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Europe: European Union to require U.S. travelers with passports to fill out visa application

July 23, 2023 R H

Source: cbsnews.com 7/21/23 New requirements are on the horizon for travelers with a U.S. passport looking to get to Europe. The European Union continues to plan the rollout of new travel document requirements through its European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS). It would require travelers with U.S. passports to fill out an online visa application before being granted entry into the EU. “It won’t be complicated, it’s just an annoyance,” said CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg. “Most Americans, in fact, all Americans, are not used to doing this…

UK: Gimp in the crowd is much ado about nothing, says Globe theatre

July 22, 2023 R H

Source: news.yahoo.com 7/22/23 The man wore head-to-toe latex with a face mask and leather harness Shakespeare’s Globe allowed a man in a gimp outfit to roam the theatre while children were present and dismissed complaints because his sexual fetish latex bodysuit “did not contain offensive slogans”. Theatregoers raised concerns that the man was wearing head-to-toe latex with a face mask and leather harness which was “a very scary sight” and put “parents in a very uncomfortable position”. However, an internal staff report circulated by a manager later that day said…

CA: A newly amended complaint claims MTS offered Nathan Fletcher’s accuser $10,000 in exchange for silence

July 21, 2023 R H

Source: cbs8.com 7/19/23 SAN DIEGO — Grecia Figueroa, the woman who accused former San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher of sexually assaulting her, says her former employer, the Metropolitan Transit System, offered her $10,000 in exchange for her silence. In addition, Ms. Figueroa says the former County Supervisor and Chair of the Metropolitan Transit System set her up to make it appear as if Ms. Figueroa was extorting money from the family and that if not paid, she would go public with what he claimed were false sexual assault accusations. …

AK: Mat-Su bans sex offenders from living near childcare centers, schools, parks

July 21, 2023 R H

Source: alaskawatchman.com 7/20/23 In an effort to protect children from sex crimes, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly approved a new ordinance that prohibits sex offenders from taking up permanent residence within 1,000 feet of any school, daycare facility or public park. Approved at the assembly’s July 18 meeting, the ordinance does not apply to sex offenders who live in a restricted zone prior to the new law. Sex offenders may not, however, purchase or lease a new permanent residence within the restricted areas. Introduced by Assemblyman Ron Bernier, the law is…

Discounts Available at Conference Hotel

July 20, 2023July 22, 2023 R H

Discounts are now available at the Normandie Hotel which is located at 605 South Normandie in Los Angeles. The hotel is near to Southwestern Law School, the site of this year’s conference. In order to take advantage of the discounts, you can make a reservation by calling the hotel at 213-388-8138 or by reserving a room online at www.hotelnormandiela.com. When booking a room at the hotel, please provide the code “FSFE23” for a discounted rate. The conference will begin on Saturday, October 14, at 9 a.m. and end on Sunday,…

CA: Convicted sex offender to be released as transient in Placer County

July 18, 2023 R H

Source: kcra.com 7/18/23 PLACER COUNTY, Calif. —A convicted sex offender will be released as a transient in Placer County, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. The Placer County District Attorney’s Office said it “has vehemently opposed” William _____’s release during every court proceeding involving the sex offender. On Monday, after a three-hour hearing and argument, the judge granted _____ transient release in Placer County. He is classified as a Sexually Violent Predator and is enrolled in the state’s Sexually Violent Predator program under state law. The district…

ACSOL Online Meeting August 19, 2023

July 16, 2023August 19, 2023 R H

Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL board member and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday August 19, online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. You can use the Zoom app to see Janice and Chance and choose…

FL: Man jailed after allegedly attempting to use pickup to run over sex offender

July 15, 2023 R H

Source: villages-news.com 7/15/23 A 67-year-old Wildwood man has been jailed after allegedly attempting to use a pickup to run over a convicted sex offender. William Harold Bailey went to the sex offender’s residence on County Road 121 shortly before noon Thursday and “aggressively” confronted the sex offender, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. He allegedly took a swing at the sex offender, who was not identified in the report. Bailey got into his tan pickup truck and attempted to strike the sex offender, with whom…

TX: Sex offender in Fort Bend County gets 60-year sentence for refusing to register

July 14, 2023 R H

Source: cw39.com 7/14/23 RICHMOND, Texas (KIAH) — In June of 2020, now-53-year-old Brian _____ told police in Missouri City that the laws of Texas didn’t apply to him. Officers had just discovered that the convicted sex offender had been living in that community for years without registering as is required by state law. Shortly after, _____ fled the state, but U.S. Marshals eventually tracked him down in Arizona. On June 30, A Fort Bend County jury convicted him on two charges of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements…

