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Below is a link to the 2018 brochure from the NARSOL conference held in Independence, Ohio. It was well attended and in addition to sessions featuring attorneys and advocates, this year some legislators attended, giving their opinions on the laws! Next year’s conference will be held in Houston, TX. If you have the means and time, it’s a worthwhile and

Last week the Florida Supreme Court rendered an opinion in Levandoski v. State a case that resolved the conflict between the 1st and 4th District Court of Appeals over whether ‘sex offender probation’ conditions had to be disclosed to the defendant at sentencing. The Supreme Court upheld the 4th DCA’s opinion that, “the court’s oral pronouncement that Levandoski would be subject to

The Dobbs Wire:  The number of listings on sex offense registries in the U.S. has climbed to over 900,000, an increase of 3.3% in the last six months.        National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) just released its latest map which shows the latest figures for sex offense registries in all states. (NCMEC is a private

From the Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON — Eight months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively upheld a decision saying parts of Michigan’s sex offender registry law — one of the toughest in the nation — were unconstitutional, thousands of former sex offenders who thought they’d be off the registry by now, or facing less severe restrictions, have seen no changes.

State Senator Lauren Book, who is best know for her advocacy of harsher punishment for sexual offenders and is no stranger to conflicts of interest will likely face a significant challenge shortly. Senator Book was appointed by Senate President Joe Negron, to a 16-person commission to investigate the series of grievous missteps that culminated in a mass shooting at Marjorie

Ingham County (Michigan) Prosecutor Carol A. Siemon, issued a statement concerning the sentencing of former Michigan State football players in connection with a sexual offense. Below is an excerpt from her statement, quoted directly: The sex offender registry is a blunt instrument that I believe needs to be reformed and streamlined so that law enforcement can make better use of