Source: nytimes.com 6/10/26 Late on a Saturday night in McAllen, Texas, Sanjay Singhania was awoken by a call from a phone number he didn’t recognize. The man on the line said that Mr. Singhania’s son, Akash, was being arrested. The stranger was not trying to be helpful. He sounded amused. Mr. Singhania hung up and tried to call Akash, 25, who lived in Dallas but was visiting Los Angeles. He did not pick up. The family had turned on location sharing on their iPhones, so Mr. Singhania could see where…
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PA: Lawmakers want to revise Megan’s Law to include juvenile sex offenders
Source: msn.com 6/11/26 [ACSOL action alert to Pennsylvania residents: call, write, and show up t0 hearings] Megan’s Law is a federal law that allows the public to have access to the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. However, since 2012 in Pennsylvania, that hasn’t applied to juvenile offenders. Several state lawmakers from Westmoreland County gathered Thursday to express their desire to change that. “We are just getting the word out to let people know that there are gaps,” said Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Hempfield Township. “The key that we’re identifying here is…
Read MoreOH: Sex offenders could be banned from entering Ohio schools, daycares
Source: dispatch.com 6/12/26 [ACSOL action alert: Ohio residents, call, write and show up to House hearings!] The Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill to prohibit certain sex offenders from being on school, preschool, or daycare premises. Current Ohio law only prohibits convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school. The bill includes exceptions for legitimate purposes, such as a parent picking up a child or voting at a school polling place. The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would bar most sex offenders from entering schools, preschools and daycares…
Read MoreACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man as a Child Abductor
Source: reason.com 6/11/26 Police arrested and charged Robert Dillon with a heinous crime based on nothing more than a faulty image search. Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agencies who put him through it. In November 2023, police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, responded to a call about an attempted child…
Read MoreGA: Scammers threatening to label victims as sex offenders unless they pay
Source: foxcarolina.com 6/10/26 LBERT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX Carolina) – The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office is warning of scammers threatening false public notices labeling people as sex offenders unless money is paid. The sheriff’s office said these claims are fraudulent. According to the sheriff’s office, … Read the full article
Read MoreSC: Penis Measurements Cannot Justify a Sex Offender’s Indefinite Detention, South Carolina’s Top Court Says
Source: reason.com 6/8/26 The court unanimously ruled that penile plethysmography is unreliable and inadmissible as evidence of recidivism risk. South Carolina is one of 20 states that authorize indefinite civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their prison sentences. Under state law, such continued detention is allowed only when a jury concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that a respondent qualifies as a “sexually violent predator” (SVP), meaning he “suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes [him] likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a…
Read MoreA new website “Support Beyond Stigma” offers family members support for those convicted of CSAM/CP offenses
A new website, Support Beyond Stigma, offers guidance for people whose loved ones have been accused or convicted of offenses involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It provides state‑by‑state legal information, recent news, and practical resources on emotional wellbeing, legal processes, incarceration, reentry, and related challenges. The site was created “for parents, partners, siblings, friends, and others navigating the upheaval that follows an accusation or conviction.” Its mission is to help families understand the legal process, stay informed, access housing and employment resources, and safeguard their wellbeing amid the stigma…
Read MoreCA Action Alert: Call the Senate Committee ASAP to oppose AB 1568 in the June 16 hearing
The CA Senate Public Safety Committee will consider Assembly Bill (AB) 1568 on Tuesday, June 16. The hearing will be held in the State Capitol, Room 112, starting at 8:30 a.m. If passed, this bill would block thousands of registrants who are otherwise eligible from filing a petition for removal from the registry. “This hearing could be the last opportunity for registrants, family members and supporters to stop AB 1568,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “Therefore, it is important for as many people as possible to attend this hearing on…
Read MoreMI: Sex offender reports confrontation, assault by kids
Source: woodtv.com 6/2/26 PLAINWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — A registered sex offender in Allegan County said he could not stay silent about the strangers who showed up at his home early Sunday morning. “I thought, ‘You know what? I’m gonna reach out to you guys because … if I don’t do something, (what if) somebody else loses their life because I didn’t take action?’ the husband and father told Target 8 Monday. He wasn’t willing to risk it. “The other sex offenders that live in the area that don’t know (about…
Read MoreVA: Virginia Court Rejects Vague Loitering Law
