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Canada: What a new report reveals about Manitoba sex offenders and victims

·April 18, 2021
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[winnipeg.ctvnews.ca - 4/16/21] WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba committee tasked with determining if the public needs to be notified about a sex offender has released a report giving the province a…

International

Australia: Judges push for more powers to control who is placed on sex offenders register

·April 12, 2021
·2 Comments

[theage.com.au - 4/13/21] A group of County Court judges is urging the state’s law reform body to give judges more discretion over who is placed on the sex offenders register.…

National

TN: Ruling could signal future change to Tennessee’s sex offender registry

·April 7, 2021
·24 Comments

[newschannel5.com - 4/7/21] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Could hundreds of sex offenders be removed from the state’s sex offender registry? That’s the worry from some victim advocates following a federal…

Commentary

SOHO Forum Debates the Registry

·April 4, 2021
·9 Comments

[womenagainstregistry.org - 3/31/21; Forum was 2/12/2018] Professor Emily Horowitz argues against the registry when she debates Professor Marci Hamilton. Watch the video

International

Trinidad: Public to know sex offenders if new law passed

·March 24, 2021
·1 Comment

[newsday.co.tt - 3/24/21] MEMBERS of the public will soon be able to learn the identities of any convicted sex offenders living amongst them, according to a new bill laid in…

Commentary

ND: Shouldn’t we ask if ‘bias crime’ legislation actually works?

·March 23, 2021
·3 Comments

[thedickinsonpress.com - 3/23/21] Fargo-area politicians and activists will no doubt have a lot of success milking this issue for notoriety, and donations, but even if they're successful in implementing a…

National

Academy Expels Registered Sex Offender Adam _____ After Variety Investigation

·March 18, 2021
·18 Comments

[variety.com - 3/17/21] After a story in Variety in November exposed the fact that registered sex offender — and noted cinematographer — Adam ____ has been a member of the…

International

New Zealand: Ex-NZ First MP Darroch Ball, advocating for victims, blasts ‘out of touch’ Greens for opposing child sex offender list

·March 17, 2021
·5 Comments

[newshub.co.nz - 3/17/21] Former NZ First MP Darroch Ball, who advocates on behalf of victims, has described the Greens as "out of touch" for opposing the registration of child sex…

International

Malaysia: [Expand and] Put sex offenders list under home ministry, NGO tells govt

·March 4, 2021
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[freemalaysiatoday.com - 3/4/21] ... It added that the list should be more complete, user-friendly, and accessible to the public with information on all types of sex offenders, not just paedophiles.…

General News

NY: Rensselaer County proposes animal abuser registry

·February 23, 2021
·12 Comments

[news10.com - 2/23/21] TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On Tuesday, Rensselaer County legislators filed a local law to create a local animal abuse registry. “This legislation will establish an online registry…

International

New Zealand: Man wins appeal to have name struck off Sex Offender Register

·February 10, 2021
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[rnz.co.nz - 2/9/21] The man was sentenced to nine months home detention in early 2018 after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography in early 2016. At his 2018 sentencing, the…

National

AZ: Bowers revives sex offender registry bill HB2674

·January 29, 2021
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[azmirror.com - 1/28/21 House Speaker Rusty Bowers is taking another shot at passing legislation making it easier for some people to get their names off the state’s sex offender registry.…

International

Sri Lanka: Should Sri Lanka Have A Sex Offender Registry?

·January 23, 2021
·2 Comments

[roar.media - 1/23/2021] Last month, Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Sarath Weerasekera announced he would publicly name perpetrators of child abuse, rape and assault in an attempt to…

National

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.…

National

GA: Removing the Scarlet Letter

·December 19, 2020
·6 Comments

[lagrangenews.com - 12/15/20] Decades ago, our state established the Georgia Sex Offender Registry (SOR). The purpose of SOR is to protect our citizens from sexually dangerous predators by identifying offenders…

National

LA: Legislators look at options to increase reliability of LA. sex offender registry

·December 19, 2020
·7 Comments

[houmatoday.com - 12/18/20] Legislators began Thursday looking at changes to state law that would address inaccuracies in the registry that alerts neighbors that someone convicted of sex and/or child predatory…

International

Pakistan: Chemical Castration, Sex Offender Registry in Pakistan’s New Rape Law

·December 16, 2020
·4 Comments

[vice.com - 12/16/20] Rocked by intense protests after a violent gang rape in September, Pakistan’s president has approved a new anti-rape law that seeks to double down on sexual crimes…

National

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…