Author: FAC Contributor #3

An intellectually disabled young man placed on the sex offender registry for doing his friend’s bidding has been granted a new hearing. The Illinois Prison Review Board will review his case, most likely sometime this summer. His mother is asking, on his behalf, for executive clemency. He deserves it. Adam is 34 years old and still must be reminded to

Over at the fantastic Posse Comitatus — a substack on sheriffs — Jess Pishko, wrote about ways in which sheriffs (and other law enforcement) often frame themselves as being on the side of victims even as those narratives are (a) often incoherent and (b) demonstrably false beyond their rhetoric. So it was timely that I saw an article with the

Finally a balanced article! This one features our friend, Mary Sue, from Texas Voices for Reason and Justice. Kyle City Council will consider passing a new ordinance which would restrict where some individuals on the Texas sex offender registry can reside, regardless of whether or not the offender is on probation or parole. Mary Sue Molnar, chair of nonprofit advocacy

Senate Bill 932 is on the Agenda to go before the Criminal Justice Committee tomorrow 03/16/21 at 12:30 pm. SB 932 prohibits a court from granting time-sharing with a minor child to a parent registered as a sexual offender or sexual predator. It literally says timesharing MAY NOT be given to a registrant parent unless a judge makes written finding

A 66-year-old inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at San Quentin State Prison early Wednesday, and state corrections officials said they are treating his death as a homicide. John Sullivan had served half of his 10-year sentence from Placer County for failing to register as a sex offender, a second-strike. The Associated Press found in a 2015 analysis that

A person required to register as a sex offender got 99 years in Prison for failing to comply with his sex offender registration requirements. He was unlawfully present at a Catholic School, where he approached the father of a student for money to buy food and then refused to leave. When police were called and he was asked for ID,