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Senator Coons, Representative Hunt, colleagues urge the implementation of reforms aligning with their bipartisan, bicameral Safer Supervision Act
Source: senate.gov 3/7/25 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Representative Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in a new letter applauded and urged finalization of a proposal by the United States Sentencing Commission to improve the federal supervised release system in ways that align with their bipartisan, bicameral Safer Supervision Act. In addition to Senator Coons and Rep. Hunt,...
CA Lobby Day to Feature Training, Lobby Teams and Meetings with Legislators and Staff
Source: ACSOL The deadline has passed for Lobby Day sign ups. If you haven't already signed up for Lobby Day 2025, please do not show up on March 25. We hope that you will be able to join us next year on a date to be announced later on this website. Thank you. ACSOL will conduct Lobby Day on March 25 in Sacramento. The...
MA: Man Believed to Be JetBlue Pilot Facing Child Sex Charges Shoots, Kills Self at Mass. Train Station
Source: people.com 3/7/25 [ACSOL supports an alternative to giving up like this man chose: let's fight together for justice, just as other people groups have done in history!] A man believed to be a JetBlue pilot facing child sex abuse charges shot and killed himself this morning as officers approached him at a Massachusetts train station. Jeremy Gudorf, 33, of Ohio, was facing a second-degree...
AR: Arkansas man gets 90 years for failing to appear, register as a sex offender
Source: 5newsonline.com 3/5/25 [ACSOL IS publishing this to show an example of extreme sentencing for failure to register] WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — An Arkansas man who was convicted of rape and four counts of sexual assault in December has been found guilty by another Washington County jury of failing to register as a sex offender and failing to appear in court. On March...
FL: UPDATED 3/5/25 Putnam County Sheriff’s Office: ‘Cesspool of sex offenders’ cleared out of local trailer park
3/5/25 UPDATE: firstcoastnews.com "Tents housing sex offenders behind Putnam County Sheriff's Office headquarters taken down" 3/3/25 UPDATE: actionnewsjax.com "‘It’s just rough': Registered sex offenders in Putnam County claim to be displaced" Source: actionnewsjax.com 2/28/25 PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — A “cesspool of sex offenders” was cleared out of a Palatka trailer park on Friday afternoon, according to Putnam County Sheriff Gator DeLoach. On a Facebook...
Registrants, Families, Supporters Demonstrate Unity in Washington, D.C.
Registrants, members of their families and supporters demonstrated unity in Washington, D.C. this week in a conference and a vigil near the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Both events included leaders and members of multiple organizations that support registrants and their families, including ACSOL, NARSOL, WAR, Florida Action Committee, SHINE, United Voices, Pathfinder and Restorative Action Alliance. Click here to watch the vigil...
Watch a better recording of the March 3 D.C. Vigil
Due to technical issues we were unable to show the entire vigil live. However, you can now watch the full length and improved quality recording by clicking here
General Comments Mar 2025
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of Mar 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
‘The damage’ is ‘immense’: Attorneys for man accused by Mace demand evidence — or an apology
Source: alternet.org 2/28/25 Attorneys for one of the men accused by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of being a sexual predator have issued a “demand for action,” giving the congresswoman 10 days to produce evidence or publicly apologize for what they call “outrageous” allegations. In a letter sent to Mace on Thursday, attorneys for Brian Musgrave outlined three possible scenarios: Provide evidence that he was...
Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally
Source: apnews.com 2/25/25 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the United States illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution, immigration officials announced Tuesday. Everyone who is in the U.S. illegally must register, give fingerprints and provide an address, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. It cited a section of the Immigration and Nationality...
U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to Decrease
Source: counciloncj.org Jan 2025 The sexual assault rate in the United States continues to decrease, according to a newly released study from the Council on Criminal Justice. Overall, the rate of sexual assault in 2024 was about 26 percent lower than the rate in 2019. The report includes forcible rape and statutory rape among other sex offenses in its definition of sexual assault. The...
CA: Former Senate Bill Resurfaces, Could Significantly Expand Number of Registrants
Source: ACSOL Senate Bill 680 was introduced this week by Senator Susan Rubio (Democrat, Ontario). If the bill becomes law, it could require thousands of people not required to register in the past to register for the first time. This bill is similar to Senate Bill 1128 which did not become law during the two-year legislative session that ended in late 2024. According to...
Convicted sex offender may renounce US citizenship, be deported to Philippines
Source: postguam.com 2/26/25 A man facing 90 years in prison for sex crimes is set to renounce his United States citizenship. Two weeks ago, Dwayne _____ appeared in the Superior Court of Guam to be sentenced for criminal sexual conduct charges. However, at the Feb. 14 hearing, Judge John Terlaje learned there were discussions on the possibility of Dwayne being deported. Assistant Attorney General...
Influencer Tate brothers, who face human trafficking charges in Romania, arrive in the US
Source: apnews.com 2/27/25 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers. The brothers landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, around midday. The Tates — who are dual U.S.-British citizens — were arrested in late 2022 and formally indicted last year...
Wicked Riches: Victims’ compensation rewards liars and cheats
Source: bettinaarndt.substack.com 2/26/25 What a story! Our media was agog at the recent NSW police announcement that they had exposed a $1.3 billion scheme for making fraudulent child sexual abuse claims. All the major media outlets excitedly reported on this huge “claim farming” scheme which recruited former young offenders, prison inmates and school students to file fake sex abuse compensation claims. At one prison, a...
ID: Idaho House widely passes bill to limit youth access to ‘indecent sexual exhibitions’
Source: idahocapitalsun.com 2/25/25 Bill, drafted by the Idaho Family Policy Center, was inspired by drag shows held in public parks in Coeur d’Alene and Boise The Idaho House widely passed a bill to limit youth access to public performances considered “indecent sexual exhibitions,” such as drag shows. House Bill 230, sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, would require event hosts and organizers to “take...
ACSOL Online Meeting March 22, 2025
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci and an ACSOL board member for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday March 22 online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or you can call in using a...
UT: Utah senator says former AG Reyes’ office used lawmakers as ‘pawns’ in push for increased penalties
Source: utahnewsdispatch.com 2/24/25 A Utah state senator said the Utah Attorney General’s Office, under the leadership of Sean Reyes, used lawmakers as “pawns” to advocate for increased penalties for certain sex crimes, which critics argue would lead to more people being convicted of first-degree felonies. The comment came on Friday morning from Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, during a Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and...
CA: Solano County deputies seize 120 terabytes of child porn, from RV home
Source: kcra.com 2/24/25 VALLEJO, Calif. —Deputies arrested a person after they seized more than 120 terabytes — or 120,000 gigabytes — of child porn from a home in Vallejo, the Solano County Sheriff's Office said Monday. On Thursday, the sheriff's office said its investigators, along with Vacaville Police Department officers, searched the home of a person suspected of distributing and selling child porn. There,...
ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNA
Source: ACSOL The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has prepared and sent a letter to the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, to eliminate all funding for the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to that letter, annual funding for SORNA exceeds $10 billion. The letter states clearly that SORNA funding has punished and continues to...