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Supreme Court to hear major case on limiting the power of federal government, a long-term goal of legal conservatives
Source: cnn.com 5/1/23 Washington CNN — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything from how the government addresses everything from climate change to public health to immigration. Conservative justices have long sought to rein in regulatory authority, arguing that Washington has...
General Comments May 2023
Comments that are not specific to a certain post should go here, for the month of May 2023. 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.
MO: Nearly 30 years after guilty plea, Boone County woman may have sex offense record cleared
Source: columbiatribune.com 4/11/23 A nearly 30-year-old sex offender case is coming back to Boone County. It is not to decide the offender's guilt or innocence, but whether changes in law meant they ever were required to register as an offender in the first place. The main reason the case is coming back to Boone County is so that Department of Mental Health records can...
WY: Casper man who was wrongfully registered as sex offender for over three years wins appeal
Source: trib.com 4/25/23 The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation wrongly required a Casper man to register and remain on a sex offender registry for over three years. James Bullard Minter was required to register in Wyoming on a misdemeanor sexual battery charge out of Georgia after he was flagged by customs for ordering a firearm suppressor. But, the...
CASOMB Committee Confirms Support for 3 Proposed Changes to Tiered Registry Law
Source: ACSOL A committee of the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB) met today to discuss proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law. During that meeting, the committee confirmed their support for three of seven changes to the Tiered Registry Law proposed by ACSOL earlier this year. First, the committee supports the reduction of some felony convictions for child pornography (CP) from Tier 3...
MN: Transgender Minnesota lawmaker introduces bill removing anti-pedophile language from state’s Human Rights Act
Source: foxnews.com 4/26/23 A transgender state lawmaker in Minnesota introduced a measure that would remove language from the state's Human Rights Act that currently declares pedophiles are not included in protections based on "sexual orientation." The proposed language has shocked and bewildered Republicans, but the bill's author says nothing in the text would weaken pedophilia laws. The "Take Pride Act" (HF 1655) was introduced...
IN: 7th Circuit again reverses judgment for sex offenders who challenged registration requirement
Source: theindianalawyer.com 4/27/23 Requiring sex offenders who are already subject to registration elsewhere to also register in Indiana rationally promotes public safety, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a district court’s judgment. This is the second reversal in the case. The plaintiffs in the case are Indiana residents who committed sex offenses either before the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act...
FL: Florida sex offenders could be required to have special colored license plates
Source: nbc-2.com 4/27/23 Sex offenders in Florida could be forced to get bright green license plates. Democratic Senator Lauren Book added this to Senate Bill 1252 on Tuesday night. If passed, all vehicles owned, driven or leased by the offenders will be required to have a fluorescent green license plate. It would also make it illegal to disguise the plate. Sen. Book also wants...
Canada: Liberals propose changes to Canada’s sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision
Source: ctvnews.ca 4/26/23 The federal government has tabled legislation that, if passed, would make changes to Canada's sex offender registry to specify which categories of sexual offenders have to be added to the national tracking system, while giving judges discretion to exempt those who do not pose a risk of reoffending. The proposed changes to current law comes in response to an October 2022...
Canada: Sharing intimate images without consent may soon land you on sex offender list
Source: globalnews.ca 4/26/23 The federal government has introduced legislation to add the non-consensual sharing of intimate images and extortion to the list of offences that could land someone on the National Sex Offender Registry. The addition was highlighted in a statement on Wednesday, ahead of a press conference from Justice Minister David Lametti and Women, Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien. The bill...
CA Senate Judiciary Committee Approves SB 809
Source: ACSOL The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 809 last night by a vote of 8 to 2. The bill will next be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee on a date to be determined. If passed, Senate Bill 809 would help individuals convicted of a felony to find employment. As currently written, SB 809 includes people convicted of a sex offense. Bill...
MO: Sex offenses bill package heard in Senate Committee
Source: missourinet.com 4/26/23 Missouri is reviewing whether to update its sex offender registry requirements for those who are convicted of committing crimes against children and the mentally disabled. A Senate committee is considering the public safety bill, sponsored by Representative Justin Hicks of Lake St. Louis. “It amends the sex offender list to ensure that individuals that have committed child sex crimes are classified...
California: The State of Incarceration
Source: vera.org Despite California’s reputation as a progressive state, it is one of the epicenters of mass incarceration in the United States, incarcerating more people than any other state except Texas. Annually, California law enforcement agencies make almost 800,000 arrests and more than 600,000 bookings into county jails, and courts send almost 30,000 people to prison.† The result is that, on an average day...
Action Alert for Florida: Email/Call TODAY (4/26) to fight fluorescent green license plates and more!
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 4/26/23 Florida residents, write and call today! There are multiple bills and amendments that would do things like assign a distinctive, fluorescent green license plate, red coloring on driver’s licenses, and require 24-hour vacation rental reporting. This will be voted on TOMORROW, Thursday, April 27, 2023. Read the details and take action today
CA: Prosecutor Labels Homeless Registrant Accused as ‘Nuisance’ in Attempt to Get Him Extraordinary Jail Sentence – Judge Disagrees
Source: davisvanguard.org 4/25/23 WOODLAND, CA – Deputy District Attorney Preston Schaub accused a homeless man of being a “nuisance” and “burden to the community” last Friday during a sentencing hearing here in Yolo County Superior Court in an apparent attempt to convince Judge Tom Dyer to issue an abnormally severe sentence. Judge Dyer didn’t bite, sentencing the man to probation as long as he...
WV: Parole officer sexually assaulted victims on multiple occasions
Source: wvmetronews.com 4/21/23 PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — More information has come out about the disgraced parole officer sentenced for sexually assaulting a female officer. Anthony _______, 44, worked for the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a parole officer in Parkersburg. He admitted to forcing at least two victims into performing sex acts on him, this according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern...
ACSOL Online Meeting May 20, 2023
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL board member and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, May 20, 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 call in...
ACSOL Action Alert for Florida: Fight SB 1252 red lettering on driver’s licenses
Source: Florida Action Committee 4/20/23 Florida residents, SB 1252 would put red lettering on registrant's driver's licenses! Now is the time to fight this evil bill! Florida Action Committee has details on how to do that. Click here for details If you don't fight it, who will?
CA: California proposal would reinstate prisoners’ voting rights
Source: apnews.com 2/8/23 LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. It would be a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if passed. California would join Maine and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, as the only states where felons never lose their...
ACSOL Seeking Information Regarding Parolees Required to Repeat Treatment Programs
ACSOL is seeking information regarding registrants on parole who have been required to complete more than one treatment program. CDCR recently admitted in court that they require registrants on parole to continue treatment programs the entire time while on parole. One California court has ruled that this policy is contrary to state law. According to statistics from CA Department of Justice, there are more...