Residency Restrictions (SORR)

WI: Rhinelander Common Council approves new sex offenders ordinance

·August 13, 2019
·14 Comments

[starjournalnow.com - 8/13/19] The Rhinelander Common Council met Monday and held the final public hearing for the new sex offender ordinance. No concerns or questions regarding the ordinance were brought…

National

Kat’s Blog: Tennessee Temporary Restraining Order Extended Indefinitely

·July 12, 2019
·12 Comments

We were all waiting for July 11, 2019 the court date for the preliminary injunction regarding whether or not TN registrants would be allowed to continue to reside in their…

National

WI: City must set aside emotion on sex offenders

·July 4, 2019
·9 Comments

[lakegenevanews.net - 7/3/19] I know how people feel about sex offenders. I agree that sex crimes are reprehensible, especially those in which children are the victims. Such offenders often face…

California

CA: City of San Diego Asserts that SB 145 Will Allow Cities to Adopt Residency Restrictions for All Registrants

·July 2, 2019
·25 Comments

[ACSOL - 7/2/19] In a motion filed today in federal district court, the City of San Diego asserted that the current language of SB 145 would allow cities to adopt…

National

IL: Column: Now it’s Wayside Cross residents’ turn to be blindsided

·June 29, 2019
·3 Comments

[chicagotribune.com - 6/28/19] Yes, this is a story about the law. In particular, it’s about a law that prohibits child sex offenders from being within 500 feet of a public…

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FL: Florida’s sex offender population is aging. Where can they live out their silver years?

·June 27, 2019
·1 Comment

[miamiherald.co - 6/20/19] When Mark Sullivan found his roommate, Aquila “Bud” Albertson, grasping onto their refrigerator door, clearly in pain, Sullivan said the 94-year-old needed medical attention, but Albertson tried…

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FL: Fort Lauderdale relaxes restrictions on where sex offenders can live

·June 20, 2019
·5 Comments

[sun-sentinel.com - 6/18/19] Fort Lauderdale city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to relax the city’s residency restrictions on sex offenders. Offenders will now be allowed to live close to bus stops…

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FL: Fort Lauderdale opening more neighborhoods to sex offenders with change in strict law

·June 7, 2019
·10 Comments

[sun-sentinel.com - 6/7/19] There are no homes at 2700 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. Although the only buildings standing are a McDonald’s and a Chick-fil-A, 110 people have registered…

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NY: Registered sex offender living at Newfane nursing facility

·June 6, 2019
·22 Comments

[wkbw.com - 6/6/19] 7 Eyewitness News has learned a registered sex offender is living at the Newfane Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. But he had been quietly living in a…

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FL: Homeless sex offender listed intersection near middle school as his address

·May 23, 2019
·12 Comments

[wftv.com - 5/22/19] The sexual offender registry is designed to help residents know where sexual offenders live. Channel 9 found out that within a 1-mile radius of Lake Eola Park,…

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NY: Child porn convict living across from school, locked up in Ohio

·May 3, 2019
·2 Comments

[whec.com - 5/1/19] News10NBC is tracking the case of ________. We are trying to learn why a man who is a registered sex offender after a child porn conviction, was…

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IL: Federal Judge Finds Illinois Rules On Sex Offenders Unconstitutional

·April 2, 2019
·9 Comments

[wbez.org - 4/1/19] A federal judge in Chicago has found the Illinois Department of Corrections is violating the constitutional rights of prisoners convicted of certain sex crimes by making…

California

CA: Judge Allows San Diego Sex Offender Lawsuit To Proceed

·April 1, 2019
·25 Comments

[kpbs.org - 4/1/19] San Diego City Council members are under more pressure to repeal an unenforceable law restricting where sex offenders can live in the city, after a federal judge…

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Kat’s Blog: Winning One Battle at a Time

·March 24, 2019
·15 Comments

TN House Bill 407 went before the house committee on Wednesday. In summary, the bill which was proposed by House Rep. Doggett and Senator Hensley sought two amendments to the…

National

The Dobbs Wire: Banishment! Patty Wetterling, Jill Levenson and more

·March 19, 2019
·2 Comments

[twitter.com/TheDobbsWire - 3/18/19] The Dobbs Wire: Banishment! In the 21st century many localities in the United States use an ancient means to get rid of people who have been stigmatized…

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CT: Windsor Locks to vote on repealing sex offender proximity ordinance

·March 15, 2019
·0 Comments

[journalinquirer.com - 3/15/19] Nearly a year after an advocacy group and an anonymous resident filed a lawsuit against the town over an ordinance barring sex offenders from designated public places,…

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ME: Law would ban sex offenders from some multi-unit buildings, houses in Maine

·February 26, 2019
·3 Comments

[wmtw.com - 2/25/19] UGUSTA, Maine — A proposal at the Maine State House would add living restrictions to Maine's sex offender law. The bill would ban a convicted sex offender…

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NY: Statement on Landmark Appellate Decision Limiting the Reach of SORA Residency Restrictions

·February 22, 2019
·19 Comments

[legalaidnyc.org - 2/21/19] The Legal Aid Society applauded a ruling rendered today by the New York State Appellate Division – Third Department, rejecting the New York State Department of Correction…

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