ACSOL: Has your Church excluded you?

Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) wants to know if your church or religious congregation has excluded you. In this month’s Janice’s Journal – written by ACSOL attorney Janice Bellucci, asks, “Why is it that some churches place outright bans on registrants who wish to worship there while others restrict registrants’ activities to such an extent that registrants choose

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Must Listen: Oral Arguments now Available in Millard v. Rankin

Oral argument in the case of Millard v. Rankin, the Colorado case where the registry was found to be cruel and unusual punishment, took place yesterday. The audio for the hearing can be found by clicking on the link below: Millard-v.-Rankin oral argument The case documents can be found below and were and hosted compiled courtesy of the Mitchell Hamline

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Reason: The ‘Frightening and High’ Factoid About Sex Offender Recidivism Still Stalks Courts Across the Land

Last May the Arizona Supreme Court overturned a state ban on bail for people accused of sexual assault “when the proof is evident or the presumption great,” concluding that the categorical exclusion violated the constitutional right to due process. Critics of that decision are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case, Arizona v. Goodman, and their arguments

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Georgia City Wrong to Target Sex Offenders in New ‘Homelessness Ordinance”

The following is an excerpt from an opinion piece in AllOnGeorgia Why are these men living under a bridge? Arguably, it is because laws on the books restrict where sex offenders can live and a criminal background that can often be a hurdle for employment. This is a conversation that partially reared its ugly head when reports of cities and

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