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South Carolina Supreme Court Declares Lifetime Registration Without Court Assessment to be Unconstitutional
[ACSOL] The Supreme Court of South Carolina issued a decision today that declared unconstitutional lifetime registration in that state because the state does not provide registrants "any opportunity for judicial review to assess the risk of re-offending." Specifically, the Court ruled that lifetime registration violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. "Because of this decision, registrants in South Carolina will no longer...
American Law Institute Adopts Revisions to Model Penal Code That Include Major Changes to Sex Offense Registries
[Ira Ellman of ACSOL - 6/9/21, UPDATED 6/11/21] On June 8, 2021 the membership of the American Law Institute gave its final approval to a revision of the Model Penal Code’s chapter on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses. This project was initially authorized by the ALI Council in 2012. The appointed Reporters, Professors Stephen Schulhofer and Erin Murphy of the New York University School...
FL: Palm Coast man kills self outside courthouse before he was to be sentenced for CP
[Source: news-journalonline.com - 6/9/21] A Palm Coast man drove to the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in Bunnell on Tuesday morning to be sentenced to 3½ years in prison on 10 counts of possession of child pornography. But instead of walking into the courthouse, Mario ___, 47, remained in his truck and apparently shot himself to death outside the courthouse, according to a release from...
FL: Flagler County adds new restrictions on where people listed on the registry can reside
[palmcoastobserver.com - 6/8/21] The Flagler County Commission has enacted new restrictions on where people listed on the sexual offense registry may reside, increasing safety buffers around places where children are known to gather. The commission voted 5-0 in favor of the new regulations during its June 7 meeting after Sheriff Rick Staly spoke in favor of the additional limits. The county's existing ordinance had...
General Comments June 2021
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CA: La Crescenta residents protest possible release of person convicted of a sex offense
[news.yahoo.com - 6/5/21] Protesters gathered along Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta Saturday as they fight to keep a person convicted of a sexual offense from being moved into their neighborhood. Video Transcript - Protesters in La Crescenta sending a message to a judge trying to prevent a person convicted of a sexual offense from being released in their community. - Eyewitness News Reporter Leanne...
Pakistan: Standing committee approves chemical castration of sexual abusers
[thecurrent.pk - 6/5/21] National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved chemical castration, which falls in the Criminal Law bill. As per the Criminal Law Bill 2020, if the accused commits the crime again after serving a life sentence, he will be sentenced to chemical castration. Under this law, special court, anti-rape crises cell, and special committee would be set up to...
NJ: Senate approves bill that would ban people listed on the registry from medical licensing
[pix11.com - 6/4/21] TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey State Senate unanimously approved a bill Friday that would prohibit the licensing of any health care worker convicted of a sexual offense. The bill would also reform the state’s chiropractor board after a person listed on the registry and on lifetime parole in Florida had his license reinstated by that board. Read the full article...
CO: Bill To Transform Management of people listed on the registry Pulled After Claims It Would Hurt Public Safety
[denver.cbslocal.com - 6/3/21] DENVER (CBS4) — A bill to revamp how people listed on the registry are managed in Colorado was pulled after prosecutors accused the bill’s sponsors of putting public safety at risk. The bill addresses everything from the conditions for release from prison to the sex offense registry. The Colorado District Attorneys’ Council says 70% of people convicted of sex offenses in...
NY: A 7-Year-Old Was Accused of Rape. Is Arresting Him the Answer?
[news.yahoo.com - 6/3/21] At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, New York, population about 1,000. He was charged with rape. The pain of such crimes often tears small towns apart without rippling beyond their borders. But following the March 23 arrest, news of the arrest ricocheted far beyond the hamlet....
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UK: Irvine Team Shades members charged for ‘disturbance’ of person convicted of a sexual offense
[irvinetimes.com - 6/2/21] Two members of an Irvine peadophile hunting group have now been charged after a person convicted of a sex offense was led away from a house by the hand. A 28-year-old man was arrested this week and later charged following an alleged disturbance in Aberfeldy Terrace back in April 27. A woman aged 30 was later charged for alleged stalking yesterday [Tuesday,...
Legal Scholars to Consider Elimination of Public Registry Next Week
[ACSOL] Members of the American Law Institute (ALI), the most important and prestigious organization of legal scholars and prominent attorneys in the nation, will consider a proposal next week that could significantly change the nation's sex offender laws. The most significant of those changes would be the elimination of public registries in all 50 state. The proposal also includes, but is not limited to,...
IA: Audit says employee at Iowa sex offense treatment unit falsified husband’s work hours to collect more than $50,000
[msn.com - 6/2/21] Iowa's sex offense treatment facility is facing questions over falsified time card records said to have netted an employee and her husband more than $52,000 in unearned income. For more than a year, the administrative assistant manipulated records to show her husband — a part-time employee of the facility — was working at times he wasn't, according to an investigation released...
WI: Judge rules 2nd person listed on registry cannot be housed near Salem Lakes parks
[cbs58.com - 6/1/21] SALEM LAKES, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Salem Lakes residents are finally feeling at ease. On Tuesday, June 1, a Kenosha County judge ruled against housing a person listed on the registry in their backyard. The courtroom was packed and testimony was tense, but ultimately, the judge ruled Dale Peshek cannot live on Camp Lake Road. Another hearing ended, still with no...
Should CA Release 76K Inmates Early? Patch Readers Weigh In
[patch.com - 6/1/21] CALIFORNIA — The Golden State could give 76,000 inmates — including violent and repeat felons — an opportunity to exit prison early if they exhibited "good conduct." The state hoped to further trim its prison population in what was once the nation's largest state correctional system. That decision has drawn ire from 44 district attorneys across the state. They filed a...
FL: Civilian sex stings aim at ‘street justice’
[yoursun.com - 6/1/21] For about as long as there have been children, ... ... Now some civilian groups are taking matters into their own hands. Sarasota resident Lee Bassett runs a Facebook page called Southwest Florida Exposures. ... That was the first of Bassett’s online stings that resulted in an arrest. Law enforcement disapproves Despite Bassett contributing to the arrest of Allen, law enforcement...
NY: My Parishioner Was Not Sentenced to Death. He Still Died.
By Steven Paulikas, Mr. Paulikas is an Episcopal priest. Witnessing unwarranted suffering is a solemn duty of the priesthood. But when one of my parishioners died of Covid-19 in a New York State prison, I felt the need to not only witness but to also tell the story he no longer can — the story of a prison system that failed to protect his...
FL: DoC is Planning to Charge people in prison to Receive Mail
Orlando Sentinel, May 29 FDC will hold a public hearing June 11 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time Officials with the Florida Department of Corrections plan to almost completely digitize mail sent to state prisons by photocopying every card, letter or picture and providing it instead electronically to incarcerated people — a change that families and prison reform advocates argue could create more hurdles for...
NY: Lawmakers wrestle with parole bills as session deadline nears
[thedailystar.com - 5/31/21] ALBANY — Proposals aimed at giving a second chance to well-behaved prison inmates are gaining traction at the statehouse in the final days of the 2021 legislative session. Perhaps the most controversial bill would require parole consideration for inmates who have served at least 15 years of their sentence and are 55 years or older. ... One other criminal justice bill...