ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
LA: Special IDs for people with a sex offense conviction: Safety Measures or Scarlet Letters?
Source: nytimes.com 6/15/21 Judge Patrick L. Michot, of the 15th Judicial District Court in Lafayette, La., said the notation was “not the least restrictive way to further the state’s legitimate…
LA: Legislators look at options to increase reliability of LA. sex offender registry
[houmatoday.com - 12/18/20] Legislators began Thursday looking at changes to state law that would address inaccuracies in the registry that alerts neighbors that someone convicted of sex and/or child predatory…
LA: Acadia Sheriff’s deputies arrest registrants for not disclosing status on social media
[katc.com - 8/6/20] Acadia Parish Sheriff's deputies have identified seven sex offenders who have been in violation of sex offender social media laws, Sheriff KP Gibson says. Between March of…
LA: Man removed ‘sex offender’ from his ID, and a judge dismissed the case. Why?
When a Lafayette Parish man removed the words “sex offender” from his state-issued ID, law enforcement officers said Louisiana law had been broken. A local judge saw things differently. Full…
LA: Teen beat up a stranger he recognized as a sex offender, now faces hate crime count, NOPD says
A 17-year-old boy who realized he was at the same convenience store as a man whose picture had appeared on a mailed sex-offender notice followed the man away from the…
LA: Court sidesteps issue on juvenile sex offenders
Louisiana's Supreme Court has sidestepped, for now, the question of whether juveniles convicted of sex crimes can be required to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.…
LA: Louisiana sheriffs promoting new app that alerts parents if sex offenders contact children
[theadvocate.com - 10/16/19] Louisiana sheriffs are backing a new mobile app that will alert parents if a registered sex offender contacts their child. The app, Safe Virtual Neighborhood, is the…
LA: After admitting sex with 3 boys, substitute teacher spared jail and barred from class only two years
[usatoday.com - 4/5/19] After pleading guilty to having sex with three underage teenagers and sending lewd messages, a substitute teacher in Louisiana was spared jail and could even be…
CO, LA, VT: More states enact major “second chance” reforms
[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…
LA: Two sexual exploitation bills pass Louisiana Legislature
[kalb.com 5/18/18] Two bills targeting sexual exploitation passed through the Louisiana Legislature Friday. One would set policies for employers to detect victims of human trafficking, and the other would increase…
LA: Two Louisiana elementary school students arrested for child porn over nude Snapchats
[fox59.com 4/20/18] SLIDELL, La. – Police arrested two Louisiana elementary school students after they allegedly distributed nude photos to classmates using a social media app. The Bonne Ecole Elementary students,…
LA: Jury finds ______ guilty of 2nd degree murder in 2015 killing of his girlfriend’s convicted molester
[The Advocate] _____________, who confessed to fatally stabbing and strangling his girlfriend's convicted molester inside the man's Zachary trailer and stuffing his body into a 55-gallon container, was found…
LA: Residents Concerned about Proposed Sex Offender Hurricane Shelter
The word is spreading and folks are hearing about plans to provide an evacuation shelter for sex offenders in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish. A new state…
LA: Registered sex offender’s murder being investigated as hate crime
An elderly man from Many was killed this morning after being shot in the chest. According to the Sabine Parish Coroner's Office, sheriff's deputies arrived in the 1300 block of Matthews…
LA: Debate builds over suggestion by child rape victim’s mother to create sex crimes arrest list
ST. TAMMANY - Should there be a public list for sex crimes arrests similar to the state's convicted sex offender registry? The mother of an alleged child rape victim is…
LA: FAMM Praises Louisiana for Repeal of Mandatory Minimums
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) today commended Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for signing into law SB 220, which repeals most of Louisiana’s mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws. The bill…
LA: Here’s why some sex offenders eligible for early release have to stay in prison
More than 400 Louisiana prisoners who are otherwise eligible for early release can’t leave correctional facilities because they are unable to find an approved place to live that complies with the…
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