see no benefit from the residency restrictions
Source: warwickonline.com 3/23/23 Although the news might not sit well with some parents, the Warwick Police Department says that the elimination of residency restrictions for Level III sex offenders does not pose a danger to students at local schools. “I do not believe that the elimination of the 1,000’ law will add any more risk to the community,” said Chief Bradford Connor. A 300-foot restriction was introduced in 1996, which was expanded to a 1,000 foot radius in a law approved by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Gina…
Read MoreUT: Utah Signs Law Limiting Social Media Use
Source: esguniversity.substack.com 3/26/23 On Thursday, Utah became the first state to enact legislation that restricts children and teens from using social media without their parents’ consent. Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two bills into law aimed at limiting when and where anyone younger than 18 years old can interact online, and to stop companies from luring minors to certain websites. Under the law that’s due to take effect on March 1, 2024, social media companies will have to instate a curfew for minors in the state, barring them from using their…
Read MoreWV: SWAT Team Shoots My Innocent Sleeping Client
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Read MoreFL: CALL TO ACTION: HB 1085 Moved to new committees: Infrastructure & Appropriations Subcommittee and Infrastructure Strategies Committee
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 3/16/23 Florida residents, take action quickly! Major Concerns About This Bill: The bill states that all driver’s licenses and identification cards for people on the registry “shall have printed in the color red all information otherwise required to be printed on the front of the license or identification card.” HB 1085, lines 805-821 This bill was passed by a vote of 16 to 2 in the Transportation & Modals Subcommittee on 3.15.2023 as a result of a good deal of misinformation. The sponsor, Rep. Patt Maney, did not…
Read MoreCA Court Halts Treatment Requirements for Registrant on Parole
Source: ACSOL A Superior Court judge in San Mateo county ruled this week that a registrant on parole is no longer required to participate in an additional treatment program. This ruling was made after a hearing in which a CA Department of Corrections (CDCR) representative testified that “a sex offender cannot successfully ‘complete’ a sex offender management treatment program” while on parole. “This court’s ruling clarifies that many registrants on parole are required to complete only one treatment program,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “No longer can CDCR require…
Read MoreMS: AG Fitch Statement on the Creation of the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry
Source: yazooherald.net 3/20/23 Attorney General Lynn Fitch recently issued the following statement after Governor Tate Reeves signed into law SB 2652, a law creating the Mississippi Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry: … Similar to the sex offender registry, under this new law, people who have been convicted of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable person will be required to register with the Vulnerable Person Abuse Registry or face additional penalties. Read the full article
Read MoreMN: 23 men arrested in Bloomington prostitution sting
Source: startribune.com 3/20/23 Bloomington police arrested nearly two dozen men in a prostitution sting last week, according to the department. Officers from Bloomington’s special investigations unit created a phony ad for an adult sex worker featuring photos of an undercover Bloomington officer, according to a news release from the Police Department. … Part of the purpose of the sting, Hodges said, was to find potential victims of human trafficking. He said he hoped the men arrested could point police to real sex workers whose services they sought in the past…
Read More‘How long is long enough?’: Independent task force challenges length of prison sentences in America
Source: yahoo.com 2/21/23 Prisoners with long-term sentences need more opportunities to have their sentences reviewed. Lawmakers and state agencies need to identify and address racial disparities in sentencing. And the amount of a drug involved in a crime should be decoupled from the length of an offender’s sentence. Those are some of the recommendations from the authors of a yearlong study of the nation’s use of lengthy prison sentences published Tuesday. The independent task force, co-chaired by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, and former Republican South Carolina…
Read MoreSC: Man sentenced to 30 years for killing 73-year-old registered sex offender in North Myrtle Beach
Source: myhorrynews.com 3/21/22 A 22-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday for murdering a North Myrtle Beach man he found through the sex offender registry last year. Kameron Scott Horton pleaded guilty to killing 73-year-old Darrell Lane Johnson on Jan. 30, 2022. Horton addressed the court after he was sentenced. Kameron Scott Horton is charged with murder in connection to the killing of a 73-year-old man in North Myrtle Beach. Photo courtesy of the J. Reuben Long Detention Center “I understand the severity of what I’ve done.…
Read MoreCA Lobby Day: ‘View From the Peanut Gallery’ by ACSOL President Professor Catherine Carpenter
On March 21, 2023, I joined our Executive Director Janice Bellucci and more than 60 people for “Lobby Day” in Sacramento. It may have been my first time participating in Lobby Day, but it won’t be my last. As President of ACSOL I am proud that our organization is based on three critical pillars: Change through Advocacy, Education, and Legislation. I still believe in the power of change through advocacy – that, of course, is why I write as many law review articles as I do, and why I am…
Read MoreACSOL CA Lobby Day 2023 Large and Powerful
More than 60 registrants, family members and supporters met in the offices of 41 members of the California Assembly and Senate during Lobby Day 2023. The focus of the lobbying effort was to request improvements to the Tiered Registry Law which allows some registrants the ability to petition for removal from the registry. “This is the largest number of people who have ever participated in Lobby Day,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “And they showed up despite cold and wet weather.” Lobby Day participants met in the offices of…
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