IN: Indiana HB 1307 would mean register for life if moving to Indiana

Source: thestatehousefile.com 1/18/24 The Indiana House Courts and Criminal Code Committee discussed several bills Wednesday, including HB 1203 and HB 1307, both of which were held for … … HB 1307 was authored by Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn. “The first thing that 1307 does is if a sex offender moves from another state to Indiana, they would be required to register for the entire time they are in Indiana and in effect for life. Second, it prevents a serious sex offender from being in a park when they can reasonably…

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TX: Texas vigilante tricked sex offender into meeting him at park – then murdered him: police

Source: foxnews.com 2/6/24 [ACSOL is posting this as a warning to members of our community] A Houston man allegedly lured a convicted sex offender to his death in what is being described as a possible case of vigilante justice. James Lewis Spencer III, 24, is charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Sean Connery Showers, 37, who was found unresponsive, lying in a ditch near a park on Northwood Street, in the early morning hours of May 29, 2023, according to the Houston Police Department. Spencer allegedly…

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Janice’s Journal: Glimmers of Hope

There are glimmers of hope on the horizon for registrants and their families.  Most of that hope is based upon recent court decisions.  However, one piece of hope comes in the form of a recently published newspaper article.  Both will be discussed below. One form of hope comes from a recently published newspaper article about a person charged with shooting and killing another person.  The headline of that article identified the suspect in that killing as a parolee.  It was only upon reading the full article that the suspect was also identified as a person…

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