The schedule for ACSOL’s annual conference to be held on October 14 and October 15 in Los Angeles is now available. The first plenary speaker for the conference will be sociologist Emily Horowitz who will discuss her years of research regarding registrants described in her newly published book, “From Rage to Reason.” Dr. Horowitz’s presentation will be immediately followed by a panel of three registrants described in that book, who have succeeded in life despite the daily challenges of the registry. The registrants are Shawn Rolfe, PhD, Norman Harris of…
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United States Sentencing Commission Public Meeting Scheduled for Aug 24, 2023
Source: content.govdelivery.com 8/7/23 Commission to Vote on Final Priorities and May Vote to Make the 2023 Criminal History Amendment (Parts A and B) Retroactive We invite you to join us on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 3 p.m. (EDT) for a public meeting of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The meeting will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., in Suite 2-500 (South Lobby). The meeting will be livestreamed . The agenda follows: Report of the Chair Possible Vote on Adoption of April 2023 Meeting…
Read MoreThe Dance of Justice and Mercy: An Integrated Approach to Crime, Addiction, and Recidivism
Source: jumpstartvision.org 7/15/23 A perpetual challenge our society grapples with is the issue of crime, addiction, and recidivism. Traditional approaches often prioritize punitive measures as the primary means of addressing these issues, but emerging research suggests that this is not the most effective approach. A more compassionate, empathetic strategy that combines justice and mercy may not only offer more hope for the individuals embroiled in these cycles, but also for the overall health and well-being of society. Justice and Mercy: A Necessary Union According to research, an approach that…
Read MoreFBI finds 200 sex trafficking victims, 59 missing children in two-week sweep
Source: nbcnews.com 8/1/23 The FBI found 200 sex trafficking victims and more than 125 suspects during a two-week child exploitation operation in July, federal officials said Tuesday. During “Operation Cross County,” the FBI located 59 victims of child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation and 59 missing children. The FBI teamed with state and local agencies to identify or arrest 126 suspects of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking and 68 suspected traffickers. Read the full article
Read MoreKids’ Online Safety Policy Bill is a Pretext for Censorship
Source: newrepublic.com 8/2/23 The first thing you need to know about the latest bill in Congress meant to protect children on the internet is that one of its co-sponsors has been waging this fight against tech platforms since the days of MySpace. This bill, the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, concerns children who were not yet born at the dawn of social media, whose parents could once have jockeyed to remain in each other’s Top 8, while their own parents in turn may have sounded the alarm about such…
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Read MoreUK: Wanted sex offender caught on facial recognition camera at King Charles coronation
Source: independent.co.uk 7/31/23 A wanted sex offender was sent back to jail after being caught by a facial recognition camera at the coronation of King Charles. The 33-old-man, who has not been named, was picked up by one of the cameras operating in a van near Buckingham Palace on 6 May. An image of his face was captured by the hi-tech cameras and fed into a database that matched a mugshot of a wanted suspect. This sparked an alert to the Metropolitan Police and the man was immediately arrested and…
Read MoreChief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court
Source: news.yahoo.com 9/10/22 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions. When asked to reflect on the last year at the court in his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Roberts said he was concerned that lately some critics of the court’s controversial decisions have questioned the legitimacy of the court, which he said…
Read MoreMatching Grant Program: Frank’s Freedom Fund
The family of Frank Lindsay has donated $10,000 to the Family Safety Foundation for the purpose of a matching grant. All donations made to this fund will be used to support ongoing and future litigation to help restore the rights of registrants and their families. As a matching grant, the amount of $10,000 will be made available to the foundation if additional donations in that or a larger amount are made during the next 90 days. The family recommends donations to the foundation in an amount that includes the number…
Read MoreFL: Sex offender camp growing in Florida woods; public apparently not warned
Source: fox8.com 7/28/23 CLEARWATER, Florida (WFLA) — A Florida camp powered by solar panels and a generator is home to about a dozen sex offenders who claim they were sent there by probation officers, but there is no indication the public was alerted. Land records indicate the tents that sit under a structure made from branches are on land owned by the Florida Department of Transportation. A state spokesperson said they were “not aware of this.” Several sources, including a defense attorney, told Nexstar’s WFLA that anyone on probation is…
