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TX: Texas to be first state to make buying sex a felony
Source: inforney.com 7/6/21 A new law that goes into effect Sept. 1 will make Texas the first state to punish sex buyers with a felony. HB 1540 was filed by state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston. It passed both chambers of the state legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. The new law creates a separate offense for buying sex and raises...
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TX: Austin man to use backyard as homeless encampment site [EXCEPT FOR…]
Source: spectrumlocalnews.com 7/6/21 AUSTIN, Texas — Josiah Ingalls isn’t giving up on his plan to use private land as an encampment for people experiencing homelessness. "Whenever you talk about housing and the homeless and that it’s not the government's job and how people should do it and people should put them in their own backyard, well that’s what we are literally doing here,” Ingalls said. Ingalls...
WI: Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was a person convicted of a sex offense
Source: news.yahoo.com 7/6/21 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a person convicted of a sex offense, saying it supports a defense theory that he attacked Rittenhouse and intended to take his gun because he couldn't legally possess one. Mark Richards maintained...
VA: Neighbors concerned about plans for a sanctuary for people listed on the registry in Wise County
Source: wcyb.com 7/5/21 WISE COUNTY, Va. —An East Stone Gap community is concerned after learning a sanctuary for people with a sex offense conviction in their past might be intentionally relocated to their neighborhood. Residents of the Inby Lane Mobile Home Park received this letter from their landlord. Image of letter Longtime resident Vernon Porch Jr. has an eight-year-old daughter. Porch says he plans...
NC: Person convicted of sex offense arrested for failing to report online identifiers
Source: fetchyournews.com 7/4/21 Murphy, NC— Sheriff Derrick Palmer announced the July 01, 2021 arrest of Anthony ____, a 44-year-old male who listed a Murphy, North Carolina address, for violations of the Sex Offense Registry. In March 2021, Anthony reported in person to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office to register as a person convicted of a sex offense. During the registration process, it was found...
CA: Journalist Reports High COVID Death Rate at Coalinga State Hospital
Source: kvpr.org 7/2/21 A journalist has discovered and reported that a high rate of registrants forced to reside at Coalinga State Hospital, California, have died due to COVID. According to the report, COVID killed a total of 30 patients at that hospital. This total represents more than two percent of all patients at Coalinga State Hospital and is twice as high as patients at...
UK: Declan Lancaster started killer blaze after wrongly believing another man living there had a sex offense conviction
Source: sunderlandecho.com 7/2/21 A killer who sparked a deadly fire at his hostel after he wrongly concluded a man who lived there had a sex offense conviction in his past, has been jailed for life. By Karon Kelly Friday, 2nd July 2021, 2:49 pm Declan Lancaster, who had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs, started a blaze in a linen cupboard at Manor...
Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offense Registries?
BY RORY FLEMING JULY 2, 2021 On June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform organization in the country, concluded its national meeting. One of its agenda items was to have its thousands of elected members—top federal appeals judges among them, who enjoy lifetime appointments after being confirmed by the United States Senate—vote on a draft of the revised chapter of the Model Penal Code for...
General Comments July 2021
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of July 2021. 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.
Judicial Council Releases Forms to Petition for Removal from CA Registry
[ACSOL] Today the Judicial Council released all forms related to petitioning for removal from the  California sex offender registry. The forms include the petition form and related instructions as well as forms to be completed by the relevant District Attorney offices and courts. "The long wait is over. Forms are now available for everyone eligible to petition for removal from the state's registry,"...
FAC YouTube video channel includes ACSOL members and other notables
[ACSOL] Florida Action Committee has a YouTube channel that posts facts and disputes myths regarding those convicted of a sex offense, and includes many notable people. Feel free to subscribe to their channel. I highly recommend you watch ACSOL board member Ira Ellman's video on his topic of "Frightening and High is a Myth", which is less than 10 minutes long. - Janice FAC's...
LA: Person convicted of sex offense must register despite post-probation dismissal
Source: americanpress.com 6/30/21 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling means a man will have to continue to register as a person convicted of a sex offense even though his video voyeurism conviction was set aside after he served probation. The high court, in an order dated Tuesday, refused to reconsider a May ruling in the case of Mark A. Davidson. Court...
People Convicted of Violent Crimes Are Rarely Rearrested for New Violent Crimes
Source: sentencingproject.salsalabs.org 6/30/21 As featured by CNN this morning, today The Sentencing Project released a comprehensive analysis on recidivism, documenting the widespread evidence that people convicted of homicide and other crimes of violence rarely commit new crimes of violence after release from long-term imprisonment. International studies, too, find low rates of recidivism among this population, suggesting that we can release people much sooner than...
PA: Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
Source: apnews.com 6/30/21 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 83, flashed the V-for-victory sign to a helicopter overhead...
CO: Supreme Court’s decision on sex offense registry leaves some eyeing a broader constitutional challenge
Although the Colorado Supreme Court insisted its ruling applied narrowly, advocates for defendants believe the justices have laid a foundation for challenging the constitutionality of the state’s sex offense registration laws more broadly. On Monday, the Court decided by 6-1 that it violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for Colorado to require repeat juveniles convicted of a sex offense to...
Federal Sentencing of Child Pornography: Non-Production Offenses
Source: ussc.gov 6/29/21 Overview (Published June 29, 2021) This report updates and expands upon the Commission's 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography Offenses. In this report, the Commission provides data from fiscal year 2019 regarding: the content of the offender’s child pornography collection and nature of the offender’s collecting behavior; the offender’s degree of involvement with other offenders, particularly in an internet community devoted...
CO: Mandatory lifetime juvenile sex offense registration is unconstitutional, Colorado Supreme Court rules
Source: denverpost.com 6/28/21 Juveniles cannot be mandated to register as lifelong "sex offenders" in Colorado if there is no way for offenders to be individually assessed or to later be removed from the registry, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 6-1 decision follows a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday that eliminates mandatory lifetime sex offense registration for juveniles who...
Urgent: SCOTUS petition needs signatures now
This note is for all organizations and individuals that fight (each in their own way) against the draconian sex offense laws in this country. Please forward this email to any pertinent organization or individual that we may have unintentionally overlooked. To those of you who don’t know us, we are the parents of an incarcerated son who, in 2016 was sentenced to 14 years in...
Janice’s Journal: Independence for Some, Continued Registration for Others
There are two significant dates about to converge in a few days. Both offer independence to some, but not all. The first of the two dates is July 1 when some registrants in California will be able to petition for the first time their removal from the registry. The size of this group will expand during the next 12 months when eligible registrants celebrate...
Can Children Who Commit Sex Offenses Be Rehabilitated?
By John Borneman 29 JUN 2018 In the first season of Showtime’s Dexter, the character Dexter Morgan, a vigilante serial killer who also works for the fictitious Miami Metro police as a forensic technician, hunts a child molester who had escaped justice and the law. After nearly strangling his prey, Dexter yells, “Open your eyes and look at what you did!” The molester, a choir...