Arizona – ACSOL

AZ: Sex registry bill defeated as senators protest failure to expand rights for sex abuse victims

·May 8, 2019
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[azmirror.com - 5/7/19] Lawmakers argued passionately and the Senate president turned off a fellow Republican’s microphone as senators killed a bill expanding the number of people who are eligible to…

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AZ: Fann removes key roadblock to sex offender registration bill

·April 23, 2019
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[azmirror.com - 4/22/19] House Speaker Rusty Bowers’ bill to allow some people to petition to stop registering as a sex offender is back on track after his counterpart in the…

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AZ: Stringer fallout halts sex offender registry reform

·April 12, 2019
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[eacourier.com - 4/11/19] Legislation that would make more people eligible to have their names removed from Arizona’s sex offender registry may end up being an inadvertent casualty of the…

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AZ: Sex offenders get chance to end life-long registration under House proposal

·March 30, 2019
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[azcapitoltimes.com - 3/29/19] State lawmakers are weighing whether to give judges more leeway to eliminate the requirement that certain people register for life as sex offenders. A measure approved Thursday…

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AZ: MariCo attorney behind push to slightly loosen sex offender registry law

·February 20, 2019
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More sex offenders would become eligible to have their names removed from the Arizona’s sex offender registry but would face new hurdles in doing so, under legislation being pushed by…

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AZ: Human Trafficking Grant Goes to Arrest Suspected Victims in Tucson

·December 11, 2018
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[reason.com - 12/10/18] A Tucson Weekly investigation finds that federal funds to "fight sex trafficking" are actually perpetuating it. The program raked in $1.5 million from the Department of Justice…

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Denying Bail

·November 19, 2018
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The Arizona Supreme Court got it right: categorical denials of bail to persons charged with sexual assault violates the Constitution. Full Article Also see Is a Categorical Denial of Bail…

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Is a Categorical Denial of Bail for Accused Sex Offenders Constitutional?

·November 13, 2018
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The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to grant a certiorari petition filed by Arizona, which involves a voter-approved amendment to the Arizona Constitution rendering a defendant categorically ineligible for…

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AZ: Conspiracy theories inspire vigilante justice in Tucson

·September 14, 2018
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[hcn.org - 9/12/18] How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world. On May 31, a strange…

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AZ: Sex offenders are legally living just feet away from Arizona schools

·May 29, 2018
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[12news.com - original: 5/16/18, updated 5/24/18] PHOENIX - A loophole in Arizona law allows sex offenders to live near schools, in some cases just feet away from campus. Per state…

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AZ: NARSOL supports man who won rare constitutional challenge

·April 17, 2018
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[narsol.org 4/9/18] y Larry Neely . . . The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals…

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AZ: Sex offender registration on campus: important for public safety or counterproductive for reintegration?

·March 13, 2018
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ASU works with local law enforcement agencies to ensure that convicted sex offenders who work or study on campus comply with sex offender registration and community notification policies as mandated…

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AZ: Sex offender treatment taking place at Phoenix resort hotel

·October 1, 2017
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A Valley behavioral counseling organization announced it will stop holding treatment sessions for sex offenders at a resort hotel, following a CBS 5 Investigation. CBS 5 hidden cameras filmed sex…

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Business Ethics Discussion Topic – Public Accommodation and the Sex Offender Registry

·July 3, 2017
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My company operates campgrounds on public lands under contract with various public agencies. Over the past several years, there has been a lot of discussion about public accommodation (e.g. can…

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AZ: Prescott starts new program to monitor sex offenders

·May 1, 2017
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Getting aggressive with sex offenders - Sex offenders living in the City of Prescott are now under an additional layer of supervision. Full Article

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AZ: U.S. judge knocks down Arizona’s child-molestation law, orders ex-teacher released

·April 5, 2017
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A U.S. District Court judge in Phoenix has found unconstitutional an Arizona law defining child molestation, and he ordered that a man who already has spent a decade in custody be…

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AZ: Women working together to change sex offender notification process

·April 1, 2017
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Two North Valley women say they have their family lives and careers on hold, to fight for a safer community. Julie Read and Ann O'Brien, who live in the Norterra…

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AZ: Supreme Court – Bail denial for child sex offenses is unconstitutional

·February 10, 2017
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PHOENIX — State laws that deny bail to people solely because they're accused of having sex with a minor are unconstitutional, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today. The justices acknowledged…