CA: Janice Bellucci challenges Fresno SORR

The Fresno Bee reports that ACSOL Attorney Janice Bellucci is suing Fresno County over their sex offender residency restriction that prohibits certain people from living within 3,000 feet of places like parks and schools. Fresno County is apparently the 40th municipality that has faced legal challenge over their ordinance and we all know how that worked out for them! Go

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Twitter’s policy toward ‘pedophiles’ is key in crime prevention

Here is another article from Earl Yarington, who has been writing a lot on this topic. The letter supporting a Twitter policy toward those attracted to prepubescent and pubescent kids was about two years in the making notes, Dr. James Cantor, a world-renowned scientist, and psychologist on pedophilia and sex offending. Recently, there has been some confusion and mischaracterization about

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Ring assures customers law enforcement can’t access cameras.

The following message was sent to Ring product users in response to recent concerns that the cameras could be accessed by law enforcement.   Dear Neighbor, At Ring, our mission is to make neighborhoods safer. It’s our belief that when communities work together, safer neighborhoods become a reality, which is why we created the Neighbors app. The foundation of Neighbors

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GA: New Legislation Would Allow Lifelong GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders

When the Georgia Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a law allowing convicted sex offenders to be ordered to wear GPS ankle monitors for the rest of their lives after release from prison, several justices offered a concurring opinion saying the Legislature could write a law requiring such monitoring that would pass constitutional muster. New legislation dropped on the first day of the

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Sex Offender Laws Are Broken. These Women Are Working To Fix Them

All 50 states have sex offender registries, and the U.S. Justice Department combines them in a single national database. The information, which is available online to the general public, covers nearly 1 million people, whose crimes run the gamut from streaking to rape. In addition to the stigma imposed by that electronic pillory, registration comes with a panoply of restrictions

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Florida Supreme Court rules convicted felons must pay fees before voting

[NOTE: Persons required to register still can not get their voting rights back] Florida’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that convicted felons must pay all fees related to their sentences before voting. The court decided in its ruling that “all terms of sentence” includes not only terms of a person’s imprisonment and supervision, but also fines and other obligations imposed as

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