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TX: Austin man to use backyard as homeless encampment site [EXCEPT FOR…]

July 6, 2021 R H

Source: spectrumlocalnews.com 7/6/21 AUSTIN, Texas — Josiah Ingalls isn’t giving up on his plan to use private land as an encampment for people experiencing homelessness. “Whenever you talk about housing and the homeless and that it’s not the government’s job and how people should do it and people should put them in their own backyard, well that’s what we are literally doing here,” Ingalls said. Ingalls is in the process of forming a nonprofit called Camp Haven Sanctuary, a temporary homeless encampment aimed at addressing the homelessness crisis in Austin. Camp Haven…

WI: Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was a person convicted of a sex offense

July 6, 2021July 7, 2021 R H

Source: news.yahoo.com 7/6/21 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a person convicted of a sex offense, saying it supports a defense theory that he attacked Rittenhouse and intended to take his gun because he couldn’t legally possess one. Mark Richards maintained in court filings Thursday that Joseph Rosenbaum was convicted of having sex with a minor in Arizona in 2002 and was prohibited from possessing firearms. Rosenbaum…

VA: Neighbors concerned about plans for a sanctuary for people listed on the registry in Wise County

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 R H

Source: wcyb.com 7/5/21 WISE COUNTY, Va. —An East Stone Gap community is concerned after learning a sanctuary for people with a sex offense conviction in their past might be intentionally relocated to their neighborhood. Residents of the Inby Lane Mobile Home Park received this letter from their landlord. Image of letter Longtime resident Vernon Porch Jr. has an eight-year-old daughter. Porch says he plans to leave the mobile home park. “Most of the time we have eight kids here just playing at my house and we can’t live here anymore…

NC: Person convicted of sex offense arrested for failing to report online identifiers

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 R H

Source: fetchyournews.com 7/4/21 Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced the July 01, 2021 arrest of Anthony ____, a 44-year-old male who listed a Murphy, North Carolina address, for violations of the Sex Offense Registry. In March 2021, Anthony reported in person to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office to register as a person convicted of a sex offense. During the registration process, it was found that Anthony had been convicted for Assault with Intent to Commit Criminal Sexual Conduct First Degree and Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor Second Degree in…

CA: Journalist Reports High COVID Death Rate at Coalinga State Hospital

July 2, 2021 R H

Source: kvpr.org 7/2/21 A journalist has discovered and reported that a high rate of registrants forced to reside at Coalinga State Hospital, California, have died due to COVID. According to the report, COVID killed a total of 30 patients at that hospital. This total represents more than two percent of all patients at Coalinga State Hospital and is twice as high as patients at other state hospitals and seven times as high as inmates in state prisons. An audio version of the report is available. The report starts at about…

UK: Declan Lancaster started killer blaze after wrongly believing another man living there had a sex offense conviction

July 2, 2021July 6, 2021 R H

Source: sunderlandecho.com 7/2/21 A killer who sparked a deadly fire at his hostel after he wrongly concluded a man who lived there had a sex offense conviction in his past, has been jailed for life. By Karon Kelly Friday, 2nd July 2021, 2:49 pm Declan Lancaster, who had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs, started a blaze in a linen cupboard at Manor House in Sunderland on November 3, 2018, because he wanted to “scare and frighten” another tenant. Newcastle Crown Court heard as the flames took hold, Patryk…

Judicial Council Releases Forms to Petition for Removal from CA Registry

July 1, 2021July 2, 2021 R H

[ACSOL] Today the Judicial Council released all forms related to petitioning for removal from the California sex offender registry. The forms include the petition form and related instructions as well as forms to be completed by the relevant District Attorney offices and courts. “The long wait is over. Forms are now available for everyone eligible to petition for removal from the state’s registry,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “Before submitting a petition, it is important to determine whether you are eligible because petitions from individuals who are not…

FAC YouTube video channel includes ACSOL members and other notables

July 1, 2021 R H

[ACSOL] Florida Action Committee has a YouTube channel that posts facts and disputes myths regarding those convicted of a sex offense, and includes many notable people. Feel free to subscribe to their channel. I highly recommend you watch ACSOL board member Ira Ellman’s video on his topic of “Frightening and High is a Myth“, which is less than 10 minutes long. – Janice FAC’s YouTube Channel FAC’s description of their YouTube Channel

LA: Person convicted of sex offense must register despite post-probation dismissal

June 30, 2021July 1, 2021 R H

Source: americanpress.com 6/30/21 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling means a man will have to continue to register as a person convicted of a sex offense even though his video voyeurism conviction was set aside after he served probation. The high court, in an order dated Tuesday, refused to reconsider a May ruling in the case of Mark A. Davidson. Court records show he pleaded guilty in 2005 in Monroe and was ordered to serve three years of probation. After the probation was completed the court agreed…

