Janice’s Journal: A Model Court Decision
A court in Pennsylvania ruled recently in favor of one registrant and that is a good thing. The even better thing the court did was to provide the registrant community…
Janice’s Journal: A Difficult Decision
The vigil planned for Washington, D.C., in March 2023 was my idea. My idea was a vigil that would take place near the date of the 20th anniversary of a…
Janice’s Journal: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals: Don’t Bother Us With the Facts
The requirement to wear a GPS device is often levied upon individuals required to register. That requirement, however, is usually temporary and lasts no longer than the time in which…
Janice’s Journal: The Wheels of Justice are Moving
The wheels of justice are moving in California and across the nation. Perhaps the wheels of justice will take us to The Tipping Point where the public will recognize there…
Janice’s Journal: Angry Uninformed Members of Public Attack Registrants’ Home
It’s happening again. A group of angry, uninformed members of the public are attacking a home where registrants on parole are living. The location this time is Fairfield, California, located…
Janice’s Journal: Future U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Friend or Foe?
Although it hasn’t happened yet, it is highly likely that Ketanji Brown Jackson will soon be confirmed as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The question is will…
Janice’s Journal: Fear Obscures Fact
A recent TV news show on a completely different topic recently introduced me to the phrase, “Fear Obscures Fact.” That short phrase struck a nerve as it concisely explains one…
Janice’s Journal: Preparing for Challenges to SORNA Regulations
The new SORNA regulations became effective today. We do not like them and yet they are here. The question is what are we going to do about it? It is…
Janice’s Journal: 23 Years of Registration For a Rape That Didn’t Happen
What if I told you that I know a man who spent 23 years on the registry for a rape that didn’t happen? Your first instinct might be to deny…
Janice’s Journal: Proposed SORNA Regulations Can Be Defeated
Perhaps it is fitting that the proposed SORNA regulations, which were dormant for more than a year, have resurfaced during the week before Halloween. That is because the proposed regulations…
Janice’s Journal: But It’s Not Punishment
As Executive Director of ACSOL, I communicate with registrants and their families almost daily on a variety of topics. One of the saddest types of calls I receive are from…
Janice’s Journal: Uneven Results in Beginning of Petitioning Process
[ACSOL] The petitioning process under the Tiered Registry Law has begun. A quick look at the first 60 days of the process shows uneven results. The best news is that…
Janice’s Journal: Educating the U.S. Supreme Court
How can we educate the U.S. Supreme Court when they refuse to listen? One way is to make noise at their place of business so that they can no longer…
Janice’s Journal: Independence for Some, Continued Registration for Others
There are two significant dates about to converge in a few days. Both offer independence to some, but not all. The first of the two dates is July 1 when…
Janice’s Journal: Two Men Required to Register Murdered This Week
Two men, who were required to register as sex offenders, were murdered this week. Each murder is a tragedy. Together the murders should serve as a wake-up call that vigilante…
Janice’s Journal: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
[4/29/21 Updated with link (see end of post)] As we approach the end of April 2021, we are waiting for the “other shoe” to drop. In fact, we are waiting…
Janice’s Journal: Worse Than Murder?
As Executive Director of ACSOL, I listen every day to concerns expressed by registrants and/or their family members. Many of those concerns are focused upon challenges that registrants face in…
Janice’s Journal: We’ve Got Your Back
The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) was created about 10 years ago to protect registrants and their families from a constant and continual assault of new laws that…