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…
OR: Senate Bill 499 should become law
[eastoregonian.com - 5/8/21] Earl Bain was wrongfully convicted in Malheur County in 2009 and spent six years in prison. After the complaining witness in his case recanted her story, with…
Understanding Child Sexual Abusers
[themamabeareffect.org - 4/26/21] Addressing the misconception that all child sexual offenders are pedophiles and the reasons why people commit abuse against children. Introducing the typologies of abusers to help protective…
Jury is out — no matter the verdict, Congress must act
[cnn.com - 4/19/21] Van Jones is an attorney who has spent 25 years working for police accountability and criminal justice reform. (CNN) -America is bracing for a verdict. ...…
The Dobbs Wire: Flashback to 1996
[The Dobbs Wire (@TheDobbsWire) / Twitter - 4/19/21] A Massachusetts father writes about his young son -- an important matter requiring a trip to the police station. It's a powerful,…
American Sex Offender Policy Condemned as Human Rights Violation Before the United Nations
[justfactsnotfear.com - 3/19/21] Watch the video Visit justfactsnotfear.com/
ACSOL Board Member Ira Ellman Publishes Scholarly Work Claiming Registry Regime Is Motivated by Animus, Should Be Stricken
[ACSOL] ACSOL Board Member Ira Ellman has published a scholarly work that claims the registry regime is motivated by animus and should be stricken. This conclusion is based upon an…
Pornography Addiction an Unspoken ILL
[laprogressive.com - 4/9/21] Like a lot of teens of my generation, I discovered the novels of Kurt Vonnegut like a breath of fresh air apart from the assigned readings in…
SOHO Forum Debates the Registry
[womenagainstregistry.org - 3/31/21; Forum was 2/12/2018] Professor Emily Horowitz argues against the registry when she debates Professor Marci Hamilton. Watch the video
ND: Shouldn’t we ask if ‘bias crime’ legislation actually works?
[thedickinsonpress.com - 3/23/21] Fargo-area politicians and activists will no doubt have a lot of success milking this issue for notoriety, and donations, but even if they're successful in implementing a…
Patty Wetterling
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/17/21] Dear Florida Action Committee Members and Advocates, So much respect is deserved by Patty Wetterling. In 1989, Patty’s son Jacob was abducted and killed near their home…
Use science, not stigma, to determine the next steps for Nushawn Williams (Commentary)
[syracuse.com - 3/16/21] Dr. William M. Valenti is a New York state-licensed physician in practice in Rochester. He has worked in HIV medicine, research and HIV health policy since 1981.…
Letter: Sex offenders are redeemable
[inforum.com - 3/4/21] The idea that sex offenders are irredeemable is a myth. Reason (magazine) reports that a repeat offense within a period of five years occurs only 7% of…
“WWJD”: What Would Janice Do?
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/3/21] WWJD? I know many of you know a different acronym for that, but in the case of tomorrow’s monthly member call, it’s “What Would Janice Do?”. And…
Book Review: Justice Perverted: Sex Offense Law, Psychology, and Public Policy
[littlefieldtccc.com - 1/13/21] Book review by Charles Patrick Ewing [The author is a first rate attorney who has worked with registrants for decades] Over the past quarter century Congress, state…
MN: Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders Pretends Prisoners Are Patients
[reason.com - 2/10/21] The practice evades constitutional constraints by casting punishment and preventive detention as treatment. Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2021 12:01 AM "It was my understanding that I was to…
American Law Institute To Consider Recommending Elimination of Public Registry, Other Significant Reforms
[ali.org - 1/25/21] The Council of the American Law Institute (ALI) agreed on January 22 to recommend that its membership adopt new provisions in the Model Penal Code (MPC) that…
AZ: Arizona’s Sex Offender Laws: Recommendations for Reform
[Tamara Rice Lave in arizonastatelawjournal.org - 1/13/21] In this Article, I consider ways in which Arizona’s laws regarding sex offenders should be reformed. I begin by focusing on laws that…