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Just released is the United States Sentencing Commission June 2021 report, “Federal Sentencing of Child Pornography: Non-Production Offenses“. The last time the USSC issued a report on CP sentencing was in 2012, so this updated report is 9 years in the making. As with all news, we want to bring it to you as soon as we learn of it,

Juveniles cannot be mandated to register as lifelong sex offenders in Colorado if there is no way for offenders to be individually assessed or to later be removed from the registry, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. “Mandatory lifetime sex offender registration brands juveniles as irredeemably depraved based on acts committed before reaching adulthood,” Justice Monica Márquez wrote. “But a

A trial date has been set in lobbyist Ron Book’s DUI case (Case No. 19005520MU10A). As of now, it will be taking place on September 21, 2021, before the Honorable Jill Levy, beginning 9:30AM in Courtroom 6170 of the Broward County Central Courthouse, 201 SE 6th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301.  

Free. Live-streamed on Facebook (https://www.easternstate.org/facebook) and via Zoom webinar. (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89360366229? pwd=MzNTM3BWZ3psKzUzREtsYnNyRTczQT09) Join us as we take a look at the history and consequences of well intentioned legislation and the human and community impact of sex offender registries. Since 1996, all 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C. require people convicted of sex offenses to be placed on a registry. Over the

If you’ve been following this forum during the past legislative session you will know that Senate Bill 234 has been on our radar and we’ve raised several calls to action opposing a lot of the horrible stuff that was in there. Our efforts made a significant difference as the version of SB 234 that was signed off on yesterday and

Wait… didn’t we post this story a few days ago? Multi-agency operation, silly name, ominous headline… but no, that was Las Vegas, Nevada and this is Bend, Oregon… Whatever, it’s all the same old story anyhow… This time “‘Operation High Desert’: Federal marshals lead Bend-area sex offender sweep”. According to this article; “a coordinated sweep by the U.S. Marshals Service,