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Important News / Announcements

Action Alert: Click YES on this Fox news poll “Do you think sex offenders can be rehabilitated?”

CA: Judge’s SORNA ruling protects due process rights of Californians caught in federal registration trap

ACSOL Conducts Successful Lobby Day in Sacramento

ACSOL Online Meeting April 18, 2026

Supreme Court Vigil 2026 Held in Washington, D.C.

ACSOL Board Members Meet in Four Congressional D. C. Offices

CA: Asm. Soria Plans to Amend AB 2753 Preventing Registered Sex Offenders from Running for Public Office in California

CA: Public Safety Committee Approves AB 1568 Despite Lack of Support

General News Feed

UK: Moral Panic About Rough Sex Gives Way to Censorship in the UK

Source: reason.com 11/12/25 British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.   Second-wave feminism of the worst sort is alive and well in Britain, apparently. The United Kingdom is on its way to criminalizing depictions of choking during sex, in a move it describes as boosting "protection for women and girls." The ban wouldn't...

FL: Florida to seek death penalty against child rapist; asks SCOTUS to reconsider execution precedent

Source: floridaphoenix.com 11/12/25 AG Uthmeier cites accusations against nanny who recorded himself molesting at least 5 children.   While announcing that Florida will seek the death penalty for a 36-year-old nanny indicted for raping multiple young children, including a three-year-old, Attorney General James Uthmeier called on the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to reverse a decades-old decision declaring it unconstitutional to execute child rapists. Uthmeier...

AZ: Judge rejects claim that the Arizona sex offender lifetime registration violates constitutional rights

Source: azmirror.com 11/11/25 The state is justified in tracking residencies and online identities of convicted child sex offenders, the court ruled   A federal judge shot down a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s sex offender registration laws, ruling that the state is justified in tracking the residencies and online identities of people convicted of crimes against children. “It is plain that Arizona has...

PA: Bill seeks to close ‘loophole’ for AI-generated child sexual abuse materials

Source: penncapital-star.com 11/10/25 A two-hour state Senate committee hearing explored the use of artificial intelligence to create images and videos depicting children — sometimes real, sometimes “synthetic” — in sexually suggestive poses or acts.  Possession of these kinds of images is already illegal in Pennsylvania, but the technology continues to develop faster than legislation can keep up. Protecting children “from the harmful aspects of...

FL: Registrant arrested for crossing a school parking lot (entrapment by geography)

Source: tapinto.net and FAC 11/10/25 MELBOURNE, FL – Melbourne police arrested a 46-year-old Cocoa man Nov. 6 after officers said he was walking through the parking lot of Melbourne High School in violation of a local ordinance restricting registered sex offenders from entering certain areas. Why was the man arrested near Melbourne High School? According to an affidavit signed by Officer Emily Renken, Renken and Officer McGaha...

AK: Alaska Supreme Court bans disgraced federal judge from practicing law in the state

Source: alaskabeacon.com 11/7/25 [ACSOL note: this is an article on a conviction for abuse of authority] The Alaska Supreme Court has disbarred former U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred, banning him from practicing law in the state, “effective immediately.” The court’s decision was announced Friday, a little over three months after the Alaska Bar Association recommended the action. ... He resigned last year after investigators found that he...

AL: Alabama bill would further restrict communications for sex offenders–Take Action

Source: alabamareflector.com 11/7/25 [Alabama residents take action! Call, write, and show up!] An Alabama legislator has prefiled a bill that would allow parole officers to restrict the communications of people convicted of a sexual offense against children and require them to undergo treatment. HB 26, sponsored by Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, authorizes parole and probation officers to restrict people listed on the sexual offense...

Florida action alert: Take action now to oppose HB 45 / SB 212

Source: Florida Action Committee  [Janice's note: Florida residents (people in other states can also take action), please take action now to stop these terrible bills] The Florida bill banning registrants from living within 1000 feet from public pools, beaches, lakes, and rivers will be taken up before the House Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee subcommittee in just under two weeks. We NEED our members...

CA: Fresno supervisor uses hysteria, public profanity and threats to evict “sex offenders he doesn’t care about”

Source: yourcentralvalley.com 11/6/25 FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) – Fresno County is considering a change to the law to deal with issues linked to two homes providing housing for convicted sex offenders. The homes are located in Fresno’s Old Fig Garden neighborhood, at the corner of Palm and Gettysburg. Garry Bredefeld, who represents that area on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, says he’s heard from homeowners...

