TX: Convicted Arizona sex offender must register in Texas
A three-judge panel with the Texas 14th Court of Appeals determined July 11 that a person must register as a sex offender in Texas if they were convicted of sexual…
AZ: Sex registry bill defeated as senators protest failure to expand rights for sex abuse victims
[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…
AZ: Fann removes key roadblock to sex offender registration bill
[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…
AZ: Stringer fallout halts sex offender registry reform
[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…
AZ: Sex offenders get chance to end life-long registration under House proposal
[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…
AZ: MariCo attorney behind push to slightly loosen sex offender registry law
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…
AZ: Human Trafficking Grant Goes to Arrest Suspected Victims in Tucson
[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…
Denying Bail
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…
Is a Categorical Denial of Bail for Accused Sex Offenders Constitutional?
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…
AZ: Conspiracy theories inspire vigilante justice in Tucson
[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…
AZ: Sex offenders are legally living just feet away from Arizona schools
[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…
AZ: NARSOL supports man who won rare constitutional challenge
[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…
AZ: Sex offender registration on campus: important for public safety or counterproductive for reintegration?
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…
AZ: Sex offender treatment taking place at Phoenix resort hotel
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…
Business Ethics Discussion Topic – Public Accommodation and the Sex Offender Registry
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…
AZ: Prescott starts new program to monitor sex offenders
Getting aggressive with sex offenders - Sex offenders living in the City of Prescott are now under an additional layer of supervision. Full Article
AZ: U.S. judge knocks down Arizona’s child-molestation law, orders ex-teacher released
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…
AZ: Women working together to change sex offender notification process
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…