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Kat’s Blog: Blimey, Who Does Australia’s Fact Checking?

·January 15, 2019
·5 Comments

Peter Dutton, Minister for Home Affairs in Australia wants to be the white knight riding in to save his constituents from “sex offenders” by proposing a National Public Registry. “Thwarting…

International

AUS: Lawyer fears sex offender list would lead to jury bias

·January 14, 2019
·2 Comments

[pressreader.com for Courier-Mail, 1/14/19] Veteran criminal lawyer Chris Nyst says a public register for child sex offenders could result in unfair convictions from biased jurors, if they were given easy…

National

Kat’s Blog: The Registry: A Valuable Public Safety Tool?

·January 9, 2019
·26 Comments

If you have a few minutes, read Florida’s Sex Offender Registration and Monitoring Triennial Review 2018 (www.oppaga.state.fl.us). Even if you don’t live in Florida, it’s an interesting slog thru what…

National

FL: Miami-Herald: FAC Opinion Published

·January 4, 2019
·0 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 1/4/19. Not available on miamiherald.com] An opinion piece in response to a recent article in the Miami Herald was published today. The text of the response and an…

National

Academic Study Reveals 30 States Require Visiting Registrants to Register; 22 States Don’t Remove Registrants After They Depart

·September 10, 2018
·126 Comments

Note: before you travel to another state, it is your responsibility to always read up on the latest registration regulations. Don't depend on secondhand studies like this. Do your research…

National

ND: North Dakota works to track registered sex offenders

·September 3, 2018
·2 Comments

[inforum.com - 9/2/18] Keeping track track of sex offenders in North Dakota requires technology and the teamwork of law enforcement and communities across the state. There are among nearly 1,900…

International

India Likely to Launch Sex Offender Data Base Next Month

·September 2, 2018
·1 Comment

[sputniknews.com - 8/31/18] The registry is aimed at helping law enforcement agencies to identify repeat offenders while making people aware of those involved in crimes that are sexual in nature,…

General News International

Bermuda: Do not make sex offender registry public

·August 23, 2018
·1 Comment

[royalgazette.com - 8/23/18] Government expert: Seb Henagulph, a consultant at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and Westgate Correctional Facility A forensic psychiatrist said there was no clear evidence to show that…

General News

Study: Oregon Has the Fewest Sex Offenders Per Capita

·August 22, 2018
·14 Comments

[portlandmercury.com - 8/21/18] A new study shows that Oregon has the fewest sex offenders per capita of any state, with only 195 sex offenders per one million residents. The company…

International

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…

National

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…

National

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…

National

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…

National

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…

National

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…

National

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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