Source: premierchristian.news 1/8/25 A lifetime registered sex offender and former fugitive once featured on America’s Most Wanted, is currently serving in leadership roles at Grace Place Church of Christ in Duncanville, Texas, and as a part-time staffer with Watermark Community Church in Dallas. Survivor advocate Amy Smith voiced concerns on social media, stating: “This is a dangerous predator. He should not have a position of leadership as a pastor. He was not being truthful about keeping away from children.” ,,, They acknowledged his past offences but emphasised that he exclusively works with adults…
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WI: Meeting set on sex offender relocating to Town of Cottage Grove
Source: hngnews.com 1/8/24 [ACSOL is posting this to show the false statements and assumptions of their law enforcement] The Dane County Sheriff’s Office has scheduled a community meeting to inform the public about a sex offender moving into the Town of Cottage Grove. The virtual meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 5 p.m. … Jackie, 57, was convicted in 1988 of First Degree Sexual Assault and is a lifetime registrant. … The Sheriff’s Office said the aim of releasing this information was not to increase fear, but…
Read MorePeter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame), dead at 86
Source: rollingstone.com 1/7/25 [ACSOL is showing how his sex crime is highlighted first] Peter Yarrow, a major figure of the Sixties folk revival with Peter, Paul and Mary who was convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl and later received a presidential pardon, died today, The New York Times reports. He was 86. Read the full obituary
Read MoreFL: Registered sex offender steps down as SRSO volunteer after social media blowback
Source: pnj.com 1/6/25 After much furor amongst social media community groups in Santa Rosa County, a registered sex offender who volunteered in the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office’s new Chaplain Unit has stepped down. In a since-deleted Facebook post by the SRSO, the department announced the launch of their new Chaplain Unit after Christmas. A photo included in the post shows a group of deputies and volunteers, including Charles Martin. Following the announcement, many on social media pointed out that Martin is a registered sex offender. According to the Florida Department of Law…
Read MoreDomestic Travel 2025
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Read MoreInternational Travel 2025
This post is intended as a place for discussions about International Travel ONLY. For more information and previous discussions on the topic, please see International Travel 2024, International Travel 2023, International Travel 2022, International Travel 2021, International Travel 2020 and International Travel 2019. In this International Travel 2025 post, the information is identical to the International Travel 2024 post. We added a new post for 2025 in order to keep the discussion manageable. Please help us by sticking to the topic of International Travel only. ==== From 2020: We have updated…
Read MoreInternational Living 2025
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Read MoreGeneral Comments Jan 2025
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Read MoreJanice’s Journal: One Successful Demonstration More Effective Than 100 Speeches
Today is the last day of the year 2024. During this year, I have given a lot of speeches. Speeches to attorneys, speeches to social workers, speeches to family members of registrants and a long list of others. The bottom line is that I am willing to give a speech about registrants and the challenges they face to almost anyone. That is because spreading the word about this topic is important. After 15 years of giving speeches on this topic, however, I recognize that I am only one voice. That…
Read MoreSign up now: D C Vigil and Conference – March 1 through March 3, 2025
The dates have been set for the third annual vigil in Washington, D.C., during which the U.S. Supreme Court will be educated about the significant harm they have caused. The source of that harm is the Court’s decision, Smith v. Doe, which falsely stated that the requirement to register is not punishment and therefore every level of government can pass news laws and apply them retroactively. Sign up here ! The vigil will begin with an informal meet and greet on Saturday, March 1, at 4 p.m. at the Holiday…
Read MoreTX: HB 1401 would require any educator convicted of such offenses to register as a sex offender
Source: tylerpaper.com 12/22/24 An East Texas state representative is working toward holding educators more accountable. Recently, there’s been multiple cases of teachers accused of having improper relationships with students in East Texas. House Bill 1401 aims to protect students and have stricter regulations on these incidents. After a teacher at a local high school was sentenced to several years in prison for having an improper relationship with a student and not having to register as a sex offender, Palestine Police Chief Mark Harcrow knew something had to be done. “It…
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Vigilantism and the Sex Offender Registry
Source: merionwest.com 12/20/24 “Social media and online articles about these incidents boast ten or even 20 comments praising the vigilante for each one condemning the act of violence. Portez Smith arrived outside Jesse Grover’s Pennsylvania duplex early on Sunday, November 17th of this year, yelling through the closed door, “Grover, you’re a f—ing pedophile.” When Grover opened the door, Smith pulled out a gun and shot him to death. Grover was registered on Pennsylvania’s sex offender registry as a Tier I offender. This holiday season, Grover leaves behind his wife,…
Read MoreCA Survey: Are you affected by PC 4571 (stay away from people in custody)?
Source: prisonerswithchildren.org All of Us or None is a plaintiff in a civil rights suit in a federal district court to protect the freedoms of speech, assembly, and due process rights of formerly incarcerated persons in California. Please take a moment to fill out the attached survey. We are seeking information from individuals with previously convicted felonies concerning the way they have been affected by PC 4571, which prohibits previously incarcerated individuals from being at or around places where others are in custody without permission of the warden. There are…
Read MoreU.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks Comment on Proposals to Promote Public Safety and Simplify Federal Sentencing
Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission 12/19/24 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to publish proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. These proposals stem from public input the Commission has received in recent years, including more than 1,200 pages of comments on what work the agency should prioritize this amendment cycle. Among today’s proposals are those that would: create an alternative to the “categorical approach” used in the career offender guideline to determine whether a conviction qualifies a…
Read MoreACT NOW: The Safe Shelters Act: Unsafe, Unjust, and Cruel Legislation
Source: NARSOL.org When families face emergencies and are driven from their homes, they need access to emergency facilities like any other citizen. Families should be allowed to stay together during crises. However, a new bill proposed by Nancy Mace, a former South Carolina state representative who is now a U.S. congresswoman, seeks to deny this fundamental right to families with a member on a state’s sex offense registry. While protecting vulnerable populations is a goal we all share, this bill fails to achieve that and instead imposes unnecessary harm. Mace’s…
Read MorePhilippines: Valenzuela City greenlights sex offender registration
Source: tribune.net.ph 12/14/24 The local government of Valenzuela City announced on Thursday that it has become the first city in the Philippines to enact an ordinance creating a database for convicted sex offenders. Councilor Walter Magnum dela Cruz, who authored the ordinance, was inspired by a case involving an elementary school teacher who continued to teach despite being convicted for child exploitation. “The principal said they didn’t have ‘official communication’ about the conviction,” Dela Cruz said, expressing frustration over the lack of information sharing. Ordinance 1235 aims to address this…
Read MoreCA Court Rules Time Overseas Doesn’t Qualify as Registration
Source: ACSOL A judge in San Bernardino Superior Court ruled on December 13 that the time during which a registrant resided overseas does not qualify as registration. As a result, the court decided that the registrant is not eligible to petition for removal from the registry. “The language in the Tiered Registry Law is unclear regarding whether time spent overseas counts for the purposes of registration,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We believe this case is the first case in which a court has been asked to interpret that…
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