Registry – ACSOL

Singapore: Unofficial sex-offender registry raises risk of vigilantism

·July 29, 2018
·4 Comments

[straitstimes.com - 7/26/18] The unofficial registry of convicted sex offenders is nothing more than harassment and more punishment for former offenders who have already served their time (Unofficial registry of…

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NY: A Jury Rejected the Charges, but He Still Has to Register As a Sex Offender for Life

·May 1, 2018
·6 Comments

[reason.com 4/30/18] New York's highest court says accusations can be considered for registration purposes even when the defendant was acquitted. In New York a defendant can be forced to register…

International

India Sex Offenders’ Registry Not the Answer

·April 28, 2018
·1 Comment

[hrw.org 4/27/18] Reeling from protests across the country demanding justice for victims in the recent spate of sexual assaults, Indian authorities are under pressure to respond. One step the government…

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NC: Lawsuit moves forward in twice-delayed hearing on Motion to Dismiss

·April 19, 2018
·4 Comments

[narsol.org 4/18/18] By Robin Vander Wall . . . At a hearing in federal court (Middle District, NC) on Monday, April 16, 2018, NARSOL, NCRSOL, and two John Doe plaintiffs…

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IL: Bill to close sex offender registry loophole expected to die in Illinois House committee

·April 17, 2018
·5 Comments

UPDATED LINKS 4/23/18 [ilnews.org] Friday is the deadline for bills to move out of Illinois statehouse committees, or the bills will die this session. One measure has overwhelming support, but…

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FL: Florida registry gets a new look

·April 2, 2018
·4 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org] The FDLE sex offender database has gotten a new look. The homepage of its sex offender search has a nautical feel, with a lighthouse logo and a ship-wheel icon.…

International

Canada: Calgary man suing police, feds for demanding fingerprints because of his birth date is same as a sex offender

·March 11, 2018
·4 Comments

[calgaryherald.com] A Calgary man says he was forced to provide his fingerprints or give up a 12-year career of coaching youth hockey, all because he shares the same date of…

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Those on sex offender registries targeted for telephone scams

·March 10, 2018
·1 Comment

[narsol.org] By Sandy . . . Scams offering to get someone off the registry for a fee have been around for a while. A new scam has appeared within the…

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KS: Convicted of a Drug Crime, Registered with Sex Offenders

·March 8, 2018
·8 Comments

[themarshallproject.org] By Maurice Chammah In Kansas, even many minor drug offenders must appear on the state’s public registry. A new bill would change that. Amid the farm animals and food…

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SD: Fixing South Dakota’s offender registries

·March 4, 2018
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[rstreet.org] My name is Eli Lehrer and I’m here to testify on H.B. 1244. I am president of the R Street Institute, a conservative think tank headquartered in Washington. I…

General News

How one lawyer proves her faith in criminal rehabilitation

·February 25, 2018
·3 Comments

[mystatesman.com] Any criminal justice system has two purposes: The first is to punish those who have broken the law; the second is to bring about rehabilitation in the lawbreaker, so…

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PA: Wolf signs bill to protect victims of sexual abuse crimes

·February 21, 2018
·132 Comments

[theprogressnews.com] HARRISBURG — Governor Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed House Bill 631 into law, now Act 10 of 2018, the primary intent of which is to provide for greater public…

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VA: It’s Time to Reduce, Reconstruct, Reclassify, Rethink and Reform the Virginia Sex Offender Registry

·February 11, 2018
·6 Comments

[restoringintegritytovirginiaregistry.blogspot.com] Action Item for EVRYONE! A Virginia Court of Appeals Ruling was Based on One Word in Virginia Code § 9.1-903. that Virginia Has Never Implemented, So the Ruling is…

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NY: “All Sex Offender Registries Should Be Abolished”: Reason/Soho Forum Debate

·February 9, 2018
·30 Comments

[narsol.org] That’s the highly controversial resolution that will be argued at the next Soho Forum/Reason debate, on Monday, February 12 at New York’s Subculture Theater from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.…

International

Samoa passes law enforcement only Sex offender registry

·January 15, 2018
·5 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org] Samoa just passed a sex offender registry. There are two important differences, however, between theirs (and most other countries that have a registry) and the US. Firstly, the registry…

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American children’s high mortality rates; sex offenders are not the cause [opinion]

·January 15, 2018
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[floridaactioncommittee.org] The UK Daily Mail reported last week that “American children are 60% more likely to die before their 20’s than kids in other wealthy countries.” But how can that…

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IN: Sex Offenders Sue Over Indiana Registry Requirement

·December 24, 2017
·4 Comments

[US News] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state, saying they're being treated…

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NY: Cuomo wants revenge porn posters to register as sex offenders

·December 21, 2017
·13 Comments

[New York Post] Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to criminalize revenge porn — and force the creeps who post it online to register as sex offenders — under a plan…

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