The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) is dedicated to protecting the Constitution by restoring the civil rights of registrants and their families. In order to achieve that objective, ACSOL will educate and litigate as well as support or oppose legislation.
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17
Oct
2012
One state lawmaker says a lawsuit filed in California allowing sex offenders to participate in Halloween is chilling. The lawsuit argues that local ordinances in the Golden State are denying the right of the sex offenders’ free speech and right to celebrate the holiday. Abbotsford Republican Scott Suder has a preemptive warning for sex offenders in Wisconsin. “Any petition is dead on arrival; it’s...
Blogger Gary Johnston asks, "Are sex offenders people just like us?" The author shares a bit of his personal story, experiences and conclusions. (more…)
16
Oct
2012
A Costa Mesa man is being charged with violating a city ordinance that prohibits sex offenders from entering city parks, prosecutors said Monday. _____, 25, was arrested after being found sleeping at the Costa Mesa Historical Society building within Lions Park about midnight Sept. 12, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Full Article
California RSOL met its goal of obtaining 500 signatures on a petition challenging the ordinance passed by Orange County which prohibits all registrants from entering parks, beaches, harbors and other recreational area. The petition was sent to District Attorney (DA) Tony Rackauckas because of his role in promoting the county ordinance as well as lobbying cities within the county to pass similar ordinances. A...
Maybe it is not so surprising that all we can think to do with a subject we are simultaneously obsessed with and repulsed by is to shout our alarm about it at every opportunity. Sex crimes: The only kind of offence in the United States that compels all convicted perpetrators to register their name, address, date of birth, fingerprints and a photograph on a public website....
Judge Pirro: California Sex Offenders’ Arguments in Halloween Trick-or-Treat Lawsuit Are ‘Hogwash’ Television judge, Jeanine Pirro, voiced her opinion about the CA RSOL lawsuit in Simi Valley on Fox News' Fox & Friends show, stating that the claim that Simi Valley's Halloween ban is unconstitutional is "hogwash." http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/10/05/pirro-sex-offenders-lawsuit-halloween-trick-or-treaters/
A professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University's school of law says, "I think it's unlikely to be unconstitutional for the state or the city to prohibit sex offenders from handing out candy to little kids." (more…)
10
Oct
2012
SAN DIEGO - Six weeks after the son of a San Diego police captain was accused of sexual assault, battery and vandalism, he had yet to step foot into jail. An arrest warrant was issued for 23-year-old Alex Guaderrama Friday by the San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith. San Diego Police Department told Fox 5 Monday that no arrest had been made and no...
10
Oct
2012
Note: Santa Ana Parks and a 300 foot buffer are off-limits to 290 registrants and, as such, a "Child Safety Zone". SANTA ANA – A 55-year-old Santa Ana gang member has been charged with grabbing a 10-year-old boy who was walking to soccer practice near Delhi Park and smelling his arm, authorities said. Victor Joseph Espinoza is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to...
CA RSOL spoke in opposition to the City of Anaheim's proposed Parks ban October 9. Despite testimony from the Orange County DA and his deputy as well as the mother of Samantha Runnion, the City Council did not pass the proposed ordinance. California RSOL will return to the City of Anaheim the next time it considers this or a similar ordinance. Please come join...
According to the City Attorney for Anaheim, California, the City Council is set to consider an ordinance banning registrants from entering into all community, neighborhood and "special use" parks located within the city of Anaheim. CA RSOL has written and sent this letter to the Mayor and City Council of Anaheim in opposition to the proposed ordinance. To view comments made during the previous...
A recently-filed lawsuit contends that laws in Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach and Lake Forest banning sex offenders from county parks and other public facilities are unconstitutional. (more…)
FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Registered sex offenders who have committed crimes against children will be prohibited from entering parks in Fountain Valley, the City Council decided Tuesday. The council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance, modeled after a county ban, but defines "park" to include other recreational areas where children may be. The city's ordinance also differs from the county's in that it...
With Video - An attorney representing five Simi Valley sex offenders who sued the city over limits to their Halloween activities said the lawsuit will be the first of several she expects to file over such restrictions. Lawyer Janice Bellucci heads the 18-month-old advocacy group California Reform Sex Offender Laws. On Friday, she filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that Simi Valley's ordinance violates...
A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to block enforcement of Simi Valley's new Halloween sex offender ordinance, contending it's unconstitutional. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by 10 plaintiffs, including five registered sex offenders who live in Simi Valley. The Simi Valley City Council on Sept. 10 adopted the ordinance that aims to prevent sex offenders from having contact...
28
Sep
2012
The Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) recently announced that Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the latest jurisdictions to implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Since the passage of SORNA, which establishes a comprehensive national system for the registration...
An ordinance recently adopted by the city of Simi Valley that requires registrants to post signs on their front doors and prohibits them from decorating their homes on Halloween is being challenged in federal court. The lawsuit was filed on September 28 in U.S, District Court, Central District, Western Division. It asserts that the Simi Valley ordinance is unconstitutional and requests that the court...
Anaheim City Council Meeting Video. According to the City Attorney the ordinance will be on the next agenda (October 9 ?). CA RSOL has written and sent this letter to the Mayor and City Council of Anaheim in opposition to the proposed ordinance.
A Lakeside, Calif. man confronted about alleged child porn opened fire inside his apartment, shooting and injuring two deputies before shooting himself, according to the man’s girlfriend. The girlfriend told NBC San Diego that she was getting her two daughters ready for school when she found pornographic pictures of her boyfriend and her two daughters engaged in sex acts on his cell phone. Full...
OSWEGO -- Amy Warner is a mom who says she'll sleep easier after the city of Oswego voted unanmiously to pass a law which prohibits sex offenders from driving taxi cabs. "Having young kids who aren't always making the best choices, I don't think it's a good idea putting them in any unnecessary danger," says Warner. Prior to the vote, Jeremy Zielisnki called the...