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Illinois’ sex offender registry, which now includes more than 32,000 people — most of them men, though some women, as well — has rapidly expanded since its first iteration in 1986. Then, it included four qualifying crimes. Today, there are more than 30 crimes that trigger mandatory registration, including some repeat misdemeanor offenses. In recent years, policy makers and advocates, both for

While the term trafficking evokes for many images of children kidnapped off the street, smuggled across borders and moved from place to place, that’s rarely the case, social workers and researchers say. Many who work with the children or who study the problem prefer the the term commercial sexual exploitation of children to trafficking, as it offers a much clearer

Devastating news in from the Southern District of Florida. Does v. Swearingen (the case we referred to as “Ex Post Facto Plus”) has been dismissed by Judge Kathleen Williams because the plaintiffs are barred by the statute of limitations. A copy of the order follows. Does v Swearingen – Final Judgment We will update as soon as we hear more

A huge order came out of the 10th Circuit (Florida) in Polk County today. It’s extremely significant for anybody who is nearing the finish line and will become eligible to petition for removal under Florida Statute 943.0435(11). Florida provides registrants only two opportunities to be removed from the State’s sex offense registry. The first applies only to Romeo and Juliet

The Dobbs Wire:  Flashback to 2006 & Joe Biden!  The U.S. has long been awash in punishment and has the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the world.  After prison, in sex-related cases, an array of federal and state laws known as the sex offense legal regime brings further punishment. These statutes do nothing to improve public safety while

The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Ontario’s sex-offender registry regime violates the constitutional rights of people found not criminally responsible for their actions by reason of mental disorder. [NOTE: THEIR REGISTRY IS NON-PUBLIC] In Ontario, the law requires those who are either convicted of a sexual offence or found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder to