When Kevin was 12 years old he was slapped with a felony. His school’s principal caught him and his 10 year old friend sexually experimenting in the boy’s bathroom. He says it was consensual, that he wasn’t trying to hurt anyone, but Kevin was branded as a Level Two sex offender. His name and photo went up on Lewis County’s sex offender website and his life became a living hell. Full Article
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Want to Undermine Science in Public Policy? Start With Sex
The Huffington Post: For thousands of years, every reasonable person knew that the sun revolved around the earth. After all, people could see it happen with their own eyes. And when Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler used science to show otherwise, people laughed at them. It took a century for the idea that the earth revolved around the sun to even begin to catch on. Full Article
Read MoreEl Dorado County bans sex offenders from public parks
February 8, 2012: The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors gave initial approval Tuesday to a law that will make it a crime for registered sex offenders to frequent public parks. Full Article – County Ordinance [hana-flv-player video=”https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Movie-El-Dorado-County.flv” width=”400″ height=”330″ description=”” player=”4″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /]
Read MoreLA Times: O.C. sex offender law picks up support but few convictions
Nearly half of the county’s cities have adopted the ‘child safety zone’ law that bans sex offenders from parks, beaches, playgrounds and hiking trails. Critics say it’s an ineffective feel-good measure. LA Times article mentioning California RSOL. Read more and comment.
Read MoreCalifornia Registrant’s Bill of Rights
CALIFORNIA REGISTRANTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS – October 2015 U.S. Constitution Freedom of Speech, Right to Assemble, Petition Government (1st Amendment) Freedom from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (4th Amendment) Freedoms of Life, Liberty, Property, Due Process and Equal Protection (14th Amendment) California Constitution Total of 31 Articles enumerating rights (Section 1) Includes freedom to fish in public waters (Section 1, Article 25) CA Penal Code §290.46, Subsection L (2) Except as authorized under paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, use of any information that is disclosed pursuant to this…
Read MoreJustice Dept. says predator law covers non-violent offenders
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is asking federal courts to let it cast a wider net in its effort to indefinitely lock up accused sexual predators, urging judges to detain men who have never been convicted of sexual assaults. Read the article on USAToday
Read MoreWI: Church Conducts ‘Adults Only’ Services for Sex Offenders, Others
A Wisconsin church has recently begun holding biweekly church “adults only” services, in part as a way to allow convicted sex offenders to worship. Article on The Christian Post – Read More
Read MoreTN: Bill would define holding hands, kissing as “gateway sexual activity”
Tennessee senators approved an update to the state’s abstinence-based sex education law that includes warnings against “gateway sexual activity.” Full Article
Read MoreCity of Cypress Adopts Punitive Ordinance
The Cypress City Council unanimously adopted a punitive ordinance that would deny the civil rights of registered citizens despite a recommendation from the City Attorney to delay further consideration in order to conduct further research. The City Attorney’s recommendation was consistent with a request from California RSOL that was submitted in writing as well as addressed during the City Council meeting on March 12. In its letter and oral testimony, California RSOL questioned the constitutionality of the proposed ordinance as it pertains to residency restrictions, park bans, hotel stays and…
Read MoreMISSOURI QUESTIONS REGISTRY, RESIDENCY RESTRICTION
Editor’s Note: The article below was published in the National Catholic Review. It’s amazing to read that the state of Missouri is considering such far-reaching measures. Let’s continue to educate our lawmakers in California so that they, too, will consider and pass similar legislation. Should we reform the sex offender registry? by Mary Ann McGivern on Feb. 20, 2012 The Missouri legislature is debating a bill, HB 1700, that would end restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can live. It would remove juveniles from the public registry. It would create…
Read MoreCHILDREN, FIANCEE SPEAK OUT ON YouTube
Women Against Registry, a nationwide non-profit organization, recently posted three videos on YouTube of family members telling how they have been harmed by the registry. To view the videos, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/innocentvictims1?feature=mhee [youtube]http://youtu.be/1sbjCHypAp4[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/DJk1Zb6N7-U[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/uZWl6ObXOCY[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/1IZy-DiDQfo[/youtube] [youtube]http://youtu.be/NT2LE3WZih4[/youtube]
Read MoreNew Civil Rights Movement born in L.A.
