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MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act
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...
GA: 11th Circuit Says a Sheriff Violated the First Amendment by Posting Warning Signs on the Lawns of Registered Sex Offenders
Source: Reason.com 2/1/22 Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt. JACOB SULLUM | 2.1.2022 6:25 PM A Georgia sheriff violated the First Amendment when he posted signs on the lawns of registered sex offenders to warn away trick-or-treaters, a federal appeals court said in a recent ruling. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th...
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U.S. wants Canada to share travel information on convicted child sex offenders
Source: theglobeandmail.com 2/2/22 The U.S. government says it’s frustrated that Ottawa refuses to routinely notify Washington when Canadians convicted of sexual offences against children travel to the United States, noting that it alerts Canada when the same class of American offenders are heading here. The Americans say Canada cites federal privacy law as the reason. ... Mr. Kenney said the U.S. government would like...
9-Year-Olds Are Being Forced to Register as Sex Offenders. That Might Finally Change.
Source: slate.com 2/1/22 It’s hard not to get emotional about child sexual abuse. The thought of anyone hurting a child in this way is so egregious that it’s no wonder society has thrown its support behind a robust criminal justice response, including lengthy prison sentences and the registration and public notification of people convicted of this type of sex crime. But what happens when...
CASOMB Issues Annual Report for 2021
Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) today issued its annual report for calendar year 2021. The report is more than 30 pages long yet devotes less than one page to implementation of the Tiered Registry Law which became effective on January 1, 2021. According to the report, the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) "has diligently worked to ensure that the...
General Comments Feb 2022
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Feb 2022. Contributions should relate to the cause and goals of this organization and please, keep it courteous and civil. This section is not intended for posting links to news articles without additional relevant comment.
ACSOL New Jersey Action Alert: Petition to Abolish or Reform the New Jersey SVP Civil Commitment Law
Source: Jim Grushack started this petition on Change.org to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy The symbol above is associated with the legal system and the principles of fairness and equity. Then, why is it that the symbol of justice, is wearing a blind fold? Is it because the legal system only wants to see, what it wants to see? Plus, she is carrying a...
The new Bill Cosby documentary ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ refuses to make a case against him
Source: news.yahoo.com 1/25/22 Showtime's four-part series "We Need to Talk About Cosby" debuted at Sundance over the weekend. Comedian W. Kamau Bell, a self-described "child" of Cosby, directs. Unfortunately, Bell merely refuels established debates around Cosby's complicated legacy. At the outset of "We Need to Talk About Cosby," the new Showtime documentary about the comedian, actor, and accused rapist Bill Cosby, director W. Kamau...
AL: Nathan Stephens gets 75 year sentence for not registering as sex offender
Source: news.yahoo.com 1/29/2022 A man who allegedly killed an acquaintance two days after being released from prison was sentenced to 75 years in prison by Circuit Judge Greg Nicholas on Thursday for his failure to register as a sex offender conviction from November. Read the full article
Women intimately involved with registrants: Zoom presentation on Wednesday Feb. 23
Dr. Lisa Anne Zilney will give a Zoom lecture on her book, Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders: Never Free of Collateral Consequences (Routledge, 2020). This event will be Wednesday, February 23 at 9:30 AM Pacific Time, 12:30 PM Eastern time. To attend, email Dr. Emily Horowitz at [email protected]. She will email you the Zoom link. Dr. Zilney explores...
AL, OK: U.S. Marshals arrest Oklahoma fugitive sex offender in Alabama after 14 years
Source: news.yahoo.com 1/27/22 U.S. Marshals in Alabama on Wednesday arrested an Oklahoma sex offender who'd been on the run for 14 years. David _____, 49, had been wanted since 2008 for failing to register as a sex offender in Caddo County, and for violating the terms of his probation in Seminole and Pottawatomie counties after 2006 felony convictions of enticing a minor and first-degree...
FL: Is Profit Driving Florida’s Sex Offense Registry?
Source: thecrimereport.org 1/27/22 In 2019, I was falsely accused of a petty theft in Broward County, Florida, despite living over 1,100 miles from the alleged offense and having no transportation. I was arrested by my local police agency and spent 24 days incarcerated, including the six days it took to transport me from Ohio to Florida so I could bond out and mount my...
CA: California Senate aims to limit ‘junk science’ in courtrooms
Source: apnews.com 1/27/22 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Wednesday moved to deter the use of what a legislator called “junk science” in the courtroom and give those convicted with questionable expert testimony a way out of prison. Senators approved changing the state’s definition of false testimony to include expert court opinions based on flawed scientific research or outdated technology, or where a...
CA: California trans child molester, 26, gets 2 years in juvenile facility thanks to progressive DA Gascon
Source: foxnews.com 1/27/22 A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday ordered Hannah Tubbs, a transgender California woman, to serve two years in a juvenile facility after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2014. Before doing so, the judge criticized far-left District Attorney George Gascon, whose office declined to prosecute the repeat offender as an adult. Tubbs, 26, recently pleaded guilty...
UT: Senator will not pursue sex offender registry amendment removing the term “sex offender” and some presence restrictions
Source: kslnewsradio.com 1/6/22 SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would have proposed changes to the Sex Offender Registry in Utah will not move forward in the 2022 legislative session after all. Sen. Michael Kennedy, R-Alpine, initially filed SB0052 late in 2021. It would have potentially allowed registered sex offenders to go to places like schools and parks, if they are with an adult. The bill...
NY: Social media ban ends for some sex offenders in NYS
Source: news10.com 1/24/22 ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — People on the sex offender registry in New York State can now access the internet and social media platforms without restrictions, except in some cases. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York secured a settlement on January 24 ending the ban. The original Jones...
ALI Leaders Delay Vote on Revised Model Penal Code
Source: ACSOL According to early reports from ALI members, the leaders of the American Law Institute (ALI) have decided to delay their consideration of the revised Model Penal Code (MPC). This decision was made late last week during a two-day meeting of the ALI Council held on January 20 and 21. Members of the ALI overwhelmingly voted in support the revised MPC in June...
VA: Former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam pardoned a state senator with a misdemeanor for his relationship with his 17-year-old assistant
Source: businessinsider.com 1/23/22 On his way out of office, former Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam pardoned a state senator who was convicted in 2014 for dating his 17-year-old law firm assistant who would later become his wife and the mother of his children. Northam issued a simple pardon for State Sen. Joe Morrissey, a Democrat from Richmond, for a misdemeanor count of contributing to the...
Janice Bellucci and Vicki Henry Give Details on Jan 25 About March 2023 National Event – Join Us!
On Tuesday, January 25th, Janice Bellucci and Vicki Henry will give details about our March 2023 Event in Washington DC, which includes a conference, hill visits and your opportunity to be part of a visibly huge event emphasizing the egregious error and their responsibility to correct it! Learn what we need your help with. We can't do this without you! The Women Against Registry...
CASOMB Reports More Registrants, Fewer Homeless Registrants
Source: ACSOL The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) reported today that the total number of registrants continues to grow despite implementation of the petitioning process under the Tiered Registry Law. Specifically, the total number of registrants increased to 108,725 which is 365 more than reported in November 2021. Of that total, there are 19,479 registrants who are in violation for failure to register. ...