Overseas Registrant Wins Battle with Angel Watch Center
A registrant who has lived overseas for more than two years recently won a battle with the Angel Watch Center after the Center falsely notified the State Department that he…
Case Spotlight: International Travel Notification
In 2011, the Supplemental Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification officially included in SORNA’s standards the obligation that jurisdictions require their registered sex offenders to provide 21 days’ notice…
Janice’s Journal: Three Courts Issue Three Harmful Decisions
In the span of just one week, three courts have issued decisions that significantly harm registrants. Those decisions affect registrants’ marriages, homes and overseas travel. It’s a lot to absorb…
Federal District Court Dismisses IML Challenge
A federal district court dismissed the recent IML challenge yesterday when it granted the government's Motion to Dismiss a legal challenge to the International Megan's Law (IML). That challenge, filed…
IML Judge Cancels Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
The federal judge to whom the IML lawsuit was assigned has canceled today's hearing on the government's Motion to Dismiss the entire case. According to Judge John F. Walter, he…
Ireland and US agree to share travel information of convicted child sex offenders
MINISTER SIMON COVENEY today secured approval to sign a letter of intent with the US to allow the exchange of international travel information of convicted child sex offenders. The approval…
IL: Good news. A Win in Illinois!
[floridaactioncommittee.org - 6/15/18] In April, we wrote about an FAC member currently exiled from his home country because of International Megan’s Law. One of our members, who has a decades-old…
Passport revoked
[narsol.org 4/27/18] By Scott . . . I’m on the board of Illinois Voices for Reform and have been actively involved with the organization since 2012. I am on the…
State Department Files Motion to Dismiss IML Lawsuit (Updated)
UPDATE 06/07: The date of the IML hearing has been changed from June 25 to July 9 at the government’s request. The State Department today filed a Motion to Dismiss the…
Is this a trap? US Marshals Service puts up IML Complaint form
[floridaactioncommittee.org 4/24/18] As part of the International Megan’s Law, the US Marshals Service has been notifying receiving countries when a registrant is traveling. You can imagine how the immigration officials…
Child trafficking expert speaks at William and Mary
Mosby is an expert in child trafficking in Thailand and founder of the HUG project, an organization dedicated to helping victims of child trafficking. In 2017 she won the TIP…
State Department Revokes Second Passport
The State Department has revoked the passport of a second California registrant. Similar to the first known revocation, a State Department letter dated January 22, 2018, informed the registrant that he is "not entitled to…
State Department Revokes Registrant’s Passport
The State Department has revoked the passport of a registrant who was convicted in and resides in California. This is the first known passport revocation following passage of the International…
IML Lawsuit Filed
A lawsuit was filed today in the Central District of the U.S. District Court of California challenging regulations issued by the State Department that announced the addition of a “unique…
Call-in meeting regarding IML on Jan 30 [Updated with Call Audio]
Please join ACSOL for a call-in meeting regarding International Megan's Law (IML), including the recent lawsuit filed challenging the State Department's regulations regarding passport identifiers. The conference call will be…
PA courts put Megan’s Law in limbo
[altoonamirror.com] HOLLIDAYSBURG — Following the sentencing of an area man last month for indecent assault, Blair County District Attorney Richard A. Consiglio informed the judge that the next step in…
SMITH: International Megan’s Law working to protect children
New Jersey’s Maureen and Richard Kanka’s courage and perseverance through unspeakable tragedy — the sexual abuse and murder of their daughter Megan in 1994 — has brought significant protection to…
Congressman Smith vs. the activists
GOP CONGRESSMAN CHRIS SMITH HAS REBUFFED ACTIVISTS ABOUT HIS ANTI-ABORTION STANCE AND OBAMACARE REPEAL SINCE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION Full Article