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Marjorie Taylor Greene shocks Lesley Stahl by saying Joe Biden supports pedophilia

April 3, 2023April 5, 2023 R H

Source: lgbtqnation.com 4/3/23 During an appearance on CBS’s television magazine 60 Minutes, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called Democrats – and even President Joe Biden – supporters of pedophilia. “Greene complains that the news media harp on things she did in the past,” Stahl says in a voiceover. “Like, as in this video, chasing after a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting… and things she says that are over the top, like…” “‘The Democrats are a party of pedophiles,’” Stahl says, quoting Greene from an April 2022 interview. “I…

CA Sex Offender Management Board Discusses Further Improvements to Tiered Registry Law

March 16, 2023 webmaster

The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) continued today its discussions of improvements to the Tiered Registry Law during its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. During those discussions, CASOMB identified three improvements to that law as their top priorities — removal of CP offenses from Tier 3, creating an off-ramp for those assigned to Tier 3 and allowing registrants to access their profiles on the Megan’s Law website. Also during those discussions, CASOMB determined that “deeper study” is required before they can make a recommendation regarding either the reduction of PC…

ACSOL President Catherine Carpenter Identifies, Analyzes Method to Win Court Cases

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 webmaster

ACSOL President Catherine Carpenter, who is also an endowed law professor at Southwestern School of Law in Los Angeles, has identified and analyzed a method that can be used to win registrants’ cases in court. That method, known as the irrebuttable presumption doctrine, shifts the burden of proof to governments when they make allegations such as that all registrants pose a current danger to society and are very likely to re-offend. “Professor Carpenter has provided an extremely valuable tool to the registrant community in the research she has conducted that…

WI: MURPHY’S LAW: Supreme Court Race All About Sex Offenders

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 webmaster

Which is strange because the state high court will probably never rule on such cases. Just one day after the February 21 primary election, state Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz released her first ad for the general election, an attack on her opponent Dan Kelly entitled “Predator.” “Dan Kelly won’t keep our communities safe,” the ever-ominous voice of such ads informed us. “As a lawyer Kelly defended child sex predators who posed as ministers in order to prey on vulnerable young girls.” The ad goes on, adding more lurid detail,…

CA Court Blocks DOJ’s new SORNA Rule Because it Violated Due Process and First Amendment

January 18, 2023February 1, 2023 webmaster

Los Angeles: A California court last week blocked the Department of Justice’s new Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act rule because it violated due process and the First Amendment. “The DOJ almost never loses these cases. That they lost here goes to show just how far out on a limb the DOJ is with this rule,” said Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation. “The rule clearly violated due process and free speech protections. And while the court felt bound by precedent to conclude that the rule didn’t violate the…

Court Grants Partial Motion for Preliminary Injunction in SORNA Regulations Case

January 13, 2023January 18, 2023 webmaster

A federal district court today issued a decision granting, in part, a motion for preliminary injunction that was pending in the SORNA regulations case. A copy of the court’s decision is being posted today on the ACSOL website, however, ACSOL must wait until the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) issues a press release before it publishes an article describing the court’s decision. PLF issued a press release regarding the decision on Wednesday, January 18. A copy of that press release is posted here on the ACSOL website. Download the PDF…

Stars of 1968’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sue Paramount over nude scenes filmed when they were minors

January 5, 2023 R H

Source: cnn.com 1/4/23 Actors from the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” have filed a lawsuit against Paramount Studios, which produced the film, for allowing the movie to be released with scenes showing them nude when they were minors. The lawsuit, filed last week in Santa Monica Superior Court by stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, accuses Paramount of sexual exploitation and distributing nude images of adolescent children. In a copy of the suit provided to CNN, the complaint alleges that the film’s director Franco Zeffirelli, who died in 2019 and…

Frank Lindsay’s Health Continues to Improve

November 22, 2022January 21, 2023 webmaster

1/21/23 UPDATE: Frank Lindsay continues to heal outside the hospital. He requires oxygen 24/7 and is undergoing physical therapy. Frank received his tier assignment earlier this month and his petition for removal has been filed in the county where he resides. With luck and prayers, Frank will be off the registry as well as free from the use of oxygen tanks before the 4th of July. Original post: ACSOL leader Frank Lindsay’s health continues to improve although he remains hospitalized due to low oxygen levels. Frank was initially hospitalized…

Federal Court Stops Lawsuit Challenging Denial of Base Access

November 15, 2022 webmaster

A federal district court judge has stopped a lawsuit filed on behalf of a registrant who is also a military retiree and denied access to a military base solely because he is currently required to register. According to that judge, access to a military base is a privilege and not a right. The judge also noted that a base commander has absolute authority to control access to a military base. In addition to granting the federal government’s motion to dismiss the case, the judge denied plaintiff the right to amend…

