MN: Win in Minnesota as 8th Circuit rules civil commitment challenge can proceed.

A win in the State of Minnesota, where a group of civilly committed individuals challenged their continued confinement. They will have their day in court. Below is a summary from the court and below that is a link to the opinion. Plaintiffs, persons civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program pursuant to the Minnesota Civil Commitment and Treatment Act:

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VA: Win in Virginia as 4th Circuit reverses and remands ex-post-facto registration case.

Some good news (or, I should say partial good news because a dismissal was upheld on due process grounds), out of Virginia where an Ex-Post-Facto case was reversed and remanded after being dismissed by the trial court. In 1994, Prynne was convicted and sentenced to probation for having sex with a 15-year old for which she served as the family

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Table added to track Florida’s 2021 Bills

We recently updated the table on our website with the Bills currently being considered by the 2021 Florida Legislature that impact persons required to register. You can access this table from the header on our website labeled “2021 Legislation” that will lead you to this page: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/2021-legislation/ Thank you to the volunteer for our Legislative Committee who put this together

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New Mexico House passes bill to toughen human trafficking laws

In response to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that touched New Mexico, it’s no wonder their state’s legislature has introduced a bunch of new laws targeting sex trafficking and offending. We’re posting this not because they introduced a law, nor that it passed the House by an overwhelming 63-3 this week, but to highlight the statement of one of the three

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The Southern Baptist Convention ousts churches because pastors were on the registry

Shame on the Southern Baptist Convention for kicking out two of its affiliates because they employed pastors who were on the registry! According to ABC News, West Side Baptist Church in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, was ousted because it “knowingly employs as pastor a registered sex offender,” and Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville, Tennessee, has a pastor who was convicted of statutory

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