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 6/3/26 In Commonwealth v. Richard Cox, the Circuit Court of Arlington County struck down Virginia’s sex-offender “loitering” statute as unconstitutionally vague, reinforcing a fundamental principle that is often forgotten when laws target registrants: constitutional protections apply to everyone. The Virginia law made it a felony for certain individuals on the sex offender registry to “loiter” within 100 feet of schools and child day-care facilities. While the legislature chose to criminalize “loitering,” it never defined what that term actually meant. As a result, the court found that ordinary people had…
Read MoreGeneral Comments June 2026
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Read MoreCORRECTION: Federal Court Declares Missouri Halloween Sign Law Violates U.S. Constitution
Source: ACSOL [6/3/26 NOTE: This article was updated to reflect the court’s decision impact] The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, issued a decision on May 29 declaring that the Missouri Halloween sign law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The decision also permanently enjoins the Attorney General as well as the City of Hazelwood from enforcing that law. “This decision is significant in that it directly protects the plaintiff in the case from the Halloween sign law,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “This…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Court Awards NARSOL $18,458 Against Man Who Spread False Claims to Kill Its Conferences
Source: NARSOL.org 5/28/26 Defendant, believed to be a Proud Boys member, never responded to the lawsuit. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A man who spent months posting false allegations about the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) on Facebook, including a fabricated claim that the organization is linked to groups advocating child sexual abuse, was ordered last week to pay NARSOL $18,458.56 in damages by North Carolina Superior Court Judge Clayton Somers. Ronald Creighton Davis, of Pierce County, Georgia, never answered the lawsuit. He didn’t file paperwork and didn’t appear…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal and Action Alert: Darkest Before the Dawn; Fight these 4 bills!
This column is not meant to depress anyone. Instead, this column is meant to inspire everyone who reads it. Having said that, it is important to see clearly the reality before us. The reality is that the shadow of Epstein continues and with that shadow comes efforts to further harm registrants and their families. For example, federal legislators have introduced bills that if passed would prohibit many registrants from receiving their hard-earned federal pensions (S. 4447) and Medicaid benefits (HR 7453) as well as protection in federal shelters (HR 7624). …
Read MoreFL: Will Florida create a new class of preschool kids labeled as sex offenders?
Source: aroundosceola.com 5/28/26 The parents of a student who attended a private Celebration Christian school say the state needs clearer rules and more transparency after alleging in a lawsuit that their daughter was repeatedly sexually abused beginning at age 4 by a classmate. The case has exposed what the family and experts describe as a troubling gap: when the child accused is too young to face criminal charges, there may be limited ability to ensure intervention or alert another school to serious safety concerns. Law enforcement and mental health experts…
Read MoreCA: Assembly Approves AB 1568, potentially blocking many registrants from petitioning for registry removal
Source: ACSOL The California Assembly has voted in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 1568 on May 26. If that bill becomes law, many registrants who are otherwise eligible to petition for removal from the registry could be blocked from doing so. AB 1568 will next be considered by the California Senate in what could be a three-step process. First, the bill will be considered by the Senate Public Committee no later than July 2. If that committee passes the bill, the bill will be sent to the Senate Appropriations Committee…
Read MoreHinda Institute’s “Navigating the System” course: Effective advocacy within the court system and behind prison walls
Source: hindahelps.com On June 3, 10, and 17, 2026 the Hinda Institute’s “Navigating the System” course empowers participants with practical knowledge and strategies for effective advocacy within the court system and behind prison walls. Shanna Rifkin, who is General Counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) will kick off the first of three weekly Zoom sessions, which begin on June 3, 2026 at 8PM EST. Shanna directs the Federal Compassionate Release Clearinghouse, oversees FAMM’s Supreme Court practice, and advocates for reform of federal sentencing and corrections law and policy before…
Read MoreTX: Tough-On-Crime Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office offers sex offense plea deals
Source: texastribune.org 5/19/26 WACO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is under fire for a plea deal his prosecutors offered last month to a Waco man charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy. The deal in the case, which Paxton’s office took over about three years ago after the locally elected district attorney recused himself, would have let the man plead guilty to two misdemeanors and serve a total of just one day in jail. Now Paxton, locked in a heated primary to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is facing criticism…
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