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UK: Online naming and shaming ‘threatening offender rehabilitation’

·August 4, 2020
·12 Comments

[bailiwickexpress.com - 8/4/20] Some sex offenders undergoing rehabilitation have lost their jobs, and risk losing their accommodation, after a list of their names and past crimes was posted online, putting…

National

MI: Michigan’s top court kills lawsuit by wrongly imprisoned man

·July 31, 2020
·12 Comments

[washingtontimes.com - 7/30/20] DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Supreme Court has stopped a man from suing the state after he spent more than a year in prison for a crime…

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Kat’s Blog: County Commissioner Seeks A New Kind of Registry in Florida

·July 23, 2020
·31 Comments

The County Commissioner in Brevard County, Florida has put this rather odd item on next week’s County Commission agenda. County Commissioner John Tobias is apparently not satisfied with the current…

National

Sheriff and Deputy Magazine: Big data software helps allocate resources to managing sex offender registry

·July 13, 2020
·20 Comments

[poffenderwatch.com - 5/30/18] [ACSOL is publishing this older article to reveal the inner workings of registrant categorizing software that may affect you] Excerpt from the article: FOCUS [software] uses…

International

Bermuda: Intellectually disabled man faces sex sentence

·July 12, 2020
·3 Comments

[royalgazette.com - 7/11/20] A man who admitted two sex offences against a 13-year-old schoolgirl is be sentenced at Magistrates’ Court next week. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe signalled that _____, 27,…

International

South Africa: Call for National Register for Sex Offenders to be made public

·July 9, 2020
·4 Comments

[iol.co.za/pretoria-news/ - 7/8/20] Pretoria - As Gauteng police investigate the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of a two-year-old child under isolation for Covid-19 at a local hospital, experts call for…

International

All Nigerian States Declare State of Emergency Over Rape and Gender-Based Violence

·June 17, 2020
·0 Comments

[globalcitizen.org - 6/17/20] Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have unanimously declared a state of emergency, after a series of high-profile cases of violence perpetrated against women sparked nationwide protests by…

Commentary

Kat’s Blog: Applause

·June 13, 2020
·8 Comments

Applause for Tampa’s, Mr.________ and his win in two Florida courts. One guy, living as a transient on the streets of Tampa since his prison release, representing himself, stands up…

Commentary

Will Sex Offense Registry Changes be Part of Criminal Justice Reform?

·June 11, 2020
·29 Comments

[medium.com/@zilneyl/ - 6/11/20] The killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement has sparked outrage and mass protests across the nation. Calls for police reform have created yet…

National

FL: CrimeNews Ocala sex offender arrested for failing to update license

·June 9, 2020
·7 Comments

[ocala-news.com - 6/8/20] An Ocala sex offender who recently got out of prison was arrested after he failed to update his driver’s license information within 48 hours of registering his…

National

FL: Ruling allows Tampa man to avoid sex offender registration until he pays $10K fine

·June 9, 2020
·12 Comments

[tampabay.com - 6/9/20] A Tampa man who spent 12 years in prison for molesting two young girls at a community pool does not have to register as a sexual offender…

International

Nigeria: Names of Convicted Sex Offenders now on NAPTIP’s Register

·June 8, 2020
·5 Comments

[bellanaija.com - 6/8/20] Remember how a petition was launched in March, urging the Nigerian government to implement a sex offenders registry (i.e rape, paedophilia, sexual harassment and assault)? Well, the National Agency…

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Janice’s Journal: Take Your Knee Off of My Neck

·June 7, 2020
·49 Comments

I became a grandmother for the first time a week ago. It’s a moment I have been looking forward to, and planning for, many years. Who knew it would take…

International

UK: Dating app ‘catfish’ leaves victim “humiliated and vulnerable”

·June 3, 2020
·6 Comments

[bailiwickexpress.com - 6/2/20 - Bizarre way to get on the registry] A 26-year-old man has become a registered sex offender after he faked a profile to pose as a real…

National

Millions of Lives Ruined by Sex Offender Registry, Says Top Anti-Registry Advocate

·June 1, 2020
·17 Comments

[frankreport.com - 6/1/20] by Vicki Henry Women Against Registry advocates for the families who have loved ones required to register as sexual offenders. According to the National Center for Missing…

National

Booker calls for national police misconduct registry

·May 31, 2020
·28 Comments

[cnn.com - 5/31/20] New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker tells CNN's Jake Tapper he's drafting legislation to create a national police registry for misconduct after the killing of George Floyd by…

Meetings / Events

Watch Recording of Safe and Just Michigan to learn the evidence-based case for ending sex offender registries

·May 22, 2020
·10 Comments

[safeandjustmi.org - 5/28/30 event] 5/28/20 UPDATE: Here is the link to watch the recording Thursday, May 28 • 12:00 Noon • via Zoom • Free • Sign up: www.bit.ly/EndTheRegistry Sex…

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NE: Advocates call for an end to the public sex offender registry

·May 21, 2020
·25 Comments

[fox42kptm.com - 5/20/20] A shooting in North Omaha has sparked concerns over the state sex offender registry. Following the death of Mattieo Condoluci, members of the National Association of Rational…