ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
FL: Florida Faces Challenges On Sex Offender Registry
Source: miami.cbslocal.com 9/28/21 TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Florida is facing two constitutional challenges from men who live in other states and contend they have been improperly kept on public sex-offender registry…
Court Stops First Challenge to CA Tiered Registry Law
A judge in Sacramento Superior Court today stopped the first challenge to the Tiered Registry Law. The action was taken during a virtual hearing held before Judge Shama Mesiwala. The…
CT: Committee Considers Sex Offender Registry Changes
Source: ctnewsjunkie.com 8/24/21 A subcommittee of the state Sentencing Commission is working to create a process to allow certain individuals to be removed from the public sex offender registry. After…
Sex Offender Registries TW: Abuse
Source: youtube.com 8/12/21 Channel: sexplanations Video intro: Someone asked me once how I determined which topics to cover. I answered that I have all these topics in my mind but…
WAR Family Foundation Declares it is Time to Pivot as a Matter of Fundamental Fairness
Source: womenagainstregistry.org 8/18/21 Pivot from annihilation to reasonable accountability and justice for all ARNOLD, MO, UNITED STATES, August 18, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Families are living at the little ‘red dots’…
IN: Divided 7th Circuit reverses order to remove sex offender names for ‘right to travel’ violation but remands equal-protection claim
Source: theindianalawyer.com 8/17/21 A split en banc 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a decision from an original three-judge panel that ordered the removal of six names from the…
CA DOJ Issues New Proof of Registration Form
Source: ACSOL The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) has issued a new proof of registration form, Form CJIS 8050. The new form is one page long and includes standard…
ACSOL Announces Major Event in Nation’s Capitol in March 2023
The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will lead a vigil on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 2023. The purpose of the vigil is to…
Michigan Supreme Court Declares Sex Offender Laws Are Punitive
Source: ACSOL The Michigan Supreme Court today issued a decision declaring that the state's sex offender law adopted in 2011 cannot retroactively be applied to a registrant convicted two years…
ACSOL Leader Janice Bellucci to Speak in WAR Room on July 27 at 5pm
ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci is the featured speaker in The War Room on Tuesday, July 27 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time (not 6 p.m.!). The focus of her presentation…
TX: Texas to be first state to make buying sex a felony
Source: inforney.com 7/6/21 A new law that goes into effect Sept. 1 will make Texas the first state to punish sex buyers with a felony. HB 1540 was filed by…
LA: Person convicted of sex offense must register despite post-probation dismissal
Source: americanpress.com 6/30/21 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling means a man will have to continue to register as a person convicted of a sex offense even…
CT: Stratford Man Refuses Probation, Wants Jail Instead!
The man is convicted of a sex offense and reportedly believes probation would make him a pariah in the community. STRATFORD, CT — A 61-year-old Stratford man, who was convicted…
MI: Lawsuit against state’s Sex Offense Registry Act enters final judgment
Source: wnem.com 6/21/21 A federal judge has granted a motion for litigation about the state’s sex offense act to enter final judgment. Parts of Michigan’s Sex Offense Registration Act (SORA)…
Emily Horowitz on the Failure of the Sex Offense Registry (Audio)
The Unspeakable Podcast w/Meghan Daum 6/13/2021 One sure way to lose a popularity contest is to fight for the rights of people convicted of a sex offense. But The National…
South Carolina Supreme Court Declares Lifetime Registration Without Court Assessment to be Unconstitutional
[ACSOL] The Supreme Court of South Carolina issued a decision today that declared unconstitutional lifetime registration in that state because the state does not provide registrants "any opportunity for judicial…
South Africa: Adoption of two bills to curb gender-based violence in SA welcomed
[www.iol.co.za - 5/31/21] Cape Town - Civil society organisations have welcomed the adoption of two pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening laws fighting gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). ... He…