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CT: Dr. R. Karl Hanson: Sexual offense recidivism risk: Not what you think

·January 25, 2021
·18 Comments

[onestandardofjustice.org - 1/15/21] Dr. Hanson speaks about recidivism data and desistance. One Standard of Justice, Inc. is a volunteer-based civil rights organization committed to ensuring that persons accused or convicted…

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CT: Sex offender registry should be based on risk

·January 11, 2020
·6 Comments

What is the point of a sex offender registry? As a woman and mother of two, I view Connecticut’s sex offender registry as a tool to increase public awareness about…

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CT: Divided Appeals Panel Slaps Federal Judge for Allowing Jury Nullification Defense

·January 8, 2020
·1 Comment

It's not news that most judges balk at the prospect of jury nullification—the right and power of juries to bring "not guilty" verdicts when defendants violate laws that jurors consider…

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CT: Don’t Miss Another Opportunity To Fix Sex Offender Registry

·October 25, 2019
·4 Comments

Last session, the state Legislature missed an opportunity to make major changes in Connecticut’s sex offender registry by failing to pass Senate Bill 1113 as proposed by the state Sentencing…

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CT: Sentencing Commission Makes Last-Minute Plea To Senate

·May 27, 2019
·2 Comments

With less than two weeks to the end of the legislative session, the state Sentencing Commission is asking Senate leaders to bring two potentially controversial proposals to a vote. SB…

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CT: Police awards questioned after sex offender honored

·May 26, 2019
·17 Comments

Some Town Council members are calling procedure into question after the Police Department dolled out a Citizen’s Award to a registered sex offender at its awards ceremony last week, recognizing…

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CT: Low-risk sex offenders could come off CT registry

·April 15, 2019
·4 Comments

HARTFORD — The Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would allow some low-risk offenders to come off the state’s public sex offender registry — a move that proponents said would…

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CT: Lawmakers Debate Changes in Sex Offender Registry

·April 1, 2019
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[courant.com - 4/1/19] State legislators are debating whether they should make changes in the state’s sex offender registry, which was established in 1998. Former Republican state legislator Bob Farr…

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CT: Town repeals sex offender restrictions amid lawsuit

·March 25, 2019
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[apnews.com - 3/24/19] WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — Residents of a Connecticut town have repealed a local ordinance that banned registered sex offenders from local parks, schools, the town library…

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CT: Press Release from One Standard of Justice, Inc. re: Windsor Locks federal suit re: “Child Safety Zones”

·March 20, 2019
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[onestandardofjustice.org - 2/7/19] On March 27, 2018, Stamford attorney Audrey Felsen of Koffsky & Felsen filed suit in federal court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the town of Windsor…

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CT: Windsor Locks to vote on repealing sex offender proximity ordinance

·March 15, 2019
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[journalinquirer.com - 3/15/19] Nearly a year after an advocacy group and an anonymous resident filed a lawsuit against the town over an ordinance barring sex offenders from designated public places,…

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CT: Commission Considers Changes to State Sex-Offender Registry

·December 6, 2018
·49 Comments

Connecticut is steps closer to potentially changing the way the state’s sex-offender registry is managed. The Connecticut Sentencing Commission is holding a public hearing Thursday and reviewing several proposed changes…

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CT: A Sex-Offender Synagogue President Resigns Despite Rabbi’s Support

·October 15, 2018
·21 Comments

[forward.com - 10/10/18] The president of a Connecticut synagogue resigned his position on Sunday, one week after his status as a registered sex offender became widely known in his community,…

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CT: Lawmakers Missed an Opportunity to Reform Sex-Offender Registry

·July 1, 2018
·3 Comments

[law.com - 6/28/18] Two years ago, the Connecticut Legislature held hearings on a variety of bills that would have modified the state’s sex offender registry. Rather than adopt any change,…

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CT: Keep statute of limitations; and another ‘liberal activist’

·May 5, 2018
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[journalinquirer.com 5/4/18] Arguing recently for the repeal of Connecticut's statute of limitations for sex offenses, Laura Cordes, executive director of the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, declared, "Justice should…

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CT: Suit targets WL ban on sex offenders in public places

·April 6, 2018
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An anonymous resident and an advocacy group that represents accused and convicted sex offenders have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down the town’s 10-year-old policy barring people on…

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CT: ‘Child Safety Zones’ Cast Too Wide a Net, Pardoned Sex Offender Says

·March 30, 2018
·5 Comments

HARTFORD, Conn. (CN) — Nearly 10 years after he was pardoned for sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman, a Connecticut man claims in a federal complaint that he is barred from…

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CT: Mother of victims wants schools to know if students are sex offenders

·March 26, 2018
·11 Comments

[theday.com] A New Fairfield mother who said her daughters were sexually assaulted by a family friend is pushing for a law that would require the state to notify a school…