Source: yahoo.com for The New Republic 10/14/26 In September, Ohio GOP gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy posted (and quickly deleted) a video on social media featuring himself shaking hands with a registered sex offender. He again featured that same man in a television campaign ad a month later, according to reporting from The Bulwark. In 2006, Amherst, Ohio, resident Vernon Edwards pleaded guilty to “gross sexual imposition,” which according to Ohio law involves sexual contact with a minor. He was charged in a case involving a 13-year-old girl, though he faced…
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IL: Vigilante Millstone the Klown targets people on the sex offender registry and those he believes support them
Source: illinoistimes.com 10/15/26 Jeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a child sexual abuse case. Reid understood the anger behind them. But the signs seemed to be everywhere, and she had grown weary of seeing her hometown defined…
Read MoreNew Report Reveals People with Felony Convictions Face Significant Restrictions When Running For Elected Office
Source: sentencingproject.org 10/15/26 A new report released by The Sentencing Project finds that far too often, people with felony convictions are excluded from representing their communities in state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and neighborhood commissions. [Washington, DC]- A new report released by The Sentencing Project today finds that far too often, people with felony convictions are excluded from representing their communities in state legislatures, city councils, school boards, and neighborhood commissions. Running with Conviction: Eligibility for Elected Office with a Felony Conviction examines the legal barriers that people…
Read MoreCA: Elderly parole law AB 2727 could cost taxpayers millions to keep sex offenders in prison
Source: sjvsun.com 10/14/26 The new law raises the age threshold for elderly parole eligibility for convicted sex offenders, costing taxpayers millions more each year to keep them incarcerated longer. A new law taking effect in 2027 will cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually to keep convicted sex offenders incarcerated longer. The law is Assembly Bill 2727, which was introduced in the California Legislature this year after two convicted sex offenders over age 50 – but younger than 65 – became eligible for the state’s elderly parole. Under state law…
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