People Convicted of Violent Crimes Are Rarely Rearrested for New Violent Crimes

June 30, 2021 R H

Source: sentencingproject.salsalabs.org 6/30/21 As featured by CNN this morning, today The Sentencing Project released a comprehensive analysis on recidivism, documenting the widespread evidence that people convicted of homicide and other crimes of violence rarely commit new crimes of violence after release from long-term imprisonment. International studies, too, find low rates of recidivism among this population, suggesting that we can release people much sooner than we currently do. The report, A New Lease on Life, draws upon international, national, and state-level research, and revealed that racially charged fear-mongering by media and…

PA: Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned

June 30, 2021 R H

Source: apnews.com 6/30/21 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 83, flashed the V-for-victory sign to a helicopter overhead as he trudged into his suburban Philadelphia home after serving nearly three years of a three- to 10-year sentence for drugging and violating Temple University sports…

Federal Sentencing of Child Pornography: Non-Production Offenses

June 29, 2021 R H

Source: ussc.gov 6/29/21 Overview (Published June 29, 2021) This report updates and expands upon the Commission’s 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses. In this report, the Commission provides data from fiscal year 2019 regarding: the content of the offender’s child pornography collection and nature of the offender’s collecting behavior; the offender’s degree of involvement with other offenders, particularly in an internet community devoted to child pornography and child sexual exploitation; and the offender’s engagement in sexually abusive or exploitative conduct in addition to the child pornography offense. The report…

CO: Mandatory lifetime juvenile sex offense registration is unconstitutional, Colorado Supreme Court rules

June 28, 2021June 30, 2021 R H

Source: denverpost.com 6/28/21 Juveniles cannot be mandated to register as lifelong “sex offenders” in Colorado if there is no way for offenders to be individually assessed or to later be removed from the registry, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 6-1 decision follows a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday that eliminates mandatory lifetime sex offense registration for juveniles who commit multiple sex offenses. The law takes effect Sept. 1. The justices found that mandating all people who committed multiple sex offenses when they were children…

Janice’s Journal: Independence for Some, Continued Registration for Others

June 28, 2021 R H

There are two significant dates about to converge in a few days. Both offer independence to some, but not all. The first of the two dates is July 1 when some registrants in California will be able to petition for the first time their removal from the registry. The size of this group will expand during the next 12 months when eligible registrants celebrate their birthdays. That is because otherwise eligible registrants must wait until their first birthday on or after July 1 in order to submit their petitions. There…

CT: Stratford Man Refuses Probation, Wants Jail Instead!

June 24, 2021June 25, 2021 R H

The man is convicted of a sex offense and reportedly believes probation would make him a pariah in the community. STRATFORD, CT — A 61-year-old Stratford man, who was convicted of a sex offense, was sentenced to 30 months in prison this week on a probation violation, after he told a judge he would break probation again if given such a sentence, reported the Connecticut Post. Rae was convicted on possession of child pornography charges in 2009 and was released in October of last year. Prior to that sentence, he…

MD: Maryland’s Most Wanted – Kevin, convicted of a sex offense

June 23, 2021June 24, 2021 R H

Source: foxbaltimore.com 6/22/21 BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A person convicted of a sex offense accused of failing to register and then skipping town is the focus of this week’s Maryland’s Most Wanted. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, 59-year-old Kevin … has been on the run for more than a year. Kevin, who was convicted of sexual assault in New Jersey in 2001, is now accused of failing to register. “There’s a reason the law requires these individuals to register,” said Deputy US Marshal Al Maresca. “It’s in the public interest.”…

AL: Gadsden person on the registry arrested for not carrying proper identification

June 23, 2021June 24, 2021 R H

Source: cbs42.com 6/22/21 ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A Gadsden man was arrested during a traffic stop last week when authorities discovered he had a sex offense conviction in his past and did not meet the identification requirements under Alabama law. According to the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy ____ was arrested during a traffic stop in the Gallant area on June 16. During the traffic stop, the deputy discovered Timothy had a sex offense conviction in his past and he was not carrying the required identification needed under Alabama…

MI: Lawsuit against state’s Sex Offense Registry Act enters final judgment

June 21, 2021June 22, 2021 R H

Source: wnem.com 6/21/21 A federal judge has granted a motion for litigation about the state’s sex offense act to enter final judgment. Parts of Michigan’s Sex Offense Registration Act (SORA) were ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Cleland on Feb. 14, 2020. The litigation has been ongoing for nine years. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the court delayed the final judgment in April 2020. The court held a retroactive punishment of the 2011 amendments to SORA can not be served. Several other SORA provisions were found unconstitutional for…