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FL: Groups Call on Governor DeSantis to Temporarily Suspend In-Person Reporting Required Under Sex Offense Registry

·March 28, 2020
·6 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/27/20] BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA – March 27, 2020. The Florida Action Committee (FAC), the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute are calling on Florida Governor Ron…

ACSOL News

ACSOL Files Fifth Lawsuit Challenging San Diego In-Person Registration During Pandemic

·March 27, 2020
·12 Comments

[ACSOL] The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) filed today a fifth lawsuit challenging in-person registration for all registrants, including those with high-risk COVID-19 factors. This lawsuit was filed…

Commentary

The Unethical Dilemma of an Offense Based Sex Offender Registration and Notification System and the Indiscriminate Effect on the Low Risk Offender

·March 27, 2020
·5 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/26/20] The Law Review article linked to below was written by Kenneth H. Browning, a third-year law student at Barry University School of Law. He examines ethics in…

ACSOL News

CA: ACSOL Lawsuit Filed Against SDPD for In-Person Sex Registration Amid Pandemic

·March 26, 2020
·5 Comments

[kpbs.org - 3/25/20] A lawsuit has been filed against the San Diego Police Department on behalf of more than 100 local sex offender registrants who are challenging requirements that they…

ACSOL News California

ACSOL Files Second Challenge to San Diego In-Person Registration Requirement During COVID-19 Pandemic

·March 24, 2020
·45 Comments

[ACSOL] The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) today filed a second lawsuit challenging a city's requirement that all registrants, including those who have high-risk COVID-19 factors, register in…

ACSOL News California

LAPD Stops In-Person Registration, Provides Registration by Telephone

·March 24, 2020
·26 Comments

[ACSOL] The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has stopped all in-person registration of individuals required to register as a sex offender in that city. In place of in -person registration,…

ACSOL Commentary

Sex Registration and the COVID-19 Pandemic

·March 23, 2020
·21 Comments

[ACSOL] A word or two concerning sex registration and the COVID-19 pandemic. As the landscape continues to change, and additional containment measures go into effect, I want to assure you…

International

Mexico: Local Congress approves the creation of a Sex Offender Registry in Mexico City

·March 15, 2020
·9 Comments

[eluniversal.com.mx - 3/15/20] Mexico City’s Congress recently approved the creation of the Sex Offender Registry as part of a strategy to prevent Sexual abuse. Eduardo Santillán Pérez, the head of…

International

Scotland: Policing humour is no joke

·March 6, 2020
·1 Comment

[spiked-online.com - 2/27/20] Police Scotland are up to their old tricks again. It was revealed last week that they are logging jokes made on the internet because someone, somewhere, might…

National

UT: Topless Utah Stepmom Pleads Guilty To Avoid Sex Offender Registry

·February 26, 2020
·11 Comments

[reason.com - 2/26/20] Faced with the possibility of being placed on a sex offender registry for 10 years, Utah's Tilli Buchanan has instead pleaded guilty to lesser charges after being…

Commentary

Time to Purge Bloated Sex Offender Registries

·February 22, 2020
·21 Comments

[creators.com - 2/22/20] Those who fight for a more equitable way to keep track of sexual predators won a big victory in Michigan last week. That is a state with…

National

TN: Tennessee bill would change penalties for public urination

·February 19, 2020
·3 Comments

[newschannel9.com - 2/18/20] NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A bill before committee in the Tennessee General Assembly would prevent a person from being seen as a sex offender if they perform "an excretory function"…

National

NM: Bill to increase penalties for human trafficking and expand sex offender registration clears House

·February 16, 2020
·11 Comments

[nmpoliticalreport.com - 2/15/20] A bill that supporters say will get tough on human trafficking and expand who has to register as a sex offender in the state took another step…

National

MI: Federal judge to hear latest arguments in case of sex offender registry ruled unconstitutional

·February 3, 2020
·77 Comments

UPDATE 2/5: Hearing today to decide whether to remove thousands from Michigan sex offender registry Also see: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/02/constitutional-fight-for-michigan-sex-offender-rights-now-before-federal-judge.html [michiganradio.org - 2/3/20] Lawyers will make their case in front of a…

Commentary

Kat’s Blog: Band-Aid Fixes

·February 1, 2020
·5 Comments

I’m not sure what’s going on in Tennessee. Lately there seems to be an avalanche of bills proposed challenging the rights of registrants. Most of these bills seem to serve…

National

GA: Group confronts Cobb County sheriff over ‘invented requirements’ imposed on sex offenders

·January 30, 2020
·8 Comments

[11alive.com - 1/29/20] ATLANTA — A sex offender rights group is accusing the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office of overstepping Georgia’s sex offender registration laws. In a letter sent this week…

National

NM: New Mexico rethinks sex-offender registry eluded by Epstein

·January 9, 2020
·8 Comments

[sfchronicle.com - 1/9/20] Legislators will consider changes to the state's sex offender registration policies in response to revelations that deceased financier and New Mexico ranch owner Jeffrey Epstein was allowed…

National

TX: Family says they’re being targeted due to criminal past

·January 7, 2020
·13 Comments

[kens5.com - 1/6/20] Obscene symbols and hateful words fill the walls outside a San Antonio home. The messages are directed at the registered sex offender who lives in the house.…

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