Bermuda: Sex Offender Bill Passes

A bill that was written about earlier this week has passed and the island country of Bermuda will become the latest country to have a sex offender registry. What’s interesting, is the country’s Attorney General, who indicates in this Royal Gazette article, used empirical evidence in their decision making about their registry. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, explained: “A public

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NARSOL: Call to Action Sen. Tom Cotton: “No early release for sex offenders”

From NARSOL: The First Step Act, now pending in the U.S. Senate, has been described as “a bipartisan-supported bill,” “an important but…modest first-step” toward desperately needed criminal justice reform. It is supported by legislators of both parties and by the President. Modest is correct; the bill would only apply to 1.5 percent of those in federal prisons, and the federal prison

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Santa Sex Offender Arrested for Failure to Register Santa Business

The headline from this story on WFLA reads, “Sex offender Santa seeking Christmas party employment arrested”, but the headline doesn’t tell anything close to the story. The person required to register, in this case, had committed his offense in 1993 (25 years ago) and was no longer on probation. As such, there’s no prohibition in the Florida Statutes on his being

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Bermuda: Sex offender bill under consideration

Bermuda, the British island territory located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America is considering a bill to create a sex offender registry. The bill would also required people convicted of sex offenses to complete treatment while in prison or not be considered for parole or “good time” early release. Unlike the United States’ sex offender registry,

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