San Francisco board rebrands ‘convicted felon’ as ‘justice-involved person,’ sanitizes other crime lingo

Crime-ridden San Francisco has introduced new sanitized language for criminals, getting rid of words such as “offender” and “addict” while changing “convicted felon” to “justice-involved person.” The Board of Supervisors adopted the changes last month even as the city reels from one of the highest crime rates in the country and staggering inequality exemplified by pervasive homelessness alongside Silicon Valley

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NJ: Member submission – Parole Officers Violating Civil Rights and Getting Away With It

Hello. I am writing to you today to bring to light a plethora of civil rights violations that are taking place in New Jersey by Parole and Probation, and they’re getting away with it constantly. Please allow me to explain below, and then decide if you would like to make this information public. Unfortunately, one of the most detested group

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New Smyrna Beach trying to ban registrants under threat of lawsuit

[FAC NOTE: We must organize a group to create a vocal opposition to the proposed SORR. If you live in Volusia County, please contact membership so we can coordinate.] There are more sex offenders moving to New Smyrna Beach and that has prompted city leaders to consider shrinking the locations where both sexual offenders and sexual predators can legally live.

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North Carolina Strikes Lifetime GPS as Unconstitutional

The North Carolina Supreme Court has just struck down lifetime GPS-monitoring for persons required to register as sex offenders who are not on parole or probation as unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment (Search and Seizure). The importance of this case is that the court considered evidence of low recidivism among registrants generally, notwithstanding unsupported legislative findings to the contrary, and

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Not a conspiracy theory – just sharing facts.

Since Jeffrey Epstein died this past Saturday, we’ve really been holding back on writing anything about it for fear of contributing to a practice we’ve always discouraged; perpetuating personal theories or myths. As people required to register, we absolutely do not want anyone to jump to conclusions about us without knowing all the facts. Since this has been the biggest

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Glaring loopholes in national sex offender registry raise concerns

This was actually a decent story from Fox News. It makes the general point that the registry is not working and the confusing patchwork of different state laws and local restrictions makes compliance and enforcement impossible. Here are some excerpts: Amid the fallout from the death of Jeffrey Epstein – compounded by sharp questions as to why he was able to live

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