Source: kentuckylantern.com 10/23/26 A Union County judge has rejected a man’s constitutional challenge of Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls. Kenneth Moore, 50, was charged in August 2025, according to court records, with a total of 16 counts of possession or viewing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, promoting a sexual performance by a minor less than 16 years of age and one count of trafficking a child sex doll — all felonies. In February, he asked the Union Circuit Court to declare House Bill 207, the ban passed…
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MA: MIT Scientist Wins $6 Million in Sexual Misconduct Defamation Suit Following Accusations from Younger Female Colleague
Source: people.com 10/17/26 NEED TO KNOW Former MIT scientist David Sabatini was awarded $6 million in damages after a jury sided with him in a legal battle involving sexual misconduct allegations by former colleague Kristin Knouse Knouse alleged Sabatini pressured her into a relationship and fostered a hostile workplace, while Sabatini maintained their relationship was consensual Sabatini’s attorney celebrated the verdict as “a moment of sweet justice,” while Knouse’s attorney called it “disappointing” and said she plans to appeal A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientist who lost his…
Read MoreOH: Hysteria Alert: Vivek Ramaswamy Features Sex Offender in Campaign Ad
Source: yahoo.com for The New Republic 10/14/26 In September, Ohio GOP gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy posted (and quickly deleted) a video on social media featuring himself shaking hands with a registered sex offender. He again featured that same man in a television campaign ad a month later, according to reporting from The Bulwark. In 2006, Amherst, Ohio, resident Vernon Edwards pleaded guilty to “gross sexual imposition,” which according to Ohio law involves sexual contact with a minor. He was charged in a case involving a 13-year-old girl, though he faced…
Read MoreIL: Vigilante Millstone the Klown targets people on the sex offender registry and those he believes support them
Source: illinoistimes.com 10/15/26 Jeff Bast, who goes by Millstone the Klown on social media, says he is protecting children. His online following has brought scrutiny to people on the sex offender registry – and fear and lost work to people around them. Lucy Reid took down the signs in broad daylight. They had been posted around Winchester for weeks, calling attention to a child sexual abuse case. Reid understood the anger behind them. But the signs seemed to be everywhere, and she had grown weary of seeing her hometown defined…
Read MoreOK: Advocates for Registrants (including ACSOL) Testify in Support of Changes to Oklahoma Registry
Source: ACSOL Three leading advocates for registrants testified this week before a legislative committee in Oklahoma in support of proposed changes to that state’s registry. The changes, if adopted, would eliminate registration requirements for registrants who are physically or mentally impaired. ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci provided the committee with information regarding the history of sex offender registries beginning with the creation of the first registry in the City of Los Angeles. That registry was focused solely upon tracking and monitoring gay men. Restorative Action Alliance Executive Director Amber Vlangas…
Read MoreMO: Eighth Circuit rebuffs ‘cruel and unusual’ label for Missouri sex offender list
Source: courthousenews.com 10/5/26 Spouses and children of offenders had argued their homes’ inclusion on the registry left them socially ostracized. ST. LOUIS (CN) — An Eighth Circuit panel on Monday found Missouri’s public sex offender registry does not create “a permanent, inescapable badge of stigma” as argued by a group of convicted offenders and their families. In affirming a lower court’s ruling, the three-judge panel refused to revive claims that the registry — also known as SORA — is broadly punitive and violates their constitutional rights. “In their brief…
Read MoreHastert, who spearheaded legislative initiatives to punish offenders while he was one himself, is ding-dong dead at 84
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 10/5/26 Former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, who backed laws such as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments of 1996, the Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2000, the PROTECT Act of 2003, and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 died this past weekend at 84. Hastert, was one of the biggest hypocrites in modern politics. While he was promoting himself as a crusader against the sexual abuse of children, it turns out he was… Read the full article
Read MoreAL: Federal appeals court strikes down Alabama sex offender law banning Tuscaloosa father from living with his child
Source: wbrc.com 9/29/26 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBRC) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a provision of Alabama’s sex offender law is unconstitutional as applied to a Tuscaloosa County father, deciding the state cannot permanently bar him from living with his young son. In a 30-page opinion, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (ASORCNA) fails strict constitutional scrutiny because it enforces a mandatory, lifetime ban on parents living with their children…
Read MoreNV: Child Sex Offender Given 435 Years in Prison
Source: washoelife.washoecounty.gov 9/24/26 [ACSOL is posting this as an example of extreme sentencing][ The Honorable Egan Walker has sentenced David Moreno to life in prison, with parole eligibility in 435 years. Moreno was previously found guilty of 11 counts of Sexual Assault on a Child Under 14, four counts of Lewdness with a Child Under 14, one count of Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child Under 14, one count of Child Neglect, one count of Incest, and one count of Dissuading a Witness. The case against Moreno began when one…
