New Jersey – ACSOL

NJ: Court Stops Retroactive Application of Lifetime Registration Law

·August 9, 2018
·23 Comments

An appellate court in New Jersey has ruled that the state government cannot retroactively apply a new law that requires life-time registration to registrants who had the possibility of relief…

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NJ Supreme Court Bars Retroactive Application of Megan’s Law Amendments

·May 30, 2018
·8 Comments

[law.com - 5/30/18] The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday held 2014 amendments to Megan's Law enhancing certain penalties for sex offenders who violate parole requirements unenforceable against four defendants…

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NJ: Science and Law Evolve Together, Sex Offender Registry Case Reminds Us

·May 25, 2018
·6 Comments

This is how law and social science are meant to intersect. The case reminds us that, as our knowledge of human behavior evolves, our approach to legal issues will evolve…

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Hey, NJ — ‘Dead Kids Make Bad Laws’

·April 29, 2018
·10 Comments

The above quote isn’t mine, and I would give attribution except that I don’t know who originally said it, but it is so true. Dead kids usually make for emotional,…

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NJ: After state Supreme Court ruling, few sex offenders likely get reprieve from Megan’s Law

·April 26, 2018
·2 Comments

A New Jersey Supreme Court ruling exempting certain sex offenders from Megan's Law registration requirements isn't likely to apply to more than a few dozen people, state officials said Wednesday,…

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NJ Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Lifetime Registration for Juvenile Sex Offenders

·April 24, 2018
·5 Comments

On Tuesday, April, 24, 2018 the New Jersey Supreme Court struck down a provision of Megan’s Law that required certain juvenile sex offenders to register for life. The case, State…

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NJ: How N.J. determines which sex offenders are dangerous, explained

·March 31, 2018
·6 Comments

Keeping track of New Jersey’s registered sex offenders falls to Megan’s Law units in all 21 counties. That includes classifying offenders based on the potential danger they pose to the…

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NJ: Opposition to Blanket Community Notification in New Jersey

·March 17, 2018
·13 Comments

[sexlawandpolicy.org] Today, SLAP Center delivered a letter to Assemblywoman Amy Handlin and Senator Christopher Bateman outlining our opposition to their proposal to allow for community notification of New Jersey’s Tier…

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NJ: How the new ‘child erotica’ law might help stop sex predators

·March 16, 2018
·21 Comments

[nj.com] A new law that further defines child pornography and more heavily prosecutes those who distribute and possess it went into effect recently, and law enforcers are hoping it’ll help…

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NJ: NJ child porn kingpin pleads guilty, experts say Megan’s Law cannot prevent sex abuse

·March 10, 2018
·8 Comments

[trentonian.com] TRENTON >> An Ocean County man who possessed over 36,000 videos and images of child pornography pleaded guilty Tuesday to distributing child pornography online. Anthony White, 31, of Lakewood,…

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NJ: Area woman wants notice of all sex offenders on internet website

·February 27, 2018
·18 Comments

Legislation that has been introduced by state Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth) would, if passed in the Legislature and signed into law by the governor, allow members of the public to…

National

NJ: The disappeared defy good Megan’s Law record | Editorial

·February 2, 2018
·5 Comments

The alliterative term "active absconders" has a nice ring to it, but those to whom the State of New Jersey applies the term are likely to be anything but nice.…

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NJ: New Jersey child molesters won’t face castration threat any time soon

·December 28, 2017
·6 Comments

[trentonian.com] In a year filled with arrests for sexual crimes against child victims, there is a familiar refrain heard each time one of these arrests is announced. “Castrate him,”…

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NJ: Tracking Sex Offender With GPS Bracelet Violates Constitution (Supreme Court)

·November 21, 2017
·18 Comments

Approximately two-thirds of all ex-prisoners are arrested within three years of their release. With a statistic like that, the risk of sexual predators reoffending is particularly concerning. However, strapping criminals…

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NJ: Spurred by rape victim, bill says sex offenders shouldn’t get child custody

·September 7, 2017
·5 Comments

In March, Lakewood resident Jackie Anselmo started a campaign to restrict parental custody rights of convicted sex offenders. Less than six months later, a bill to that effect has been…

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NJ: Rape victim pushes for stronger child protection

·June 27, 2017
·16 Comments

It took 14 years for Jackie Anselmo to go public with her nightmare. Set off by a discovery on social media in the spring, the 28-year-old Lakewood resident decided she had…

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NJ: Sex Offender Cannot Use Mistaken Age Defense

·June 5, 2017
·17 Comments

A former Cape May business owner who claimed a 13-year-old boy, with whom he had a sexual encounter, lied about his age cannot use that as a defense at trial,…

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NJ: Upholds Lie Detector Tests for Sex Offenders

·May 8, 2017
·13 Comments

Paroled sex offenders must submit to lie detector tests as part of the conditions of their release but must be made more clearly aware of their Fifth Amendment rights against…

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