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ACSOL Conference to Feature Distinguished Speakers, Important Panels

·August 3, 2022
·14 Comments

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will conduct its annual conference on Saturday, October 1. The cost is just $25. The conference will be virtual on Zoom and…

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MI: Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate calls for tougher sentences for convicted sex offenders

·September 26, 2022
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Source: michiganradio.org 9/16/22 Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon says if she’s elected governor in November she’ll push for stronger penalties for convicted sex offenders. Dixon is spending this week outlining…

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MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act

·February 2, 2022
·391 Comments

Source: aclumich.org 2/2/22 Civil rights organization says it’s unconstitutional to label people for life without individual review DETROIT – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), on behalf…

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MI: Trial in double murder of sex offenders in Adrian delayed until May

·January 16, 2022
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Source: lenconnect.com 1/14/22 ADRIAN — A trial in the case of a Morenci man who is accused of shooting to death two registered sex offenders and committing other crimes almost a…

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MI: Former Detroit City Council president just before prison release: ‘What I did was wrong’

·December 26, 2021
·6 Comments

Source: freep.com 12/24/21 Clouds hovered overhead on the morning Charles Pugh, 50, took his first steps to freedom outside the doors of the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility into the brisk…

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MI: Changes to sex offender list cause confusion

·September 14, 2021
·100 Comments

Source: upmatters.com 9/14/21 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Nearly nine months after the state made court-ordered changes to the sex offender registry, there’s still a lot of confusion and questions…

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Michigan Supreme Court Declares Sex Offender Laws Are Punitive

·July 27, 2021
·249 Comments

Source: ACSOL The Michigan Supreme Court today issued a decision declaring that the state's sex offender law adopted in 2011 cannot retroactively be applied to a registrant convicted two years…

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MI: Lawsuit against state’s Sex Offense Registry Act enters final judgment

·June 21, 2021
·354 Comments

Source: wnem.com 6/21/21 A federal judge has granted a motion for litigation about the state’s sex offense act to enter final judgment. Parts of Michigan’s Sex Offense Registration Act (SORA)…

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MI: Bill to create child abuse offenders registry heads to the Michigan House [Updated 4/29/22]

·May 11, 2021
·24 Comments

4/29/22 UPDATE: Child Abuse registry bill awaits action from Governor Whitmer [fox47news.com - 5/11/21] Parents don’t always know just who is caring for or spending time with their children. ...…

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

·December 30, 2020
·378 Comments

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
·3 Comments

[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
·139 Comments

[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
·65 Comments

[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
·12 Comments

[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
·102 Comments

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
·14 Comments

[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
·261 Comments

[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…