MILWAUKEE (CN) — Prosecuted as an adult when he was 17 for having sex with another teenager, a married man with three children has been sleeping in his truck since a Milwaukee suburb forced him out of his house because he’s a sex offender, he says in a constitutional complaint. Lashun Gray sued the City of Franklin in Federal Court
Read moreYesterday, the city of San Diego, CA city Council decided yesterday to not rescind a residency restriction ordinance, despite the fact that the California Supreme Court already ruled a similar state law unconstitutional and the fact that more than 40 municipalities in the state have been sued (and lost or settled). We imagine Janice Bellucci is loading the paper in
Read moreRoughly two weeks ago the Pennsylvania Supreme Court deemed the state’s current sex offender registration law to be punishment and ultimately barred by both the state and federal constitutions when applied retroactively. That decision may now end up under review from the highest court in the country. Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed said Friday his office would ask the
Read moreBelow is an excerpt from an article in The Press Democrat, which states something we already know: “Our initial concern with Jessica’s Law was that while it placed harsher sentences on sex offenders, including requiring them to be registered for life, it would not necessarily increase safety. And the numbers are showing exactly that. Homeless registered sex offenders are a
Read moreA federal judge has blocked Nebraska from putting a 13-year-old boy who moved to the state from Minnesota on its public sex offender registry. Yesterday, an Eighth Circuit panel affirmed this ruling. The opinion. Note that this applied to a nuance of the law which exempted juveniles convicted in Nebraska, but not those convicted in other states who moved to
Read morePrevious source of cash has run dry, so the state charges registrants for every change of status. A new Wyoming law means sex offenders must now pay to register or make changes to their registration. If they ignore the new law, they’re subject to criminal charges. It’s a big change for both offenders and law enforcement. In Teton County, where
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