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Arizona’s sex offender registry harms communities and families

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 FAC-3 0 Comments min read

In an era where evidence-based policy is increasingly valued, Arizona continues to maintain a sexual offense registry system that fails to deliver on its promises while creating serious collateral damage. Our current approach, originally designed to protect communities, has evolved into a system that paradoxically undermines public safety while devastating lives. As Arizona lawmakers consider criminal justice reforms, it’s time

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Reason: Passport Applicants May Have To Affirm That They Are ‘Not Required To Register’ As Sex Offenders

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 FAC-3 3 Comments IML, International Megan's Law, International Travel for Registrants, Registrant Passports, sex offender passports min read

Under a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.” The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is

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Palm Beach Judge Recognizes Stigma of Sex Offender Label

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 FAC-3 8 Comments min read

A Palm Beach Judge said “ You may as well write a tattoo across his forehead that says sex offender” when reminding the Prosecutor of the debilitating consequences of being labeled a sex offender. “When he tries to get a job, when he tries to have a good relationship with someone, when he tries to bring his kids to school.

Articles Legal and Legislative

Indiana Bill Would Violate the Constitution

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 FAC-3 4 Comments min read

The right to travel is a part of the ‘liberty’ of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. Indiana House Bill 1687 proposes that if a sex offender wants to move to another county, the supervising court in the transferring county has to issue an order authorizing the move and the supervising

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Ineffective, Costly, and Harmful: DEBUNKING THE SEX OFFENSE REGISTRY

March 17, 2025March 21, 2025 FAC-3 9 Comments min read

The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (SOLPRC) at Mitchell Hamline School of Law published a report (March 2025) that contains significant evidence and resources that debunk the Registry, defining it as ineffective, costly and harmful to registrants and their families. The report states: “The modern sex offense registry was borne out of the belief that a public registry listing people

Articles Legal and Legislative

‘Common sense’ or ‘based on fear?’

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 FAC-3 0 Comments min read

A Kansas Senate bill barring registered sex offenders from school property got strong pushback Tuesday from some defense advocates who say it is based on inaccurate beliefs about offenders and would end up failing to keep children safe. The bill, submitted by Republican Sen. Kellie Warren of Leawood, stems from an incident on Feb. 8 in which a registered sex