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Mar
2026
Source: harvardlawreview.org Our society generally agrees that possessing, producing, and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM)1 is morally reprehensible.2 This societal judgment is represented in sentencing outcomes for those convicted of federal child pornography offenses. Of the individuals who were sentenced in 2023 for child pornography–related offenses, ninety-nine percent were sentenced to prison, with an average sentence of 114 months.3 But, despite the severity...
Source: ACSOL Rene Campos, a registrant, has withdrawn from the Fresno City Council election. The reason for his withdrawal is an inability to obtain 20 signatures from voters. "The fact that Mr. Campos was unable to obtain the necessary signatures to run for Fresno City Council is due in large part to a coordinated campaign to discredit him," stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. ...
Registrants and family members conducted a vigil today in Washington, D.C., near the U.S. Supreme Court. The participants held printed signs with messages such as “Smith v. Doe Must Go” and “Registration is Punishment.” The sole speaker at the event was civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci. In her speech, she stated that the Court made a “terrible mistake” in 2003 when they issued the...
ACSOL Board Members Janice Bellucci and Roger Hunnicutt met today in four Congressional offices to voice ACSOL’s opposition to three bills recently introduced in Congress. Each of those bills, if enacted into law, would significantly harm up to one million registrants and their families. One of the four meetings was in the office of Rep. Greg Steube (Republican, Florida) regarding HR 7453. If that...
Source: fresnobee.com 3/4/26 An advocacy group is threatening to file a lawsuit challenging a proposal to ban registered sex offenders from running for public office in California with the intent to block a Fresno City Council candidate’s campaign. Spurred by the crowded District 7 race that includes Rene Campos, a registered sex offender, Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria said she will amend an existing bill, AB...
Source: yahoo.com for ABC30 3/4/26 Candidate hopeful Rene Campos, a registered sex offender who was convicted of possession of child sex abuse material in 2018, finds himself at the center of yet another legislative push for stricter laws. Tuesday, Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria of Merced introduced a bill that would block registered sex offenders from running or holding any local or state public office. "It...
Source: goodnewsinstead.com At just 18, Kerwin Pittman found himself facing the challenges of life behind bars due to a conspiracy to commit murder. However, after spending 11 and a half years incarcerated, including a year in solitary confinement, he emerged with a renewed sense of purpose. Now, eight years after his release, he is making history as the first former inmate to purchase a...
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Mar
2026
Source: desertsun.com 3/3/26 Officials at a Fresno elementary school filed a police report after a City Council candidate who is a registered sex offender held a news conference across the street from the campus during weekday afternoon hours, raising questions about public safety and who is legally allowed to run for and serve in public office in California. Rene Campos, 41, a candidate in Fresno’s District...
Source: nbcrightnow.com 3/2/26 KENNEWICK, Wash. - The site of the proposed less restrictive alternative (LRA) housing facility for registered sex offenders in Kennewick was vandalized overnight on Monday, according to Kennewick Police Department officer Jair Ealy-Thomas. The site, on West 8th Avenue, has been the source of controversy in recent weeks and faced opposition from the Kennewick City Council and Kennewick School District. Watch the video
Source: floridapolitics.com 3/2/26 The legislation comes as Attorney General James Uthmeier has stepped up action against child sexual predators. A bill designed to increase prison sentences for child sex offenders is now heading to the Senate floor. The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee has advanced the measure, completing the Committee review process in the upper chamber. “This bill increases penalties and creates mandatory prison sentences for the...
Source: filtermag.org 3/2/26 In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike Act. Though the name—a riff of sorts on the better-known “three strikes” approach—and marketing imply mandatory life sentences on first-time convictions of the most serious felonies, the bill is primarily about lengthening sentences and removing parole for any and all felonies. Senate Bill 592 is cosponsored by State...
Source: ACSOL The CA Assembly's Public Safety Committee today approved AB 1568 despite a lack of support for that bill. In direct contrast, 24 people including ACSOL leaders and members as well as leaders of other organizations voiced their opposition to the bill. "The petitioning process under the Tiered Registry Bill is not broken and therefore it does not to be fixed," ACSOL Executive...
Source: School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University A doctoral research study through the School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University is seeking participants to explore the lived experiences of individuals on Florida’s Sexual Offender Registry. The purpose of this study is to better understand how being on the registry impacts daily life. Participation involves taking part in a confidential interview that will last...
Source: dailynews.com 3/1/26 More than 100,000 felonies may not have appeared during background checks with the state Department of Justice Nearly 330,000 people whose convictions in Los Angeles County went unreported for decades will soon have their rap sheets updated and, potentially, their employers notified for the first time. Some could lose their jobs if the conviction would have disqualified them from the position...
ACSOL Board Members Janice Bellucci and Roger Hunnicutt will meet in the offices of four members of Congress on March 6. Two of the four meetings will be in the D.C. offices of Congressional members Greg Steube and Nancy Mace who recently introduced legislation harmful to registrants. The remaining meetings will be in the offices of the Congressional members who represent the two board...
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Mar
2026
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Source: ACSOL In addition to ACSOL, two large organizations have formally filed their opposition to AB 1568 which, if passed, could block thousands of registrants from petitioning for removal from the registry. The organizations are California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC). Letters from both organizations are similar (see them at the bottom of this article), but...
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2026
Source: abcnews4.com 2/26/26 UPDATE: Below you can read ACSOL's letter to Nancy Mace WASHINGTON D.C (WCIV) — Rep. Nancy Mace introduced legislation Thursday that would allow the federal government to impose the death penalty on people convicted of raping or sexually assaulting children. The bill, titled the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act, is intended to expand capital punishment eligibility to several federal child sex...
Source: fresnobee.com 2/26/26 Related article: "‘I felt attacked’: Sex offender running for Fresno council seat speaks out after councilmember comments" [2/27/26 yourcentralvalley.com] Some members of the Fresno City Council said they plan to introduce legislation to block registered sex offenders from serving on the council in an effort to disqualify a candidate in the crowded race for the District 7 seat. The City Council...
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 2/26/26 NARSOL has filed suit on behalf of registrants in Texas who were convicted of a sexual offense in federal court, claiming the state’s process for petitioning for removal from the registry excludes them, because they were not convicted by a Texas court (a requirement for removal). The class action complaint alleges, “Article 62.404 provides a mechanism for early termination of registration....