Santa Cruz judge denies general ‘transient’ release to [former] “sexually violent predator”

October 27, 2022 webmaster

SANTA CRUZ — The bid to release a twice-convicted rapist into the community without a set, permanent residence failed Tuesday. Bonny Doon residents rallied at the county courthouse in November to speak out against “sexually violent predator” Michael Cheek being housed on Wild Iris Lane. (Shmuel Thaler — Santa Cruz Sentinel file) Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Syda Cogliati ruled against a “transient release” petition by 71-year-old Michael Cheek, designated by the state as a sexually violent offender. In November, Cogliati approved Cheek to move under supervised release into a…

Janice’s Journal: Halloween Is Here Again

October 27, 2022 webmaster

Earlier this week I was preparing to write a column about Halloween when I was interrupted by a more pressing matter. I am glad that I was interrupted because the message of that column is no longer true. The original focus of my message was about Halloween and that is the focus of this column. The difference, however, is that the original column was going to address the seeming lack of Halloween restrictions being levied against registrants as well as the lack of media inquiries. Unfortunately, the actions of two southern…

WA: Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Washington allowed to vote with no carve-outs

October 27, 2022 webmaster

WASHINGTON, USA — The November midterm elections are less than two weeks away and for thousands of people in Washington, it’s the first time they are eligible to vote under a new law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated people. “I was actually incarcerated at 17,” said Cyril Walrond. Walrond spent 17 years in prison and was released on Aug. 1 at the age of 34. “The very next day to register to vote and to vote in the primary, really gave me a sense of connectivity within my community, where…

PLF Files Two Motions in SORNA Regulations Case

October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 webmaster

The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) this week filed two motions in the pending federal lawsuit challenging SORNA regulations that became effective earlier this year. One of those motions asked the court to approve the use of pseudonyms for four individuals identified as John Doe #1, John Doe #2, John Doe #3 and John Doe #4. The court granted that motion one day after it was filed. The second motion is a request for preliminary injunction which would, if granted, stop enforcement of some SORNA regulations. A hearing for this motion…

MN: YouTube vigilante on mission to expose sexual predators faces his own sex assault charges

October 22, 2022January 24, 2023 R H

Source: postbulletin.com 10/21/22 Chase Johnston’s YouTube channel has thousands of views from videos in which he confronts people he views as sexual predators. One county has declined to follow up on his reports. Another has decided to pursue charges. In all of this, Johnston has been charged with multiple crimes against two of the men he’s accused, including one accusation of sexual assault. ROCHESTER, MN — Chase Johnston began his crusade to hunt down alleged child predators earlier this year. The Rochester man, 28, taking a cue from the now-defunct…

UK: Lincolnshire Police: Dozens of sex offenders removed from register

October 13, 2022 R H

Source: bbc.com 10/13/22 Lincolnshire Police have removed 72 people from the Sex Offenders Register in the last five years. Those sentenced to more than 30 months for a sex-related crime can be required to register with police for life. But in 2010 the Supreme Court ruled offenders should have the opportunity to prove they had reformed and could apply to get their name removed. Lincolnshire Police said its policies were in line with all forces around the country. A Freedom of Information request revealed the force received 82 applications between…

The first batch of ACSOL 2022 Conference videos are ready to view if you signed up

October 10, 2022 R H

Dear Conference attendees – We posted the first batch of ACSOL 2022 conference videos! They are ready for you to view privately on YouTube whenever you like! You should have just received an email today (Oct 10) containing the link to these videos. If you did not receive it, look in your spam/junk folder. If you still don’t see it, send an email to conference@all4consolaws.org If you did not attend you still have time to register to see the videos. Just click here to sign up

SORNA Regulations Preliminary Injunction Hearing to Be Conducted on Monday Sept 26

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 R H

Source: ACSOL In another surprising ruling, the federal district court judge has decided to conduct a hearing on the pending preliminary injunction motion in the SORNA regulations case. The judge made this decision earlier today despite the fact that both parties had agreed to waive oral argument. The hearing will be held on Monday, September 26 starting at 9 a.m. View the hearing online by clicking on this Zoom Webinar link Although the public is allowed to appear in the courtroom for this hearing, it is not recommended that you come…

Rebecca Myers: “I have spent 25 years treating serious sexual offenders – this is what I’ve learned”

September 13, 2022 webmaster

“Sexual offenders can be deceitful and cruel. But they may also be ashamed and desperate to change. Helping them is the only way to prevent more victims.” ” ‘I’ve got a list of questions I’d like to ask you about your sexual offending against children, if that’s OK,’ I say. ‘You might find some of them … ‘ I pause, unable to find the words, ‘ … a bit detailed and personal.’ The grizzled old man sitting in front of me nods, but does not make eye contact. I don’t…