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A Wisconsin registered sex offender is not the first to chose continued incarceration better than the forced homelessness that residency restrictions effectively impose. The below map shows the areas off-limits to registered citizens in Milwaukee As you can see from the limited areas in white, it doesn’t leave much of the city available for a registrant to find housing.  

A hearing on the government’s Motion to Dismiss the International Megan’s Law challenge is scheduled to take place on July 27th in Oakland, California. California RSOL in conjunction with RegistrantTAG is coordinating the permits for demonstration in the plaza in front of the courthouse. More information to follow. We recognize that California is on the opposite end of the country,

Yesterday, a district court judge dismissed a case against a registered citizen who was charged with violating their residency restrictions. This could be the first instance that chips away at that state’s SORR (sex offender residency restriction) that was passed this past October. Attorney Mike Goodwin, who represented the client in that case also represents a small class of 11

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today stating that a registrant’s Fifth Amendment right to remain silent was violated when the government sought to return him to prison because he refused to answer questions regarding his sexual history during a polygraph exam. The questions the registrant refused to answer are (1) after the age of 18, did you engage in

Fort Meyers CBS Affiliate WINK News just ran a story asking who is policing sex offenders online and setting forth some pretty scary suggestions. “The Internet, it’s a worry obviously,” Lee County Sgt. James Richard said. “People use that to either con children, make first contact. Stuff of a criminal nature, it’s easier to be behind the screen and commit

The story “Group sues sex offender” [News, April 24] refers to a private organization, Parents for Megan’s Law, founded by Laura Ahearn. The group has brought a defamation lawsuit against a registered sex offender, Derek W. Logue, who runs a civil rights organization for sex offenders, on account of his public and critical comments about Parents for Megan’s Law. Several