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TX: Automatic license plate readers helping to deter crime and track registrants in Houston-area cities

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Source: khou.com 2/21/22 HOUSTON — Some Houston-area cities are fighting crime by installing virtual gates around their communities. Dozens of cameras are taking millions of pictures of driver’s license plates each month. One local police chief said the technology helped catch 25 times as many suspects in wanted vehicles as the year before. Each time a vehicle passes one of the automatic license plate reading cameras in the Memorial Villages, a picture is taken. … In addition to stolen vehicles and missing persons, the Memorial Villages Police Department is alerted…

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‘Staggering’ study reveals 46% of unemployed U.S. men have criminal convictions

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Source: science.org 2/18/22 One in three adults in the United States has been arrested at least once, a strikingly high number compared with many other countries. Now, a new study reveals one of the implications of that figure: Nearly half of unemployed U.S. men have a criminal conviction by age 35, which makes it harder to get a job, according to an analysis of survey data. The findings suggest having a criminal justice history is pushing many men to the sidelines of the job market, says sociologist Sarah Esther Lageson…

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W.A.R. Room Event on Feb 22: Margaret Love of the Collateral Consequences Resource Center

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Source: Women Against Registry (W.A.R.) Margaret Love is the Executive Director and Editor of the Collateral Consequences Resource Center. She is a former U.S. Pardon Attorney who, in her private practice in Washington, D.C., represents applicants for executive clemency.  She is lead co-author of Collateral Consequence of Criminal Conviction: Law, Policy & Practice (NACDL/West, 3rd ed. 2018-2019)  Margaret created and regularly updates the Restoration of Rights Project database. Date: February 22 Time: 5:00 PM Pacific Time, 7:00 PM Central Time You must register to attend! Click here to register for…

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CA: Tiered Registry Law Presentation Focus of CASOMB Meeting

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Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) today listened to a lengthy, in-depth presentation regarding the Tiered Registry Law and its implementation.  The presentation was delivered by attorneys Michele Kumaus of the San Diego Public Defenders Office and Ana Santiago of the San Diego District Attorneys Office. According to the attorneys, a total of 143 petitions for removal from the registry have been filed on behalf of registrants in San Diego County.  Of that total, 69 have been granted and 11 have been denied.  The remaining petitions are…

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CA: Residents in ‘shock’ after convicted sex offender moves into Poway neighborhood

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Source: fox5sandiego.com 2/12/22 SAN DIEGO — Residents in the Arbolito neighborhood are concerned for their children’s safety after a convicted sex offender moved into their neighborhood without any notice to the community. Convicted sex offender, Spicer ____, was sentenced to eight years in state prison in 2017 for kidnapping, contact with a minor to commit a sexual offense and unlawful possession of an assault rifle. A concerned parent, who did not want to be identified due to safety concerns, told FOX 5 Spicer ____is living with his mother on Poway…

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Lawsuit Challenges Tiered Registry Law Provision

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A lawsuit was filed this week in Sacramento Superior Court challenging the application of a tiered registry law provision that has resulted in individuals being assigned to Tier 3, the highest tier, even though their felony conviction was reduced to a misdemeanor.  Specifically, the lawsuit is seeking relief for an individual convicted of a felony violation of Penal Code Section 288.2 that was later reduced to a misdemeanor. According to the lawsuit, the individual should not have been assigned to Tier 3 or to any tier, but instead should have…

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CA: California domestic violence advocates ask Gov. Newsom to spend more on prevention programs

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Source: fresnobee.com 2/14/22 A coalition of 100-plus crisis intervention agencies is once again appealing to the California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom to set aside funding in next year’s budget to pay for programming found to prevent sexual and domestic violence. Although California has a budget surplus, Newsom did not set aside money for this work in his January budget proposal, something that did not sit well with coalition leaders. “Despite significant investments in policing and criminalization as a response to rising concerns about public safety, the governor’s budget ignores…

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Janice’s Journal: Fear Obscures Fact

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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 of the major obstacles in the registrant community. There is a plethora of data in studies and reports from both government and academia stating the facts.  For example, the rate of re-offense for individuals required to register is very low and continues to decrease the more time they spend in the community.  This rate of re-offense is as low as…

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Event Alert: INVITATION to H.E.A.L. on Feb 20

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Source: H.E.A.L. HEAL – VA- Organizational Flyer You are invited to join H.E.A.L.’s Zoom meeting on February 20. Our purpose is to reform unjust and outdated sex crime laws. Our meeting will discuss: Explain WHAT we propose to be and WHY Explore need & rationale for “another new group” Gauge “levels of interest & effort” members want to put Define organizational mission For some years now, we who have been impacted by “sex” crimes have been fighting in the shadows, unknown to each other, and feeling alone. Through our individual…

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International Travel 2022

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This post is intended as a place for discussions about International Travel ONLY. We added a new post for this year in order to keep the discussion manageable.  For more information and previous discussions on the topic, please see the pages in the International Travel menu named International Travel [year number]  Click here for the latest International Travel Information and Resources  

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KS: These two child porn crimes don’t require sex offender registration. A Kansas bill would change that.

