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MI: ACLU calls for Whitmer veto on Legislature-approved changes to Sex Offender Registration Act

·December 20, 2020
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[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.…

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GA: Removing the Scarlet Letter

·December 19, 2020
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[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…

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

·December 19, 2020
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[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…

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

·December 16, 2020
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[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…

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MI: Michigan Senate approves tightened restrictions in Sex Offender Registration Act

·December 16, 2020
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[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…

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IL: Hundreds of Southern Illinoisans are required to register as sex offenders. But are we any safer?

·December 10, 2020
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[thesouthern.com - 11/27/20] SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ sex offender registry, which now includes more than 32,000 people — most of them men, though some women, as well — has rapidly expanded…

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MI: Michigan poised to double down on failed sex offender registry

·December 10, 2020
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[freep.com - 2020-12-10] In early 2012, more than eight years ago, five people challenged Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) in court, arguing that the registry branded them as dangerous…

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South Africa: Cape Town GBV Protest: Call for Sex Offender List to be Made Public

·November 28, 2020
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[sapeople.com - 11/28/20] “I will not be next”, “We’re done being afraid” and “Femicide is the real pandemic” were some of the many banners on display on Saturday morning during…

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Canada: Baranyai: How should Ontario’s sex offender registry work?

·November 28, 2020
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[lfpress.com - 11/29/20] Ontario’s sex offender registry has some soul searching to do. Does it exist to punish offenders, or protect communities? And how can the framework for who goes…

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IN: WATCH NOW: Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Sgt. Bryan Kersey conducts sex offender checks

·November 28, 2020
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[kenoshanews.com - 11/20/20] Ride Shotgun with Lake County, Indiana sheriff’s Sgt. Bryan Kersey as he checks to ensure convicted Northwest Indiana sex offenders are complying with state sex-offender registry laws.…

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WI: Wisconsin’s sex offender registry born of twin tragedies

·November 28, 2020
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[kenoshanews.com - 11/28/20] On any given day, anyone in Wisconsin can look up the name, address, photo, age and other identifying information on sex offenders in their area who have…

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Sex Offender Registries in Europe and Around the world

·November 28, 2020
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[ccresourcecenter.org - 11/24/20] We are pleased to publish new research by Stephen Schulhofer about the treatment of sex offense registration in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the EU.…

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IL: A timeline of how Illinois registered sex offender database was created

·November 26, 2020
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[pantagraph.com - 11/25/20] When Terry Parke, a state representative from Pittsfield, the chief sponsor of the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act, discusses his 1986 bill, he describes it as…

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Canada: Sex-offender provision unconstitutional in not criminally responsible cases: court

·November 20, 2020
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[ca.news.yahoo.com - 11/20/20] OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Ontario's sex-offender registry regime violates the constitutional rights of people found not criminally responsible for their actions…

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FL: Disney World Vacation Leads to Fight Over Florida Sex Offender Law

·November 11, 2020
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[wjno.iheart.com - 11/10/20] TALLAHASSEE --- A Pennsylvania man has filed a challenge to a Florida law that has kept him on a sexual-offender registry after a 10-day family vacation to…

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OK: Sex-Offense Registry Sweeps Intended to Boost Support for Cops Unwittingly Spread COVID-19

·November 3, 2020
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[shadowproof.com - 11/2/20] The Oklahoma City Police Department pulled off a social media coup on July 7. “Meet the top 10 most wanted individuals being sought by our Sex Offender…

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IL: Ex-teaching assistant gets probation for sexually abusing 14-year-old student

·November 1, 2020
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[news-gazette.com - 10/30/20] URBANA — A 24-year-old woman who admitted having sex with a teenage boy for whom she acted as a teaching assistant has been sentenced to four years…

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PA: Appellate Court finds registration violates right to reputation under Pennsylvania Constitution in as applied case

·October 24, 2020
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - 10/23/20] Before you get too excited, this is an as-applied case, meaning the decision only benefits the person challenging and not everyone on the Pennsylvania registry, but it’s…