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A few days ago a bill was presented in the Louisiana legislature that “Creates a commission to study best practices for deterring sex offenses against children”.  I am attaching a pdf copy of the bill, along with the link to the Louisiana legislature website where it is referred.  There are some aspects in the bill that are disturbing and seem to

An interesting case was filed in Massachusetts, where a man sued a background check company for incorrectly labeling him as a sex offender. The man, who was single and used dating sites to meet woman, was one day kicked off a couple of popular dating sites. When he dug into the reason, he discovered that Backgroundchecks.com incorrectly flagged him as

House Bill 306 is before the Delaware State Legislature. For the 4,500-plus Delawareans who appear on the state Sex Offender Registry the proposed legislation changes the “Restrictions” designation on the front of their driver’s licenses from the current “Y” to “SO.” The bill retains the words “Sex Offender” that already appear on the back of licenses. HB306 proposes nothing to make

UPDATED: THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED BECAUSE A THIRD MEMBER HAS AGREED TO ADD ANOTHER $1000 TO THE MATCHING CONTRIBUTION!!! THREE very generous members HAVE agreed to kick-start a donation drive for our 2022 campaign to help sustain the expenses of the two Ex Post Facto Plus challenges (one in the Northern District of Florida and the other in the

Twenty-six years ago, when he was 23, a California man was convicted of a crime involving sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl. The federal government says he therefore must register with the state as a sex offender. But California says he can’t, because the state subsequently expunged his record and issued a “certificate of rehabilitation,” meaning he is no longer

Nearly 20 years ago, Congress passed a law requiring people convicted of certain sex offenses to register with their states. But Congress also left it entirely up to the U.S. Department of Justice, a part of the executive branch, to write the rules governing who must register, how often, what information they must provide, and when they have broken the