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Source: cjonline.com 2/8/22 Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is pushing for lawmakers to require people convicted of certain child pornography crimes to register as sex offenders. “This is a matter of the law needing to catch up with technology,” Schmidt said in a statement. “Sadly, as the methods of distributing visual depictions of children being sexually abused have expanded, so too must the legal tools available to respond to that sort of illegal behavior that harms kids. This added tool is needed to help prevent more kids from becoming victims.” Senate…

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GA: US probation officer told Irish sex offender facing homelessness ‘to go and live in tent’

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Source: breakingnews.ie 2/8/22 An Irish man who was jailed for trying to entice a child for indecent purposes was told to “go and live in a tent” by a probation officer in the United States, the Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday. Martin ___(46) was caught in a police sting in the State of Georgia after he sent a nude selfie to an Internet chatroom user he believed was 13-year-old girl. He later fled the US to Ireland while on probation, and has been fighting attempts to extradite him…

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CANADA: Supreme Court considers if mandatory listing on sex registry is constitutional

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Source: cbc.ca 2/8/22 Edmonton lawyer asks top court to strike down sections of Canada’s sex offender laws The fallout from a 2011 Edmonton sexual assault case has come before the Supreme Court of Canada.  The country’s top court has been asked to consider striking down two sections of Canada’s sex offender laws as unconstitutional. In 2011, the Stephen Harper government altered the Criminal Code so the names of sex offenders would automatically be placed on the sex offender registry. The changes meant judges no longer had discretion on whether to submit…

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KS: Victims advocate lawmakers to force convicted peeping suspects onto sex offender registry

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Source: kshb.com 2/7/22 KANSAS CITY, KS. — On Tuesday, the Kansas State Senate is set to hear a sex offender law in Topeka. Kansas Senate Bill 385 would require people convicted of certain breach of privacy offenses, like peeping, to register as a sex offender. This is something victims and advocates have been fight for after several peeping cases here in the Kansas City area. Former Johnson County prosecutor Jason Covington has been working on these type of cases for years. “No place was safe. It could be a retail…

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Michigan ACLU Attorney Miriam Aukerman will be in The Room!

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    Michigan ACLU Attorney Miriam Aukerman will be in The Room!     Please pre-register here to receive your link to engage with others in the WAR Room. Hopefully, our members and supporters have opened and read the blast received yesterday regarding the on-going saga of the war being waged in Michigan between their ACLU and the state ‘powers-that-be’!  We will have as our WAR Room guest on Tuesday, February 8th at 7 PM central time / 5 PM Pacific Time, Michigan ACLU Senior Attorney Miriam Aukerman. She will…

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FL: OUTCASTS Inside the community where hundreds of pedophiles live surrounded by gator-infested waters

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HUNDREDS of sex offenders live in a 24-acre private, isolated community along a miles-long Florida road lined by gator-infested waters and surrounded by thousands of acres of sugar cane. The community has been self-described as a safe haven for sex offenders who need a place to live because of the state’s laws that requires anyone on the registry to live between 1,000 and 2,500 feet from anywhere children might be.     It started as a pastor’s vision to help recently released inmates convicted of sex crimes in 2009 and…

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ACSOL Has New Mailing Address

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The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has a new mailing address: ACSOL 2110 K Street Sacramento, CA 95816 The new address is very similar to the old address.  The only changes are the “house” number and the last digit of the zip code.  Please address all future correspondence to the new address effective immediately.  Thank you.

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MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act

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Source: aclumich.org 2/2/22 Civil rights organization says it’s unconstitutional to label people for life without individual review  DETROIT – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), on behalf of 10 people who all previously won federal court rulings that Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) is unconstitutional, filed a federal class action lawsuit against state officials over the latest version of the law. It is the fourth federal lawsuit the civil rights organization has filed challenging SORA in the past decade. The federal courts and the Michigan Supreme…

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