MN: 8th Circuit OKs conditions in embattled Minnesota sex offender program

July 13, 2023 R H

Source: 7/13/23 courthousenews.com ST. LOUIS (CN) — The Eighth Circuit has once again given its blessing to a Minnesota program that detains certain sex offenders indefinitely, finding that neither the program nor the conditions it subjects detainees to violate their First, Fourth or 14th Amendment rights. The program at issue, the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, houses about 740 civilly-committed men in two high-security facilities in rural parts of the state. Most, but not all, of those detainees have sex offense convictions — in many cases, multiple such offenses — and judges determined…

Italy: Italian man cleared of assault because grope only lasted ‘between five and 10 seconds’

July 13, 2023 R H

Source: theguardian.com 7/13/23 An Italian judge has provoked outrage after clearing a school caretaker of sexually assaulting a teenage girl because the grope lasted only “a handful of seconds”. A 17-year-old student at a school in Rome complained of being groped by the caretaker as she walked up a staircase with a friend in April 2022. She said her trousers had fallen down from her waist and as she was pulling them up she felt a pair of hands touching her buttocks before the man grabbed her underwear and lifted…

ACSOL Stops Protests Outside CA Registrants’ Home

July 11, 2023 R H

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has stopped protests outside a house in Fairfield, CA, where five registrants on parole were residing. The protests were televised and included the Mayor of that town which is located between Sacramento and San Francisco. The Mayor falsely claimed on several TV broadcasts that the registrants pose a current danger and demanded that the registrants move from the house where they were placed by the CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Registrants on parole do not pose a current danger, according…

ACSOL Challenges Treatment Requirements for CA Parolees

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 R H

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) filed a lawsuit today challenging treatment requirements for registrants on parole. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) requires all registrants on parole to undergo treatment the entire time they are on parole and that this requirement violates state law. The lawsuit was filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court and includes five individual plaintiffs as well as ACSOL. The lawsuit could bring relief to more than 6,800 registrants who are currently on parole. According to…

Federal Prison Authority Consulting Services to speak 7/10/23 on CCNCR

July 8, 2023 R H

Source: cautionclick.com 7/7/23 Guest speaker Bruce Cameron, MS, LPC-S, LSOTP-S. will be on Caution Click’s monthly meeting on Monday, July 10. Mr. Cameron is the founder and lead program analyst for Federal Prison Authority. He will discuss his consulting services that will cover a wide range of information that may be helpful to many of us. He has helped people currently incarcerated, and post release. Some of his topics he will discuss are sex offender treatment, supervised release and deregistration evaluation. Click here to read Federal Prison Authority’s website. Click…

MO: Missouri governor explains why he vetoed bill that included Blair’s Law

July 8, 2023 R H

Source: kctv5.com 7/6/23 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Missouri’s governor has vetoed S.B. 189, which included Blair’s Law to increase the penalty for celebratory gunfire, but he explained his reasons for doing so in a letter. Blar’s Law was named after 11-year-old Blair Shanahan Lane, a Kansas City girl who was killed by celebratory gunfire on July 4, 2011. According to a press release, Gov. Mike Parson vetoed the bill due to the following provisions that were included: “Section 610.140 – could allow criminals convicted of sexual offenses, including sexual…

IL: SIU Illinois researcher’s team advocates for new assessment, treatment approach for juvenile sex offenders

July 7, 2023 R H

Source: news.siu.edu 7/6/23 CARBONDALE, Ill. — Tamara Kang, assistant professor in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, and her colleagues have created a new research-based assessment for juvenile sex offenders, which they say is more accurate, effective and beneficial for the young offenders and society as a whole than current systems. And since 95-97% of juveniles won’t reoffend, the team recommends treatment over incarceration. “A lot of times the public views juveniles with sex offenses as really dangerous, but the vast majority of them aren’t different…

DE: Crypto phone scam targets people on Delaware’s sex offender registry

July 6, 2023 R H

Source: delawarepublic.org 7/5/23 A new phone scam targeting people on Delaware’s sex offender registry has drawn the attention of Delaware’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Last week, reports of the bizarre phone scam reached Delaware’s Sex Offender Management Board, which includes representatives from law enforcement, behavioral health treatment providers and the Office of Public Defense. Board Chair Robert Hudson says the callers, posing as law enforcement, told targets they had failed to register as sex offenders and warrants had been issued for their arrest. According to the callers, those…