Michigan – ACSOL

MI: Whitmer signs bill with long-awaited changes to sex offender law

·December 30, 2020
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bill that would eliminate school safety zones and certain appearance requirements in Michigan's Sex Offender Registration Act. Full ArticleFull Article

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MI: ACLU calls for Whitmer veto on Legislature-approved changes to Sex Offender Registration Act

·December 20, 2020
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[mlive.com - 12/20/20] DETROIT - Approved changes to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act are unconstitutional and ineffective at stopping offenders, argues the state’s ACLU chapter in an appeal for Gov.…

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MI: Michigan Senate approves tightened restrictions in Sex Offender Registration Act

·December 16, 2020
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[mlive.com - 12/16/20] The proposed amendments to SORA in House Bill 5679 are: Giving sex offenders no more than three days to register or report status changes in person with…

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MI: Feds sued over prison attack that killed sex offender, hurt 2 others

·December 12, 2020
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[detroitnews.com - 12/11/20] Detroit — Two federal prison inmates and the estate of a third are suing the government, claiming officials at a Monroe County lockup failed to prevent a 2019 attack…

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MI: Michigan poised to double down on failed sex offender registry

·December 10, 2020
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[freep.com - 2020-12-10] In early 2012, more than eight years ago, five people challenged Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) in court, arguing that the registry branded them as dangerous…

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FAC: MI: Sex offender registry months out-of-date, but little action from lawmakers… so what?

·September 14, 2020
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - 9/14/20] A local Michigan news paper ran this story yesterday, which spoke about the state of Michigan’s sex offender registry and how out of date and inaccurate it…

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6th Circuit Decision Requires Registration Even When State No Longer Does

·August 31, 2020
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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a decision, that if left unchallenged, will require some individuals convicted of a sex offense to continue to register for life even…

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MI: Michigan’s top court kills lawsuit by wrongly imprisoned man

·July 31, 2020
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[washingtontimes.com - 7/30/20] DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Supreme Court has stopped a man from suing the state after he spent more than a year in prison for a crime…

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MI: Lawmakers debate changes to states sex offender registry law after court ruling

·June 8, 2020
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Michigan lawmakers are debating how to overhaul the state's sex offender registry after a federal appeals court ruled sections of the law are unconstitutional, but Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel…

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MI: Judge: State sex offender registry can’t be enforced in pandemic

·April 6, 2020
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[detroitnews.com - 4/6/20] A federal judge is commanding state authorities to stop enforcing rules under the Michigan Sex Offender Registry Act during the coronavirus pandemic. According to an interim order…

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MI: Ypsilanti adds ex-offenders as protected class in nondiscrimination ordinance

·March 5, 2020
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[mlive.com - 3/4/20] YPSILANTI, MI – People with felony convictions cannot be discriminated against in Ypsilanti in a new addition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that passed Tuesday. Ypsilanti City…

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MI: State of Michigan set to pay $80M to settle sex abuse suit with former juvenile offenders

·February 27, 2020
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[detroitnews.com - 2/27/20] The Michigan Department of Corrections will pay $80 million to settle a lawsuit with former juvenile offenders who claimed they were sexually abused in Michigan prisons between October 2010 and…

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MI: Forum: Re-examine child sexual abuse policy

·February 27, 2020
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[record-eagle.com - 2/26/20] Kristen Burgess took a courageous step forward (Record-Eagle, Jan. 5) to shed light on the community’s response to intrafamilial sexual abuse. When I started my career in…

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Conference Call to Discuss Three Important Cases

·February 26, 2020
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NARSOL and ACSOL will have a three-hour conference call on March 2nd, beginning at 7:00 pm Eastern time. We will be discussing what's likely to happen next in three important…

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MI: Federal judge invalidates portions of SORA

·February 14, 2020
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A federal judge has issued a ruling that invalidates portions of Michigan's Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) that are unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Cleland issued the decision on…

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MI: Sex offender registry – valuable resource or tool for public shaming?

·February 10, 2020
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A cursory glance at the Michigan Sex Offender Registry may reveal that someone who’s been convicted of a sex crime lives near you. Now what? Advocates for reforming the registry…

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MI: Federal judge to hear latest arguments in case of sex offender registry ruled unconstitutional

·February 3, 2020
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UPDATE 2/5: Hearing today to decide whether to remove thousands from Michigan sex offender registry Also see: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/02/constitutional-fight-for-michigan-sex-offender-rights-now-before-federal-judge.html [michiganradio.org - 2/3/20] Lawyers will make their case in front of a…

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MI: AG files Amicus Brief Stating that SORA is Punitive and Unconstitutional

·February 2, 2020
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an Amicus Brief on Jan 30 in People vs. Betts, Supreme Court No. 148981 . Introduction: There are dangerous sexual predators, to be sure,…