Australia: Cop who was hailed a ‘hero’ on social media jailed over $100,000 robbery from sex offender’s home

Source: 9news.com.au 11/7/25 A police officer who was hailed a vigilante hero on social media for breaking into a convicted child sex offender's outback home, tying him up and stealing $100,000 in cash has been jailed. The NSW officer, whose identity is protected by court orders, knew his 78-year-old victim had a stash of cash in a safe because he searched his home over...

OH: Ohio bad bill alert: sex offenders couldn’t get little libraries, pool video under local lawmaker’s bill

Source: dispatch.com 11/5/25 Registered sex offenders in Ohio couldn't operate a little library or request video from public swimming pools under a new bill co-sponsored by Coshocton's state representative. House Bill 514, introduced by Reps. Mark Hiner, R-Howard, and Sean Brennan, D-Parma, would ban anyone convicted of sexual offenses or crimes against children from keeping a library box on their property. Programs such as Little...

TX: Fort Worth has few restrictions on where sex offenders can live. Will that change?

Source: star-telegram.com 11/5/25 Registered sex offenders in Fort Worth can, mostly, live where they want to — but that may change soon. The Fort Worth Public Safety Committee met on Nov. 4 to continue discussing potential restrictions on where registered sex offenders can live within city limits. The committee originally took up the issue at their October meeting after city council member Charles Lauersdorf...

Against moral panic: Or, dolls aren’t real kids

Source: wilsontimes.com 11/4/25 On Monday, The Washington Post reports, “fast-fashion” retailer Shein banned sales of sex dolls on its site after a government regulatory agency threatened to bar the company from operating in France and referred it to prosecutors. Some of the dolls sold on Shein’s online platform were, it seems, too “childlike” in appearance. I consider it lazy to assert, as many opinionators...

FL: Florida arrest fuels debate over dropping the term ‘child pornography’ from state law

Source: cbs12.com 10/30/25 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida lawmakers are considering whether to strike the term "child pornography" from state law — replacing it with "child sexual-abuse material," or CSAM. The push for change comes as a South Florida man faces more than two dozen felony charges for possessing and uploading explicit videos of children — files detectives say he called his “drug.”...

Civil Commitment Failure: More than 6,000 Americans indefinitely detained in a system that wastes money and doesn’t make us safer

Source: reason.com 12/2025 Jennifer Williams' son, Justin Sanchez, was a teenager when he committed the crimes that would land him behind bars. Now 31, he is still a prisoner—even though he's served his sentence for the two sexual offenses he committed at ages 15 and 16. Like many others who have served their time for sex crimes, Justin is trapped indefinitely in the Texas...

UK: Police Officer Sentenced for Extortion in Sex Offense Case

Source: newsnet5.com 11/3/25 Police Officer Faces Consequences for Extorting Suspected Offender In an unfortunate turn of events, a police officer from South Yorkshire has been sentenced to three years in prison by Leeds Crown Court for extorting money from a suspected sex offender. This case highlights the importance of integrity within law enforcement, as those tasked with upholding the law must avoid becoming violators...

NM Hysteria alert: Sex offenders suddenly discovered being rehabilitated across from Farmington day care after 25 years!

Source: KOAT on youtube.com 10/31/25 Watch the hysteria  

General Comments Nov 2025

Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Nov 2025.  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.   Other months General Comments

MO: Missouri AG outlines Halloween rules for sex offenders [no signs required thanks to ACSOL!]

Source: kttn.com 10/29/25 As Halloween nears, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is reminding residents about the state’s strict safety measures designed to protect children during trick-or-treating. Missouri law establishes specific restrictions for registered sex offenders on October 31. These regulations are intended to ensure the safety of children and maintain community peace. Under state law, offenders must adhere to the following requirements: No contact...

CO: Colorado Supreme Court weighs whether lifetime sex offender registration amounts to ‘punishment’

Source: coloradopolitics.com 10/31/25 Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared wary last week of deeming lifetime sex offender registration “punishment,” even as they heard about the inescapable consequences for a person’s liberty and privacy. Under Colorado law, “sexually violent predators” are subject to lifetime sex offender registration. To qualify, they must be 18 years or older, convicted of certain offenses, commit the offense against certain types...
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