Member Contribution: Probation and Parole – The Real Story

Probation and Parole The real story By: Scott Roberson & Robert Wolf   The American Probation and Parole association was first conceived in Houston, Texas during 1974, but did not find it’s place until August 19th 1975 in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the American Congress of Corrections.   The Original idea behind the Probation and Parole system was to

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Member Contribution: PSA: Attention all Registrants and Family

PSA: Attention all Registrants and Family By: Scott Roberson Lets take a moment and look around this country; Government restraint is increasing at an all time high, tensions among the public races are deteriorating rapidly and international relations are not exactly stable. Now you may be asking yourself why I have pointed out these things that are blatantly and obviously

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No Place to Go, Forever, Texas Offender Says

HOUSTON (CN) – A Pasadena, Texas law that bans sex offenders from living “within 1,000 feet … of any neighborhood” is unconstitutional, a man who completed serving his sentence 8 years ago claims in court. Israel Escobar sued the city of Pasadena on Wednesday in Federal Court. Pasadena, pop. 133,000, part of greater Houston, is a Hispanic-majority city known for

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Florida Attorney General Admits that Thousands of Rape Kits Went Untested

While the state has millions of dollars to spend on passing and enforcing feel-good, do-nothing, ineffective sex offender laws to punish those they “think might commit an offense” at some point in the future, the State apparently doesn’t have the money to test rape kits to investigate actual crimes! That’s the news from this article in the Orlando Sentinel, which

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CA – CA RSOL successful in pushing for repeal of Grover Beach Residency Restriction

The City Council of Grover Beach, in a vote of 5 to 0, voted on September 8 to repeal a city ordinance that prohibited California sex offenders (“registrants”) from living within 2,000 feet of any school, park, or day care center. The action follows a lawsuit filed on June 17 by California Reform Sex Offender Laws President and attorney Janice

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