Read MoreMI: Berrien County prosecutor says names were incorrectly removed from sex offender registry
Source: wzzm13.com 9/21/26 BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. — The Berrien County Prosecutor said some sex offenders have been incorrectly removed from the statewide Sex Offender Registry after more than 20,000 people were removed after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that changes to the state’s registry were unconstitutional. The county prosecutor said in a release on Monday, “Although the Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office does not maintain or administer the Sex Offender Registry, we have identified instances in which individuals appear to have been removed from the registry in error.” … Read the…
Read MoreMO: Missouri Files Final Brief in Halloween Sign Challenge
The State of Missouri filed its final brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court in the pending challenge to a state law that required all registrants in that state to post a sign on their home on Halloween. This brief is a reply to the brief filed September 8 on behalf of a registrant who was convicted for failing to abide by this law. In its brief, Missouri repeated unsuccessful arguments made in both the trial court and the appellate court. The primary argument made in the brief was that…
Read MoreKS: RM389: Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision
Source: patreon.com/registrymatters/ 9/20/26 This week on Registry Matters: we dig into the collapse of a South Carolina church, where a registrant volunteer scandal at Pawleys Island set off arrests, lawsuits, and a wave of institutional panic that tore the congregation apart. We also break down Louisiana’s ballot measure to constitutionally ban post-conviction bail for minor-related offenses — stripping judges of individualized discretion entirely — and examine a Kansas appellate ruling that struck down lifetime supervision as unconstitutionally disproportionate for a young man’s minimal offense. In a follow-up segment, we look…
Read MoreMaine wants to make one probation violation for anything enough to send someone back to prison
Source: themainewire.com 9/14/26 A Maine Republican lawmaker wants convicted sex offenders who violate probation to face an immediate consequence: return to prison and serve the remainder of their suspended sentence. … “You don’t get to roam the streets. You haven’t learned your lesson. You’re not rehabilitated. You go back to serve your sentence,” Henderson said while announcing the legislation. … Read the full article
Read MoreNC: Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina
Source: abcnews.com 9/22/26 A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.” The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What was surprising was the man who delivered it. Pastor Daimon L. King is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison for convictions involving children, according to state and court records. The episode occurred with two…
Read MoreMI: Michigan State Police Begins Removing Sex Offenders from Registry
Source: michigan.gov 9/11/26 “On September 9, 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) amendments cannot be used to retroactively extend the registration requirements of anyone who committed their relevant crime prior to July 1, 2011, because doing so would be unconstitutional,” said Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police (MSP). “The MSP did not make this change to the law. However, the department maintains the database, is required to comply with the Court’s order and is taking the necessary steps to implement the ruling. Any concerns about or…
Read MoreMI: Michigan Supreme Court limits sex offender registry law to post-2011 cases
Source: michigan.gov 9/11/26 “On September 9, 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) amendments cannot be used to retroactively extend the registration requirements of anyone who committed their relevant crime prior to July 1, 2011, because doing so would be unconstitutional,” said Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police (MSP). “The MSP did not make this change to the law. However, the department maintains the database, is required to comply with the Court’s order and is taking the necessary steps to implement the ruling. Any concerns about or…
Read MoreLA: No one is available to castrate Louisiana sex offenders
Source: lailluminator.com 9/8/26 A convicted sex offender from Assumption Parish is believed to be the first person in the U.S. sentenced to undergo surgical castration without their consent, but the lawmaker who pushed for the severe punishment to be made available said it’s unlikely to ever take place. The state corrections department has also confirmed it’s not currently staffed to handle the procedure. … A Sept. 1 post on the X account of Attorney General Liz Murrill, whose office started the investigation, celebrated Clark’s conviction and sentence. “Louisiana justice served…
Read MoreRegistrant’s Brief Opposing Missouri’s Request for U. S. Supreme Court Review Filed Today
Registrant Thomas Sanderson filed a brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing a request filed by the State of Missouri and supported by 16 additional states to review a decision issued in favor of Mr. Sanderson by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The trial court also issued a decision in favor of Mr. Sanderson. Both courts found that a Missouri state law that required all registrants to post a sign on their home on Halloween was unconstitutional. In the brief filed today, Mr. Sanderson asked the Court to…
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