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MA: Reforms are sorely needed at Sex Offender Registry Board
Source: dotnews.com 11/8/23 Serving as Massachusetts state auditor doesn’t just mean reviewing finances. A big part of my role, as I often speak about with folks across the state, is reviewing the performance and efficacy of the Commonwealth’s agencies and entities. A great example of the responsibility to look beyond number crunching is our office’s recently released audit of the Sex Offender Registry Board...
Guilty by association: When parole and probation rules disrupt support systems
Source: prisonpolicy.org 11/8/23 Requiring people on supervision to avoid others with criminal legal system contact can actually hinder their success in the community. We found that it’s common for probation and parole agencies to impose these “association” restrictions, tearing apart critical social networks and threatening to lock people up for harmless — and even helpful — interactions. For the 3.7 million people on parole...
CASOMB Committee Recommends Delayed Consideration of Off-Ramp for CA Tier 3
The Tiered Registry Committee of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today in order to continue its discussions of proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. During that meeting, the committee decided to delay consideration regarding the creation of an off-ramp for those assigned to Tier 3 for an indefinite period of time. The committee's decision is expected to be approved by...
ACSOL In-Person Meeting in Pasadena on February 10, 2024
You are invited to attend ACSOL's in-person meeting in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, February 10, starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at: Flintridge Retreat Center 236 West Mountain Street Suite 117 The meeting will include discussions regarding topics of interest to both registrants and their loved ones, including the status of proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law such as the...
FL: Lee County considers animal abuser registry to prevent future cases
Source: nbc-2.com 11/7/23 LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is working with county commissioners to keep convicted animal abusers from getting their hands on another animal. LCSO wants to create an animal abuser registry that would list those convicted of abuse. On Tuesday, Lee County Commissioners approved the animal registry ordinance on the consent agenda to move to a public...
WI: Wisconsin slow to take GPS bracelets off ex-cons, despite ruling
Source: captimes.com 11/7/23 The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has been slow to release hundreds of people from GPS monitors it forced them to wear for life — long after they completed their sentences for sex offenses — in the five months since a state Supreme Court ruling challenged the practice. That’s according to multiple sources including former offenders, who told the Cap Times the...
LA: The Case of the Do-Nothing Judge: Suppose a judge decides not to decide. For five years.
Source: themarshallproject.org 2/15/2016 For the past 45 years Wilbert Jones has sworn to anyone who would hear him that he did not kidnap and rape a woman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1971, crimes for which he is serving a life sentence. But only in the past five years or so have his attorneys and investigators been able to find compelling evidence that might...
UK: Government to toughen sentences for sexual crimes in King’s Speech
Source: bbc.com 11/6/23 Offenders who commit murders with sexual or sadistic motives will spend the rest of their lives in prison, under government proposals. The plan will be in the King's Speech, where King Charles reads out the government's plan for the year ahead at the State Opening of Parliament. It will also include measures to force criminals to appear in the dock, and...
MT: Montana Supreme Court: ‘Retroactive’ punishment for sexual, violent offenders is unconstitutional
Source: dailymontanan.com 11/5/23 Randall Menges has technically been a free man since 2015 – that’s when he completed his sentence in Idaho. That seven-year sentence in Idaho was for violating a ban on homosexual sex, even though court records show it was a consensual act between two minors. Even though homosexual sex has since been decriminalized, Menges wanted to put the incident in the...
GA: Police no help in removing squatters, sex offender allowed to stay
Source: FOX 5 Atlanta on YouTube TUCKER, Ga. - Much has been made over the years of squatters' rights. "Squatting" is when someone lives in a home, likely rent-free, and has to be kicked out by the courts. Well, here's a case with a street-side view into one of the most bizarre cases of trying to evict someone you may ever see. This story...
FL: Man accuses Polk deputy of making false child-porn arrest after asking to call lawyer
Source: clickorlando.com 10/31/23 POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd faces a lawsuit after a man was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography in 2020, according to court records filed on Tuesday. The lawsuit says that the sheriff’s office had started an investigation dubbed “Operation Guardians of Innocence V” back in October 2019, during which detectives searched for suspects in possession...
MO: Federal Judge Sets Trial Date for Halloween Sign Case in Missouri
Source: ACSOL A federal judge today set March 27, 2024, as the trial date for the Halloween sign case in Missouri. The trial will be conducted before the judge only, with no jury, in Halloween case - U.S. District Court, Eastern District, in St. Louis - Court Order - Trial Setting etc. The trial will be open to the public. During the trial, the...
CA: Operation Boo: Shasta County Law Enforcement arrests 4 sex offenders on Halloween
Source: msn.com 11/1/23 Operation Boo: Shasta County Law Enforcement arrests 4 sex offenders on Halloween Watch the video
MO: Multiple people arrested in Mid-Missouri, accused of breaking Halloween sex offender rules
Source: abc17news.com 11/1/23 Multiple people were arrested in Mid-Missouri on Tuesday on suspicion of not complying with sex-offender Halloween restrictions. In Chariton County, Timothy _____, 42, of Salisbury, was arrested on suspicion of several charges. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender, drug possession, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, resisting arrest, and misdemeanors including...
TN: A registrant who is HIV positive is considered a sexually violent predator
Source: filtermag.org 11/2/23 In the mid-’90s at Washington State Penitentiary, a corrections officer (CO) and I had been yelling at each other for a while until eventually he ordered me back to my cell. When he called me back out to go see the sergeant, the CO in the security booth at the end of the hall buzzed open the electronic sliding door, then...
MN: MSOP Moose Lake: Behind Barbed Wire – A look into the controversial Minnesota Sex Offender Program treatment program
Source: northernnewsnow.com 10/31/23 MOOSE LAKE, MN. (Northern News Now) - Recent violent assaults on staff inside the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake in the past year is sparking another look into the controversial treatment program. Northern News Now Anchor Laura Lee investigates the claims made by some clients inside MSOP who say they are being given life sentences for crimes they have...
WI: Investigation into alleged circulation of child porn among students
Source: TMJ4 News A search warrant says a Nicolet High School student told a school resource officer two weeks ago that, “A video depicting two other Nicolet students engaging in sexual acts had been posted online." GLENDALE, Wis. — Glendale police are investigating alleged child pornography being circulated among students at Nicolet High School. A search warrant says a Nicolet High School student told...
UT: Newly created sex offense management board looking into issues with Utah’s registry
Source: ksltv.com 11/2/23 SALT LAKE CITY — What might have looked like any other public meeting at the Utah Capitol Wednesday was actually a new step forward for the state, according to Dr. Michele Leslie. “We’re one of the few states who have some kind of management board,” she said. “And it is a really big step for this state.” Wednesday’s meeting was the...
WA: Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State
Source: prisonlegalnews.org 10/15/23 A divided Washington Supreme Court beat back prejudice with a November 2022 decision admitting a convicted sex offender to the state bar. Zachary LeRoy Stevens was charged as a teenager with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for sending child pornography to a detective posing as a 14-year-old online. He pleaded guilty to reduced charges of voyeurism in 2012,...
LA: Some good Halloween news from Louisiana
Source: NARSOL 10/31/23 NARSOL is pleased to report that our efforts to end the practice of “No-candy” Halloween warning signs have borne fruit in Louisiana. This outcome is a direct result of the precedential case in Georgia NARSOL sponsored, McClendon v. Long. A week before Halloween, 2023, NARSOL made the determination that three specific parishes in Louisiana were requiring everyone on the sex offender...