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MI: AG Dana Nessel Does The Unthinkable – Argues The Truth About SORA (Commentary)

·February 10, 2019
·29 Comments

Michigan’s Attorney General has entered the cultural and legal conflagration of how we reckon with sexual violence in our society with a remarkable (and compelling) argument: Michigan’s sex offender registries are not…

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MI: Attorney General Nessel Weighs in On Sex Offender Registration Cases Before MI Supreme Court

·February 8, 2019
·77 Comments

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed amicus briefs in the Michigan Supreme Court today in Michigan v Snyder (Case number 153696) and People v Betts (Case number 148981), arguing that Michigan’s sex offender registration…

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MI: Sex Offender Registry afoul of constitution (Editorial)

·January 25, 2019
·6 Comments

Michigan lawmakers seem keen on making important reforms to the state’s criminal justice system, which should expand protections for civil liberties. Another item they should add to the list: Revamping…

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MI: ACLU suit seeks changes to Michigan sex offender registry

·January 20, 2019
·24 Comments

Civil rights advocates say ___ is an example of how thousands of people have been unfairly penalized by the Michigan Sex Offender Registry more than two years after the Sixth…

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MI: This Proposed Michigan Law Would Treat Parents Who Use Drugs Like Sex Offenders

·December 17, 2018
·13 Comments

[filtermag.org - 12/12/18] Sex offender registries and notification laws have proliferated in the name of protecting women and children, despite the fact that the evidence does not show that they…

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MI: Does v. Snyder brings changes to state’s Sex Offender Registration Law

·September 21, 2018
·108 Comments

Six people who filed a lawsuit against the State of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of its Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), have been removed from the public sex offender registry…

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MI: Courts deemed Michigan’s sex offender registry unconstitutional. Two years later, nothing’s changed

·July 14, 2018
·32 Comments

[michiganradio.org - 7/14/18] The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the state of Michigan over its handling of the state's sex offender registry. In 2016, the 6th Circuit Court ruled…

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MI: Man’s prison-made drawings of child sex acts qualify as pornography

·July 5, 2018
·19 Comments

A prisoner's hand-made drawings of child sex acts qualify as child pornography, according to a state Court of Appeals ruling. Full Article Opinion Opinion

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MI: Treatment of sex offenders depends on whether they’ve challenged rules

·June 7, 2018
·10 Comments

Eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld a decision saying parts of Michigan's sex offender registry law — one of the toughest in the nation — were unconstitutional,…

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MI: How occupational licensing laws harm public safety and the formerly incarcerated

·June 3, 2018
·3 Comments

[www.rstreet.org - 5/31/18] Key Points 1) Many occupational licensing laws condition employment on “good moral character," but how exactly one demonstrates “good moral character” is entirely undefined. 2) Vague language…

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MI: Michigan lawmakers advance legislation on mandated reporters

·May 24, 2018
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[mytwintiers.com 5/23/18] LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Sports coaches, the types of paid employees who allegedly learned Larry Nassar was molesting gymnasts and other athletes before the sexual abuse scandal broke,…

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Breaking down the Michigan bills+ Breaking down the Michigan bills intended to stop the next Larry Nassar

·May 1, 2018
·8 Comments

[bridgemi.com 4/24/18] It’s been three months since Larry Nassar was sent to spend the rest of his life in prison for criminal sexual conduct, after more than 200 women and…

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MI: Wyatt’s Law: Proposed legislation aims to create statewide child abuser registry

·March 11, 2018
·19 Comments

[wxyz.com] A local mother is fighting to fix a broken system that leaves children vulnerable to extreme abuse at the hands of repeat offenders. "It was like oh my God.…

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MI: Death of homeless sex offender in Grand Rapids poses questions

·March 8, 2018
·11 Comments

[mlive.com] So is this what it finally takes for us to hear the muffled cries of the homeless -- an ex-con dead in the snow because it's against the law…

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MI: Bohacek-authored sex offender bill passes house

·February 28, 2018
·7 Comments

[thenewsdispatch.com] INDIANAPOLIS — Senate Bill 12, authored by State Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores, recently passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 91-0. SB 12 would make it unlawful…

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MI: Legislation approved to prevent sex offenders to go to same school as their victims

·February 28, 2018
·7 Comments

[fox47news.com] The House Law and Justice Committee approved legislation on Tuesday that better protects underage students and victims of sexual-based crimes. The legislation was introduced by Representative Lana Theis, State…

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MI: Supreme Court Rules in Sex Offender Registry Case

·January 24, 2018
·12 Comments

Michigan's Supreme Court says a Detroit-area man who served probation and community service after being charged with touching a girl's breast when he was 19 can be removed from a…

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MI: Zachery Anderson denied termination of probation

·December 11, 2017
·5 Comments

For someone who probably should not have been prosecuted in the first place, Zach Anderson is certainly continuing to get a raw deal from the system. Now 22, when Zach…

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