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General Comments Dec 2024
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Dec 2024. 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
Janice’s Journal: I Choose Hope
We cannot control what happens in the world, in our country, in our state or in our neighborhood. What we can control is our attitude toward what happens in those locales. I choose hope and I strongly encourage you to choose hope as well. Regardless of whether your candidate was elected to office. Regardless of recent indictments of two former registrants for a large number of...
CA Dept. of Justice Statistics Reflect Changes in Registry
The California Depart of Justice (CA DOJ) has provided statistics to the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) that reflect changes in the number of people eligible to petition for removal from the registry. The statistics were accurate as of November 20 and were provided to ACSOL in response to several Public Records Act requests. According to CA DOJ, only 41 percent of...
Child Pornography And Criminal Justice Reform
Source: Dawinder S. Sidhu & Kelsey Robinson Drug offenses lie at the heart of the movement for criminal justice reform, and for good reason. Drug policy is defined by severe and disproportionate penalties owing to a retributive, factually flawed, and hurried congressional process. These central characteristics apply to the child pornography context as well. Though drug sentencing is problematic enough, child pornography sentencing is...
Senators call for audit of TSA’s facial recognition tech as use expands in airports | The Record from Recorded Future News
Source: therecord.media 11/22/24 A bipartisan group of 12 senators on Wednesday sent the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inspector general a letter expressing alarm over the widespread use of facial recognition technology at American airports without an audit of privacy protections or any third-party assessment of the technology’s accuracy. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which is housed within DHS, will soon roll the technology...
SORNA Case Advances in Federal Court; PLF Files Motion for Summary Judgment
The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a motion for summary judgment on November 18 in its pending case that challenges current federal SORNA regulations. The U.S. Department of Justice is required to file its opposing brief to this motion no later than December 23. The PLF will have a final opportunity to support its motion in a response due no later than January 24,...
FL:What’s behind the recent uptick in local child predator arrests?
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — This week, we have seen an alarming number of child predators arrested. Is that because there are more cases out there, or is law enforcement getting better at catching these criminals? Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers credits that success largely to social media sites and app developers, that are helping to weed out bad actors. “A lot of...
CA: 11/14/24 CASOMB Reports have limited information this month
Source: CASOMB, reported by Janice The California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met on November 14, 2024. During that meeting, statistics were provided regarding the number of registrants on parole, the number of registrants on parole who are considered high risk as well as the number of registrants in prison. Additional statistics regarding registrants, including but not limited to the total number of registrants,...
TX: Texas Cops Fired for ‘Inappropriate’ Sexual Contact With Massage Workers
Source: reason.com 11/13/24 [ACSOL note: This is posted to show a case of abuse of authority] As a result of the internal affairs investigation, three Lewisville officers were fired, one was demoted, and seven were suspended without pay. Eleven Texas police officers have been disciplined for misconduct related to prostitution stings at massage parlors. Some of the officers are accused of inappropriate physical conduct...
LA: Louisiana Supreme Court reverses course; child sex abuse ‘lookback’ window ruled constitutional
Source: kadn.com 6/21/24 NEW ORLEANS (KADN) — On review, the Louisiana Supreme Court has determined a 2021 law that created a three-year "lookback" window for child sex abuse victims is in fact constitutional. The law gives victims of child sex abuse a limited timeframe to file civil lawsuits, regardless of when the alleged abuse occurred. Read the full article
CA: Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is hiring
Source: bayareacs.org The California-based Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is looking to expand our services in the Sacramento region. There are several positions open, which including supervisory roles, employment or housing coordinators. Here at BACS, we look for the very best people and then give them meaningful work to do. We do whatever it takes to stop the cycle of poverty — end homelessness...
The Law Must Respond When Science Changes
Source: scientificamerican.com 11/4/24 What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process It’s been an astounding couple of weeks in the world where science and law intersect. Robert Roberson’s execution is delayed because everybody but the highest courts in Texas and the U.S. now realize that the medical theory on which he was convicted—shaken baby...
US appeals court rejects sentencing panel’s compassionate release policy
Source: reuters.com 11/1/24 Nov 1 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that the U.S. Sentencing Commission lacked authority to enact a policy last year that would allow judges to deem changes in law as "extraordinary and compelling" reasons justifying releasing prisoners early. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reached that conclusion as it rejected, opens new tab a Pennsylvania...
Korea: ‘Squid Game 2’ sparks outrage over casting convicted sex offender
Source: jang.com.pk 11/3/24 The most awaited trailer of Netflix's Squid Game 2 has unveiled on November 1, which featured some old and new characters, trying to navigate the chaotic and lethal game. Although, the trailer fueled exciting among fans, it also sparked outrage due to the inclusion of veteran actor Song Young-chang, who was convicted of underage prostitution in 2000. ... Many major Korean broadcast channels...
NY: D.A. Whines That He Can’t Use Abusive “Sexually Violent Offender” Term
Source: Jason Schmidt on observertoday.com 11/2/24 [Jason Schmidt is Chautauqua County district attorney] I write to clarify and correct the public record created by recent reporting and editorial comment on my efforts to obtain “Sexually Violent Offender” designations for certain convicted sex offenders under New York’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”). ... One critical designation under SORA is that of “Sexually Violent Offender,” a classification which recognizes the...
General Comments Nov 2024
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Nov 2024. 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
Read the new 2024 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual amendments that are effective Nov 1, 2024
Source: ussc.gov 11/1/24 The U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan, independent agency located in the judicial branch of government, was created by Congress in 1984 to reduce sentencing disparities and promote transparency and proportionality in sentencing. The Commission collects, analyzes, and distributes a broad array of information on federal sentencing practices. The Commission also continuously establishes and amends sentencing guidelines for the judicial branch and...
The War on Halloween
Source: kenklippenstein.com 10/31/24 Halloween is a pretty extraordinary holiday. Think about it. Every year, millions of Americans knock on the doors of total strangers and accept candy from them, almost entirely without incident. For a culture as isolated and mistrustful as ours is, it’s amazing this is even possible. Halloween is a repudiation of the “See Something, Say Something” paranoia fostered by the national...
Every Halloween, Cops Brag About Arresting Sex Offenders. Here’s What The Arrests Were Actually For.
Source: huffpost.com 10/31/24 HuffPost obtained 37 arrest reports, the overwhelming majority of which show law enforcement officers arresting people for minor technical parole violations. Every year on Halloween, law enforcement agencies throughout the country conduct thousands of random checks on people who are required to register as sex offenders. The sweeps, called “Operation Boo,” typically result in a handful of arrests, which cops...