Author: FAC Contributor #1

The Supreme Court is supposed to be the most respected and trusted judicial body in the US. It hands down decisions that affect hundreds of millions of Americans. And it’s not easy for a case to work up to the highest court, much less get a hearing. But what if the Supreme Court’s decisions were occasionally based on a totally

Reading the news that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possessing hundreds of pornographic images of children and having sex with underage girls, it is hard not to be horrified. Indeed, the people investigating Fogle’s case could barely contain their outrage. “This is about using wealth, status and secrecy to illegally exploit children,” U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler said at a

The following appeared at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/18/more-fuel-for-the-movement-to-reform-sex-offender-laws/ More fuel for the movement to reform sex offender laws   I’ve written before [e.g., here, here and here] about the appalling (and unconstitutional) state of our laws regarding prohibitions and restrictions on the activities of convicted sex offenders — restrictions on where they can live, whom they can associate with, the Internet sites they can visit,

Think “sex offender,” and you probably picture a creepy guy who tries to lure children into his van with candy. But that’s not the whole picture. The sex offender registry, which currently stands at over 850,000 registered sex offenders, is comprised of many people who should not be lumped into the same category as violent sex offenders and pedophiles. People like

This news report from Arkansas points out the discrepancy on the numbers reported on their registry, as it includes deceased registrants as well as those that are incarcerated. In one county it reported that the numbers were off by about 40% because it listed registrants in the county (using their last address) who were incarcerated even out of the county.

This article out of Vermont contained some very insightful quotes that I wanted to share here, concerning homeless sex offenders. They echo our position and the position that numerous studies have supported over the last several years; that homeless sex offenders are at greater risk of reoffense and that residency restrictions significantly contribute to that increased risk. The quotes are