ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
MN: OCEAN Community Conference and Rally — July 18, 2021
OCEAN is hosting their Community Conference at Capital Mall in St. Paul, Sunday, July 18, 2021. At this gathering, a lineup of speakers will educate the public on the…
NE: James Fairbanks sentenced: 40–70 years in murder of person listed on the registry
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — James Fairbanks, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the killing of Mattieo Condoluci last year, was sentenced in a Douglas County on Wednesday morning.…
ACSOL Files Lawsuit Challenging Re-Sentencing Regulations
ACSOL has filed a lawsuit challenging regulations issued by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that categorically exclude inmates required to register from re-sentencing opportunities provided in recent…
CA: Dad tackles person convicted of sex offense who exposed himself in front of 5-year-old daughter
A brave dad tackled and duct-taped a person who is listed on the sex offense registry who broke into a California home and exposed himself in front of his sleeping…
Why Sex Offense Laws Do More Harm Than Good
By Deborah Jacobs There are few crimes more heinous than child molestation. Whether violently attacked by a stranger or preyed upon by a trusted adult in the home, school or…
High price for moral panic over historical sexual abuse
Have a look at these extraordinary figures. Two years into our National Redress Scheme (NRS) for victims of institutional sexual abuse, over $500 million has been paid to 5,920 of…
MN: Victoria neighborhood protests person listed on the registry at level 3
A group of frustrated, angry and concerned citizens is keeping a close watch on a person listed on the registry at level 3, recently released into their Victoria neighborhood. The…
Colorado Court Upholds Severely Limited Use of Internet, Social Media for Registrant on Probation
A Colorado court of appeals issued a decision today upholding a condition of probation that severely limits a registrant's use of both the internet and social media while he is…
Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offense Registries?
BY RORY FLEMING JULY 2, 2021 On June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform organization in the country, concluded its national meeting. One of its agenda…
General Comments July 2021
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of July 2021. Contributions should relate to the cause and goals of this organization and…
CO: Supreme Court’s decision on sex offense registry leaves some eyeing a broader constitutional challenge
Although the Colorado Supreme Court insisted its ruling applied narrowly, advocates for defendants believe the justices have laid a foundation for challenging the constitutionality of the state’s sex offense registration…
Urgent: SCOTUS petition needs signatures now
This note is for all organizations and individuals that fight (each in their own way) against the draconian sex offense laws in this country. Please forward this email to any pertinent…
Can Children Who Commit Sex Offenses Be Rehabilitated?
By John Borneman 29 JUN 2018 In the first season of Showtime’s Dexter, the character Dexter Morgan, a vigilante serial killer who also works for the fictitious Miami Metro police as…
NY: Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct
This has been a long 8-year fight to hold prosecutors accountable for professional misconduct that steals liberty from the innocent, leaves the true criminal on the streets and costs municipalities millions in wrongful conviction settlements
FL: Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare
We've all heard the phrase "every parent's worst nightmare" in the context of a person with a sex offense conviction. It usually conjures the image of an abduction and sexual…
FL: DeSantis signs bill closing sex-offense registration loophole
ALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday effectively closing a loophole in Florida’s sexual offense registration law. The former law's loophole allowed a person convicted…
NJ: Murphy signs historic law banning landlords from asking renters about criminal records (except…)
In a step toward racial equity and ending housing discrimination, Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed the Fair Chance in Housing Act, barring landlords in New Jersey from asking about…
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