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WI: Wisconsin judge to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges
Source: courthousenews.com 4/4/21 A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge charged in state and federal courts with multiple counts of possessing child pornography has agreed to plead guilty to the federal charges, according to a plea agreement approved by prosecutors and filed with the court on Wednesday. Under the agreement, Brett Blomme, 38, would plead guilty to two felony counts of child pornography possession, forego...
FL: Federal judge rejects sheriff’s office’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit challenging ‘predictive policing’ program
Source: wtsp.com 3/5/21 A federal judge rejected the Pasco County Sheriff's motion to dismiss a case against Sheriff Chris Nocco's Orwellian "predictive policing" program, the Institute of Justice said in a release Wednesday. In a lawsuit filed by Pasco County families back in March, Nocco was accused of punishing people "for crimes they have not committed and may never commit" - in a practice...
CA: Californians can petition to be removed from the sex offender registry
Source: abc10.com 9/4/21 In 1947, California was the first state to create a sex offender registry. Until July 2021, anyone convicted of being a sex offender in the state had to register for life with no exceptions. Now, for the first time, offenders can petition to be removed from the list. Tami Martin is the legislative director of Equality California, a LGBTQ civil rights...
General Comments Aug 2021
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Aug 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.
DOJ report: Agents used photos of FBI employees to lure sex offenders
Source: upi.com 8/2/21 FBI agents have used photos of young female support staff employees posing as children or sex workers to lure sexual predators on social media websites, Department of Justice inspectors say. A report by the department's Office of the Inspector General submitted late last week found that one agent used photos of FBI support employees who were not certified as undercover agents...
UK: The knock that tears families apart: ‘They were at the door, telling me he had accessed indecent images of children’
Source: theguardian.com 7/31/21 Every month in the UK, hundreds of homes are visited by police officers dropping a bombshell: someone has been viewing images of child abuse. What happens to the families left behind? Harriet Grant Sat 31 Jul 2021 04.00 EDT It was an ordinary summer evening in 2016 for Emma when her ex-husband, Ben, dropped their young children back after a weekend...
Jim Cegielski, publisher of Leader-Call.com, wants victims to report abuse directly into the registry anonymously
Source: leader-call.com 7/30/21 By Jim Cegielski publisher Last week, we ran a front page story with the headline “Toddler Torture.” The headline was about as accurate of a description for what two small children had to endure as we could come up with. In his story, Mark Thornton wrote that those children had been taped to a wall and forced to watch their mother...
Wash. DC: Metro delays vote on proposal that would ban passengers arrested for sex offense
Source: washingtonpost.com 7/29/21 Metro’s board on Thursday postponed a vote on a plan that would let transit police ban someone arrested on suspicion of a sex crime or an offense involving a dangerous weapon. The delay came after civil liberties groups and activists voiced opposition to the measure and asked the transit agency to reconsider. Members of the board’s safety committee had unanimously approved...
CA DOJ Issues New Proof of Registration Form
Source: ACSOL The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) has issued a new proof of registration form, Form CJIS 8050. The new form is one page long and includes standard registration information such as name and address. The new form also includes a registrant's Tier Level. "We do not yet know if this form must be filed along with an individual's petition in order...
Janice’s Journal: Educating the U.S. Supreme Court
How can we educate the U.S. Supreme Court when they refuse to listen? One way is to make noise at their place of business so that they can no longer ignore us. That is the foundation for the plan announced yesterday to hold a vigil on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 7, 2023, near to the 20th anniversary of the...
ACSOL Announces Major Event in Nation’s Capitol in March 2023
The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will lead a vigil on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 7, 2023. The purpose of the vigil is to educate both the Court and the public regarding the significant harm caused by the Court's decision, Smith v. Doe, issued in 2003. ""Organizations and individuals that support registrants and their loved ones are invited...
Job openings at CA Friends Outside for registrants in research
Friends Outside will be continuing work with registrants as well as much-needed research. They will prioritize hiring a registrant but they do need to have some related experience/education. The positions will be working at the America’s Job Center in Canoga Park, CA if it is ever safe again to be inside with others, so consider the commute distance you would have. They would like...
Michigan Supreme Court Declares Sex Offender Laws Are Punitive
Source: ACSOL The Michigan Supreme Court today issued a decision declaring that the state's sex offender law adopted in 2011 cannot retroactively be applied to a registrant convicted two years earlier. The Court based its decision upon the ex post facto clauses of both the Michigan and the U.S. Constitutions. "Today's decision is a significant victory not only for the registrant involved in this...
MO: Police arrest non-compliant sex offender squatting in Kansas City Historic Northeast neighborhood
Source: fox4kc.com 7/23/21 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A non-compliant sex offender was arrested in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast neighborhood Friday and FOX4 was there for it all. FOX4 brought you the story Thursday of a woman who said the man is stalking her. Police got him to leave but he came back. Instead of leaving in an ambulance this time, he left in handcuffs....
Women Against Registry Joins OCEAN Community Rally Against Civil Commitment
Source: womenagainstregistry.org 7/26/21 On Sunday, July 18, 2021, Women Against Registry joined anti-registry activists and anti-civil commitment activists representing five Midwestern states in an outdoor community rally at the Minnesota State Capitol Building in St. Paul. The event was compiled by the Voices of OCEAN, a coalition of family members and loved ones of those indefinitely detained at the Minnesota PreCrime Preventative Detention Facility...
CT: State of Connecticut using EyeDetect for Testing Adult Sex Offenders on Probation or Parole
Source: officer.com 7/23/21 The Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (JBCSSD) of the State of Connecticut recently released public information indicating the EyeDetect lie detection technology is now being used for assessment and testing by Adult Sex Offender Services on a multi-year plan beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The contract calls for the state to administer 2,300 EyeDetect and polygraph exams annually. Adult Sex Offender...
WI: Wisconsin Lawmaker Proposes Lifetime Restraining Orders To Protect Sexual Assault Survivors
Source: wpr.org 7/21/21 A proposed bill in Wisconsin would allow survivors of sexual assault the opportunity to petition for a lifetime restraining order against their convicted assaulter. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, R-Oconomowoc, announced the new legislation Wednesday. Referred to as "Kayleigh’s Law," the bill would allow survivors of first-degree, second-degree or third-degree sexual assault to seek continued protection from contact with their assailant even...
FL: FAC Letter to Broward Lawmakers
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 7/21/21 FAC sent a letter to Broward County Lawmakers concerning the lack of compliant available housing in the county. Click on the link above to see it.
VA: Officials address East Stone Gap residents about reported trailer park residence for people listed on the registry
Source: timesnews.net 7/21/21 EAST STONE GAP — Wise County and state law enforcement officials told a community gathering Tuesday that state law does not have a provision for sanctuaries for people listed on the registry. The meeting of more than 100 local residents at the East Stone Gap Baptist Church’s community center brought Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney Chuck Slemp III, Sheriff Grant Kilgore, Virginia...
ACSOL Leader Janice Bellucci to Speak in WAR Room on July 27 at 5pm
ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci is the featured speaker in The War Room on Tuesday, July 27 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time (not 6 p.m.!). The focus of her presentation will be the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Smith v. Doe, which determined that registration is not punishment and therefore new registry laws can be applied retroactively. "The U.S. Supreme Court made...