Colorado – ACSOL

Janice’s Journal: Court Decision an Important Point on Path to Tipping Point

·June 24, 2019
·8 Comments

Another court has spoken the truth: registration is punishment. That court is Division III of the Colorado Court of Appeals. The case is People v. In the Interest of T.B.…

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CO: “The ultimate scarlet letter”: A 29-year-old could get name off sex-offender registry for juvenile crimes if Denver court decides he’s being cruelly, unusually punished

·June 22, 2019
·9 Comments

[denverpost.com - 6/22/19] A 29-year-old Coloradan made to register as a sex-offender for the rest of his life because of two sexual offenses he committed as a child and teenager…

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CO: Colorado Sex-Offender Registry Takes Another Brutal Hit

·June 21, 2019
·12 Comments

Colorado's sex-offender registry, already under legal siege, just took another hit. On June 20, the Colorado Court of Appeals determined that the lifetime registration requirement for Coloradans found guilty of…

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CO: Hundreds of sex offenders get their names taken off the sex offender registry every year

·February 5, 2019
·18 Comments

A Contact7 investigation found that in the state of Colorado, hundreds of sex offenders are getting off the sex offender registry every year. In one case, a felony sex offender's…

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CO: Judge Matsch On SORA: Cut The Crap, It’s Unconstitutional [UPDATED]

·November 21, 2018
·74 Comments

UPDATE: Oral Argument - Thursday, November 15, 2018 - Courtroom III https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/clerk/oral-argument-recordings 9/2/2017: In Millard v. Rankin, an as-applied challenge, Colorado Senior District Judge Richard Matsch rejected the pretty ribbons the…

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CO: Aurora middle-school parent mislabeled as sex offender when visiting son’s school

·November 4, 2018
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Staff in an Aurora school office staff mistakenly flagged a man as a registered sex offender when he and his family went to his son’s middle school for a recent…

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CO: Sex Offender Registration Act Requires Registry for Individuals with More than One Conviction for Unlawful Sexual Behavior

·July 6, 2018
·10 Comments

Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of second degree sexual assault and one count of third degree sexual assault and entered into a plea agreement. Among other things, the plea…

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CO: Judge tells man arrested in Aspen that sex offender registry is not punishment

·June 23, 2018
·24 Comments

A California man did not suffer cruel and unusual punishment or lack of due process after Aspen police charged him a year ago with failing to register as a sex…

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CO, TN: Foxes Guarding the Henhouse in Colorado and Tennessee

·June 14, 2018
·5 Comments

[blog.womenagainstregistry.org - 6/13/18] Colorado’s House Bill 18-1427 to eliminate conflicts of interests within the state’s Sex Offender Management Board seemed like a sure thing. The measure had not only bipartisan…

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CO, LA, VT: More states enact major “second chance” reforms

·June 12, 2018
·4 Comments

[ccresourcecenter.org 6/11/18] In recent weeks, three more states — Colorado, Louisiana and Vermont — have enacted laws intended to make it easier for people with a criminal record to find…

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CO: Hickenlooper vetoes bill to reduce conflicts of interests on Colorado’s sex-offender management board

·June 5, 2018
·7 Comments

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday vetoed legislation that would have barred members of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board from being able to profit from multi-million-dollar state contracts related to…

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CO: Polygraph testing and treatment of sexual offenders

·May 20, 2018
·11 Comments

[jenniferkamorowski.net 5/19/18] On May 9, the Colorado legislature passed House Bill 1427, which prohibits individuals with a vested economic interest in administration of polygraph tests from serving on the sex…

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CO: Owner of polygraphy firm would have to quit sex-offender management board or give up $1.9M contract under measure heading to Colorado governor

·May 9, 2018
·30 Comments

[denverpost.com 5/9/18] Members of the Colorado board that decides how the state’s sex offenders are managed no longer will be able to profit from multimillion-dollar state contracts related to their…

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CO: Bill bans conflicts of interest on sex offender management board after Contact7 investigation

·May 2, 2018
·6 Comments

[thedenverchannel.com 5/1/18] DENVER -- The Colorado House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to move forward with legislation that would ban members of the state’s sex offender management board from profiting from…

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Attorneys general fighting against 2017 ruling regarding Colorado’s sex offender registry

·April 7, 2018
·145 Comments

A group of attorneys general are fighting a 2017 court ruling that declared Colorado’s sex offender registry “cruel and unusual.” Full Article Related Attorney General Hunter Leads 10th Circuit States…

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CO: There are 808 registered sex offenders in Aurora, and you should be worried for reasons you might not think

·March 1, 2018
·3 Comments

It’s an online compilation of every person in Colorado convicted of what most people imagine are only the most heinous sexual crimes, revealing who they are, what they look like…

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CO: Senate committee turns down bill to change indefinite sentencing for sex offenders

·February 13, 2018
·2 Comments

The Senate Judiciary Committee Monday voted down a bill that would change the state’s laws on indefinite sentencing for sex offenders. The measure, Senate Bill 17, would allow judges to…

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CO: Greeley’s Alternative Homes for Youth works to rehabilitate juvenile sex offenders

·January 29, 2018
·3 Comments

[greeleytribune.com] Shayna Miller's goal every day is to help the kids she works with do something in which they can take pride. That can include volunteer work, gardening, schoolwork, art…