When Junk Science About Sex Offenders Infects the Supreme Court
This month the Supreme Court will have a rare opportunity to correct a flawed doctrine that for the past two decades has relied on junk social science to justify punishing more than 800,000 Americans. Two cases that the court could review concern people on the sex...
read moreThe Dobbs Wire: just went LIVE on NY Times website — see the video!
Just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court justices return from summer break a continuing controversy threatens the court’s credibility. Did they play fast and loose with the facts in several landmark sex offense cases? A new video that just went live on the New York...
read moreBroward County: Denied access to shelter?
If you are a registered sex offender or predator and were denied entry into a shelter in Broward County or not provided with any means to seek aid or shelter because of your registration status. Please contact [email protected]
read moreFlorida Sex Offenders Told to Seek Shelter in Jails and Prisons, or Leave State During Hurricane Irma
Registered sex offenders across Florida might have a hard time finding safe shelter as Hurricane Irma begins pummeling the state Sunday. Many shelters across Florida were at capacity over the weekend, and few had let in sex offenders. Some were told to report to their...
read moreSheriff Grady Judd Sued
Florida sheriff who threatened arrests at shelters is sued threatened arrests at shelters is sued. A man who claims he was denied entry to a shelter unless he underwent a background check is suing Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, who got national attention after saying...
read moreCA: Lawmaker revives bill that would scale back sex offender registry
A proposal to end the lifetime listing of many convicted sex offenders on a public registry in California was revived Friday when its author put the language in a separate bill, bypassing a committee that shelved the measure last week. Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San...
read moreDoes a ban on sex offenders attending church violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
An Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday heard the case of John Doe, et al. v. The Boone County Prosecutor, et al., 06A01-1612-PL-02741, which the ACLU of Indiana brought on behalf of three John Doe registered sex offenders who under Indiana Code 35-42-4-14, prohibits...
read moreMilwaukee Common Council votes to remove sex offender residency restriction: “No longer any buffer zone”
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Common Council voted on Wednesday, September 6th to all but eliminate the city's residency restrictions for sex offenders, and there's one sex offender in particular who likely played a big role in the change. The council voted to remove a...
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