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…
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Hinda 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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