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The Central American country of Belize has launched its sex offender registry last week. Unlike the United States (and like most countries) the registry is non-public. Concerned citizens would be required to complete a questionnaire/application form, and if approved, the authorized individuals would then be granted a password to access the system. According to this article in the San Pedro

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hold a weekly conference this Friday, during which two cases will be considered which we will have our eyes on. The losing party in a federal appeal can petition the SCOTUS to consider their case. An application for consideration is called a Writ of Certiorari. Each year, the SCOTUS receives thousands

In an opinion entered earlier this month. A North Carolina District Court Judge found the state’s process for adding people to their sex offender registry who had been convicted out of state, was unconstitutional. In this case, the plaintiff’s case was out of Washington State. He moved to North Carolina, where he was originally told he did not have to

According to this article in the Irish Examiner, 2017 saw a “worrying rise in sex offenses involving juveniles”. The title didn’t do justice to the other “worrying” findings in the article… that move than one-third of the people considered sex offenders against juveniles are juveniles themselves. Some points from the article and findings from the Police service of Ireland: Cases

A new law that further tightens restrictions on where sex offenders can live has some law enforcement agencies concerned it will discourage people from registering as offenders. The law, which went into effect on Nov. 1, added home daycares to the list of locations sex offenders cannot live near. Prior to that, state law already prohibited offenders from living near

As anticipated, the State responded to our Ex Post Facto complaint with a Motion to Dismiss. Their motion, a link to which can be found below, was completely expected. Naturally, this will be replied to and we will continue to keep you updated as things progress. Does v. Swearingen – Mot to Dismiss