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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27
Feb
2025
Source: apnews.com 2/27/25 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers. The brothers landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, around midday. The Tates — who are dual U.S.-British citizens — were arrested in late 2022 and formally indicted last year...
Source: bettinaarndt.substack.com 2/26/25 What a story! Our media was agog at the recent NSW police announcement that they had exposed a $1.3 billion scheme for making fraudulent child sexual abuse claims. All the major media outlets excitedly reported on this huge “claim farming” scheme which recruited former young offenders, prison inmates and school students to file fake sex abuse compensation claims. At one prison, a...
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Feb
2025
Source: idahocapitalsun.com 2/25/25 Bill, drafted by the Idaho Family Policy Center, was inspired by drag shows held in public parks in Coeur d’Alene and Boise The Idaho House widely passed a bill to limit youth access to public performances considered “indecent sexual exhibitions,” such as drag shows. House Bill 230, sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, would require event hosts and organizers to “take...
25
Feb
2025
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci and an ACSOL board member for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday March 22 online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or you can call in using a...
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Feb
2025
Source: utahnewsdispatch.com 2/24/25 A Utah state senator said the Utah Attorney General’s Office, under the leadership of Sean Reyes, used lawmakers as “pawns” to advocate for increased penalties for certain sex crimes, which critics argue would lead to more people being convicted of first-degree felonies. The comment came on Friday morning from Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, during a Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and...
Source: kcra.com 2/24/25 VALLEJO, Calif. —Deputies arrested a person after they seized more than 120 terabytes — or 120,000 gigabytes — of child porn from a home in Vallejo, the Solano County Sheriff's Office said Monday. On Thursday, the sheriff's office said its investigators, along with Vacaville Police Department officers, searched the home of a person suspected of distributing and selling child porn. There,...
Source: ACSOL The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has prepared and sent a letter to the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, to eliminate all funding for the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to that letter, annual funding for SORNA exceeds $10 billion. The letter states clearly that SORNA funding has punished and continues to...
Source: Women Against Registry (W.A.R) [Please considering writing the letter they describe below. - Janice] ------------------------------------------------ Let's Kill ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force) Let's reach out to our Federal congressmen to oppose the funding of ICAC, which is the task force which uses all kinds of sketchy (and illegal) tactics to hunt down people who click on illegal images (which...
22
Feb
2025
On March 3, a group of individuals representing dozens of organizations will gather near the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. When they do so, they will repeat for the third time efforts to educate the Court regarding the significant harm caused by their decision, Smith v. Doe, issued in the year 2003. Some may ask why it is necessary to repeat these efforts. ...
Source: torontosun.com 2/21/25 Parents in Kansas were outraged to learn a registered sex offender was allowed to attend a school dance, and even take photos and video of the children. The Sole Mate Dance for students in Grades 1 through 6 was held at Blue River Elementary School in Overland Park, Kansas, where the unidentified man made his way to the edge of the...
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Feb
2025
Source: reason.com 2/21/25 "It's shameful that government officials would use the criminal legal process to censor art and expression." Police in Fort Worth, Texas, seized photographs from an art exhibit in November after local politicians decried the images as pornographic. The photos, from artist Sally Mann's 1992 collection Immediate Family depict intimate details of Mann's family life, including several images of her young children nude....
Source: redriverradio.org 2/21/25 Shreveport State Representative Steven Jackson pre-filed a bill ahead of the 2025 Regular Legislative Session that would require anyone convicted more than once for solicitation of prostitution to register as a sex offender. State Representative Steven Jackson, D-Shreveport, is sending a message to those who are convicted of solicitation of prostitution that repeat offenders, so-called “johns,” should face tougher penalties. Rep....
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Feb
2025
Source: cleveland19.com 2/18/25 AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - More than 60 people are without a home on one of the coldest days of the year. According to the city of Akron, the façade of the Parkside Apartments on S. Main, St. came crumbling down on Feb. 9. On Feb. 13, the Summit County Division of Building Standards deemed the building to be an imminent danger...
Source: ACSOL The U. S. State Department is proposing a significant change to passport applications. According to a notice published in the Federal Register earlier this month, the federal agency will add a statement to passport applications that requires an applicant to affirm whether he or she is required to register as a sex offender in accordance with the International Megan's Law. "The addition...
Source: ACSOL Registrant Thomas Sanderson filed a brief today in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in response to an appeal filed by the Attorney General of Missouri last month. In his brief, Sanderson argued that the trial court properly issued a permanent statewide injunction of the Halloween sign requirement in that state. At issue in the case is whether a state law that...
Source: ACSOL 2/25/2025 UPDATE: We are very pleased with the number of people who are coming to the Washington DC vigil on March 3 at 8:00 AM Pacific time, 11:00 AM Eastern Time. It will be about one hour in length. If you cannot be there in person, please watch the live streaming of the event using this link: https://youtube.com/live/BcF1Mv-3mvU The conference to be...
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Feb
2025
Source: idahocapitalsun.com 2/19/25 House Bill 230, inspired by drag shows, received a hearing in the House State Affairs committee Wednesday A bill to limit youth access to public performances considered “indecent sexual exhibitions,” such as drag shows, is headed to the Idaho House floor after passing a committee hearing on Wednesday. House Bill 230, sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, would require event hosts...
Source: kezi.com 2/17/25 COOS BAY, Ore. – Southwestern Oregon Community College is defending its decision to hire a registered sex offender back in 2010 with an online statement written by college president Patty Scott. The statement, posted on the SWOCC website on February 12, says it seeks to “directly and transparently” address recent concerns about a faculty member hired in 2010 that is now serving...
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Feb
2025
Source: wsbt.com 3/18/23 BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Registered sex offenders living just feet from schools – it sounds like a parent’s nightmare. But WBFF found that it's happening in Maryland, and it’s perfectly legal. Registered sex offenders living next to Maryland schools, parents outraged that it's legal (WBFF) “I didn’t think that was possible,” said Casey Gerlach, a Baltimore County mother. “It’s terrifying,” added another Baltimore...
Source: yahoo.com 2/15/25 It’s a ballsy move, but two Ohio State Representatives have introduced a bill that would make it illegal for men to have unprotected sex if it’s not intended to make a baby. If the “Conception Begins at Erection Act” passes, men in Ohio could be charged with a felony if they “discharge genetic material” without intending to get a woman pregnant. Read the...