Registry Archives

Emily Horowitz: The Real Monsters – Sex offender registries don’t make us any safer. Abolishing them would.

·June 3, 2022
·26 Comments

Source: inquest.org 6/3/22 Watching the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I was struck by how Republican senators pounced on the judge’s thoughtful, considered, and mainstream sex…

National

ME: Lindsey Daggett doesn’t care that residency restrictions don’t work. She wants them for “justice”

·May 31, 2022
·25 Comments

Source: bangordailynews.com 5/31/22 Lindsey Daggett was 15 years old when she confided in a family member that she had been sexually abused. The man who had molested her for nine…

National

DE: Proposed sex offender registry legislation doesn’t make communities safer

·May 27, 2022
·16 Comments

Source: delawareonline.com 5/27/22 House Bill 306 is before the Delaware State Legislature. For the 4,500-plus Delawareans who appear on the state Sex Offender Registry the proposed legislation changes the “Restrictions” designation…

International

Namibia: A Sex Offender Register for Namibia? … Right Idea, Wrong Solution

·May 20, 2022
·4 Comments

Source: namibian.com.na 5/19/22 IN 2017, hundreds of people gathered outside a house in Katutura after hearing reports that a man living there was abducting children and dismembering their bodies. According…

National

AK: Data shows Arkansas 3rd highest rate of registered sex offenders in U.S.

·May 16, 2022
·8 Comments

Source: 5newsonline.com 5/16/22 ARKANSAS, USA — There are 767,000 registered sex offenders across the nation and 18,000 of those live in Arkansas. The data says that just under 600 registered…

International

VA: Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

·May 10, 2022
·43 Comments

Source: justice.gov 5/5/22 BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – A convicted West Virginia sex offender pleaded guilty today to failing to provide information related to foreign travel as required by the Sex Offender…

National

KS: Internet child sex crimes convictions will require registration as offenders in Kansas

·May 5, 2022
·8 Comments

Source: wibw.com 5/5/22 TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A bill to allow those convicted of drug offenses to seek relief from the offender registration act and require those convicted of internet…

National

SD: This South Dakota man was removed from sex offender registry after 10 years: ‘You still have the chance’

·May 2, 2022
·12 Comments

Source: news.yahoo.com 5/1/22 Taylor Hughes was stuck in Mitchell because the roads to Plankinton were closed. A spring snowstorm had blown in and the convicted sex offender had no way…

National

SC: SC Legislature can’t keep delaying fix on sex-offender registry

·April 30, 2022
·7 Comments

Source: postandcourier.com 4/29/22 Even though it’s supposed to be independent and uninfluenced by the political branches of government, the S.C. Supreme Court still manages to be a good team player.…

Meetings / Events

LGBT People on Sex Offender Registries: Results from a National Survey [5/10/22 Webinar]

·April 9, 2022
·4 Comments

Source: williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu May 10, 2022 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific Time, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time Sex offense registries have operated in the United States since 1947…

National

FL: Pennsylvania tourist to stay on Florida’s sex-offense registry

·April 5, 2022
·34 Comments

Source: orlandosentinel.com 4/4/22 TALLAHASSEE — A Leon circuit judge has dismissed a Pennsylvania man’s challenge to a Florida law that kept him on a sexual-offense registry after a 10-day family…

California

CA: Senior Anaheim Police Detective Says Sergeant Tampered With Sex Offender Database to Sabotage Her

·March 20, 2022
·10 Comments

Source: voiceofoc.org 3/18/22 A male Anaheim Police Dept. supervisor tampered with a sex offender database to sabotage a female senior detective, Laura Lomeli, whom he had singled out and retaliated…

International

CANADA: Supreme Court considers if mandatory listing on sex registry is constitutional

·February 8, 2022
·23 Comments

Source: cbc.ca 2/8/22 Edmonton lawyer asks top court to strike down sections of Canada's sex offender laws The fallout from a 2011 Edmonton sexual assault case has come before the…

National

KS: Victims advocate lawmakers to force convicted peeping suspects onto sex offender registry

·February 8, 2022
·10 Comments

Source: kshb.com 2/7/22 KANSAS CITY, KS. — On Tuesday, the Kansas State Senate is set to hear a sex offender law in Topeka. Kansas Senate Bill 385 would require people…

International

Cayman: Wealthy Cayman has no sex registry, but poorer countries have one

·January 17, 2022
·21 Comments

Source: cayman.loopnews.com 1/16/22 According to the Belize Crime Observatory, the government of Belize — through the Ministry of Home Affairs — officially launched the Belize Crime Observatory on October 25,…

Commentary

Is the Sex Offender Registry Fair?

·January 11, 2022
·25 Comments

Source: legalreader.com 1/11/22 Failure to Register, in most states, is a serious felony, punishable by jail or prison time. The 1990s saw a significant rise in horrific sex offenses directed…

International International Travel

Antigua: Sex offenders registry to be established

·December 27, 2021
·8 Comments

Source: antiguaobserver.com 12/27/21 Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin says residents will soon be alerted when a sex offender moves into their neighborhood by the creation of a sex offenders registry. ...…