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SOURCE WEST CHESTER >> A Common Pleas Court judge has ruled that a Chester County man convicted of forcing himself sexually on a sleeping woman will not have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. In an order signed July 10, Judge Anthony Sarcione found that the law that defendant George Torsilieri was required to

On October 2, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Gundy v. United States, A “sex offender” case. Reporter Amy Howe on SCOTUSBlog described the issue in the case as, “whether the law improperly delegates to the U.S. attorney general authority to decide whether SORNA’s registration requirements should apply to sex offenders

A small bit of encouragement came from a civil class action lawsuit, IN RE ARRIS CABLE MODEM CONSUMER LITIGATION, Dist. Court, ND California 2018. Plaintiffs, a group of consumers, are suing cable modem manufacturer, Arris, in a class action lawsuit. The case has nothing to do with our cause, except that one of the class representative plaintiffs happens to be

SOURCE: Jacksonville.com Here are some excerpts. To read the entire article, visit the link: Even as crime rates and prison admissions have fallen over the past decade, ever-lengthening criminal sentences have left Florida prisons full of inmates and in need of a record $2.4 billion — a budget-busting challenge for the state’s next governor to resolve. The Democratic candidates say

One of the most frequent questions received by our legal department is “when will ___ happen?” or “why is it taking so long for ___?” There is nobody that wants relief to come sooner than we do. We on the Board are all personally impacted by the registry as either ourselves or an immediate family member is on the list.

SOURCE: Center on Media Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice The classification of sex offenders based on the risks they pose to the community following their release from prison is subject to racial bias, according to a study published in the Criminal Justice Policy Review. African-American sex offenders were found to be two-and a half times