Read MoreMS: Mississippi to pay more than $400K in attorneys’ fees over unconstitutional sodomy law
Source: mississippitoday.org 7/28/23 Mississippi will have to pay more than $400,000 in attorneys’ fees after the attorney general’s office spent years defending a sodomy law that criminalizes oral and anal sex. The law in question — Section 97-29-59 — was deemed unconstitutional in 2003 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case Lawrence v. Texas that private sexual conduct was constitutionally protected. But Mississippi kept its sodomy law on the books, opening the door for a 2016 legal challenge that resulted in the expensive attorneys’ fees. The AGs office,…
Read MoreCA: Nearly 140 arrested in Southern California child sex abuse raids
Source: ktla.com 7/26/23 139 people were arrested in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown on child sex abuse and child pornography this month, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Wednesday. The crackdown, dubbed Operation Online Guardian, involved over 100 agencies that comprise LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. “Child exploitation is one of the most horrendous crimes affecting our most vulnerable members of the community,” Joe McNally, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, said at a news conference Wednesday morning. “Through these crimes, predators target those who can’t protect themselves.” The operation…
Read MoreACSOL In-Person Meeting Sept 9, 2023 in San Diego, CA
ACSOL will return to San Diego for an in-person meeting on September 9, 2023 at 10 a.m. The location is: Cal Western School of Law Room LH-1 225 Cedar Street, San Diego “ACSOL is very pleased to announce that we are returning to San Diego for the first in-person meeting there in more than three years,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We thank Cal Western School of Law for allowing us to conduct our meeting at that location.” Come join us to learn how to successfully navigate the challenges…
Read MoreNC: Keeping tabs on registered sex offenders part of a three-day operation in Cleveland Co.
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Source: wbtv.com 7/26/23 CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) – Cleveland County deputies have been out for the past two days checking on convicted sex offenders in the area. Dozens of officers both in uniform and plain clothes are making sure those convicted of the crime are living where they’re supposed to and staying away from schools, parks and anywhere children may congregate. Teams that fanned out making close to 400 compliance checks to make sure registered sex offenders are playing by the rules. … A person charged with a sex offense…
Read MoreOH: Reagan Tokes law ruled constitutional by state Supreme Court
Source: 10tv.com 7/26/23 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a state law allowing prison officials to keep prisoners beyond their sentence if the prisoner violates the law while incarcerated is constitutional. In a 5-2 decision on Wednesday, the state’s highest court found that the Reagan Tokes law does not violate the constitutional rights of inmates. The law was passed in 2019 and named after the 21-year-old Ohio State senior who was killed in February 2017. Tokes was kidnapped, raped and fatally shot by Brian Golsby,…
Read MoreAZ: Navajo Council passes legislation to improve sex offender registration
Source: nhonews.com 7/25/23 On the final day of the 2023 Navajo Nation Council Summer Session, Legislation No. 0104-23 was introduced to amend the Sex Offenders Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in Title 17 of the Navajo Nation Code. The legislation aims to allow civilian employees of the Navajo Nation Police Department to help register sex offenders in a timely manner, along with handling administrative tasks related to registration. Currently, only Navajo police officers are responsible for sex offender registration, which sometimes poses challenges due to their field duties and emergency…
Read MoreJanice’s Journal: Incrementalism: The Pros and the Cons
Incrementalism can be defined informally as taking one small step at a time. Incrementalism can be defined formally as a method of change by which many small changes are enacted over time in order to create a larger change. Regardless of the definition applied, incrementalism has both pros and cons. Advocates of incrementalism believe that small changes can be used to form a solid foundation upon which larger changes can be based. They argue that a solid foundation is necessary in order to survive expected future challenges. Opponents of incrementalism…
Read MoreCASOMB Committee Moves Forward with Proposed Changes to Tiered Registry Law
A committee of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) moved forward today with three proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. Those changes would affect individuals convicted of felony possession of child pornography, individuals convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a 14 or 15 year old and individuals assigned to Tier 3, the highest tier. During today’s meeting, the committee members agreed that individuals convicted of felony possession of child pornography and lewd or lascivious acts with a 14 or 15 year old should be assigned to Tier…
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