A new civil rights movement has begun with the first meeting of the CA Reform Sex Offender Laws organization in Los Angeles on October 1. The meeting attracted more than 50 people, including registered persons, family members, attorneys and psychologists from as far away as San Francisco and San Diego. One man came with his “victim”, who is now his wife. The atmosphere was electric as people shared their experiences about how their civil rights have been denied. The group discussed how to work together to restore civil rights for…
Read MoreRecommended Reading
There are several good books to read about sex offense laws as well as the lives of persons forced to register. The following books are known and recommended. All can be ordered on the Amazon website. Sex Offender Laws: Failed Policies, New Directions – Richard G. Wright We’re All in this Together – Frank Udall Lindsay Sex Panic and the Punitive State – Roger Lancaster Lost Memory of Skin – Russell Banks Treating Adolescent Sex Offenders – Charlene Steen Unprecedented, How Sex Offender Laws are Impacting Our Nation – J.B.…
Read MoreCOURT OVERTURNS CITY’S LIBRARY BAN FOR REGISTRANTS
Editor’s Note: The ruling below is encouraging and could be used in any future challenge to California libraries that refuse to allow registrants from visiting public libraries. DENVER, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a policy barring registered sex offenders from public libraries in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was unconstitutional, a decision that could have reverberations across the nation. “The First Amendment includes a fundamental right to receive information,” a three-judge panel of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote. “By prohibiting registered…
Read MoreRSO LAWS HARM FAMILIES
“The Accidental Sex Offender” (Marie Claire) On July 28, 2011, in In The News, by tvadmin …. It was a classic teenage love story. He was a football star, and she was a cheerleader. They met, they fell in love, they started having sex. And then the cops got involved. Fifteen years later, they’re still paying the price. Frank Rodriguez cannot coach his children’s soccer teams. He can’t get a job at a major corporation. He can’t leave the state without registering with local law enforcement. A married father of…
Read MoreASSEMBLY DEFEATS AB 625
The Assembly has just voted on AB 625 and defeated it by 41 to 19. It’s hard to believe that elected officials don’t understand the current challenges faced by the state’s 92,000+ registrants such as unemployment, homelessness and vigilante violence. These challenges are of course experienced by family members as well. California RSOL attempted to educate them by lobbying efforts in October, November, December and January. Many thanks to Frank and Marshall who lobbied with me during the first months and with 8 others who joined us in January. And…
Read MoreLIFETIME REPORTING HARMS SOCIETY, INDIVIDUALS
Editor’s Note: The editorial below from the New York Times is not specific to registrants, but addresses an issue of great importance to registrants. That issue is employment and the need to reveal a past offense. California needs to join Massachusetts in limiting the use of information regarding past convictions. January 9, 2012 Paying a Price, Long After the Crime By ALFRED BLUMSTEIN and KIMINORI NAKAMURA IN 2010, the Chicago Public Schools declined to hireDarrell Langdon for a job as a boiler-room engineer, because he had been convicted of possessing…
Read More6-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
Editor’s Note: A petition has begun to protest the charging of a 6-year-old boy with first degree sexual assault. Information regarding this matter can be found in the article below. Please read the article and consider signing the online petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/46/investigate-grant-county-wisconsin-da-lisa-riniker Target:Wisconsin State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Sponsored by:Concerned Citizens Do your part to prevent the victimization of “D”; a 6 year-old Grant County, Wisconsin boy who is being charged with first-degree sexual assault for the crime of playing “doctor” with a 5 year-old playmate. The following is…
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