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The State of New York might soon get a law restricting a person required to register as a sex offender from getting custody of or unsupervised visitation with a child (including their own child). NOTE: THIS ONLY APPLIES WHERE THE CHILD IS THE VICTIM. Assembly Bill No. A04784C (Same as S02836-C) Sponsored by Fall, is making it’s way to the

Romania is to have a national sex offender registry that will allow the rapid identification of persons who have committed sexual offenses. President Klaus Iohannis signed on Thursday, June 20, the law on the organization of this Automated National Registry, which targets sexual offenders. Under this law, those who are registered in the National Registry are required to give the

I am writing in response to the June 20 article, “Florida’s sex offender population is aging. Where can they live out their silver years?” in which I was quoted. While I appreciate the exposure the Herald has given this important topic, I wanted to correct a gross mis-characterization contained in the article that is contributing to the problem. In the

On any given day, 280,000 PEOPLE in prison—nearly 1 IN 4—are incarcerated as a result of a supervision violation, costing states more than $9.3 BILLION ANNUALLY. Technical supervision violations account for $2.8 BILLION of this total amount, and new offense supervision violations make up $6.5 BILLION. These figures do not account for the substantial local costs of keeping people in

The Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act (CSORA), sections 16-22-101 to -115, C.R.S. 2018, requires that juveniles who are twice adjudicated for unlawful sexual behavior must register as sex offenders for life. In this Eighth Amendment challenge to CSORA, a division of the court of appeals, with one judge dissenting, holds that CSORA’s lifetime registration requirement is a punishment as it