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…
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…
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…
IN: En Banc Seventh Circuit Hears Challenge to Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law
[courthousenews.com - 5/20/21] Indiana argued before the full Seventh Circuit on Thursday that state law does not place unfair registration requirements on sex offenders moving to the Hoosier State. At…
MT: Judge Blocks Requirement for ‘Gay Sex’ Offender Registration
[usnews.com - 5/12/21] The state of Montana has no valid reason to require a man to register as a sex offender based on his conviction for having gay sex in…
Uganda: Convicted homosexuals to be included in Uganda sex offender registry
[76crimes.com - 5/7/21] Ugandans convicted of having sex with people of the same sex would be included in a new sex offender registry, following the passage by Parliament of a…
South Africa: Warning against making register for sex offenders public
[www.iol.co.za - 5/7/21] Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has warned against calls to make public the national register for sex offenders. It is believed that making…
Uganda: Stiff penalties for sexual offenders as Uganda moves to create directory
[monitor.co.ug - 5/5/21] Persons convicted of sexual offences will have their data registered with the National Identification and Registration Authority (Nira), according to the Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 that Parliament…
UK: No stalkers’ register in domestic abuse bill an ‘insult to victims’
[theguardian.com - 4/28/21] Ministers have been accused of misleading and insulting victims after a cross-party group of peers abandoned a push to create an automatic register of dangerous domestic abusers…
The Dobbs Wire: Flashback to 1996
[The Dobbs Wire (@TheDobbsWire) / Twitter - 4/19/21] A Massachusetts father writes about his young son -- an important matter requiring a trip to the police station. It's a powerful,…