News & Updates

Plans for new legislation to strengthen the management and monitoring of sex offenders in the Republic of Ireland have been announced. Electronic tagging and a ban on convicted offenders having certain jobs would be introduced under the plans. The bill was announced by the Republic of Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee TD on Wednesday. Ms McEntee said the legislation would

In some cases, prosecutors are only able to incarcerate someone for committing a heinous act through the testimony of witnesses.  But courts need to tread carefully through such convictions as there are too many known cases of false accusations sending an innocent person to prison. Several years ago, five female high school students falsely accused a male lifeguard of sexual

A couple of years ago we put up a post called “Halloween is behind us” which cited a 2008, Department of Justice research study that found Children are far more likely to be struck by a car on Halloween than be assaulted. As I do, in November of every year, I perform a quick post mortem on the holiday to

Two retired military registrants were denied access to military bases during the past seven days.  One of the registrants was denied access to a Marine base while the other was denied access to a Navy base.  The two registrants are retired from two different branches of the military — Air Force and Navy. Both attempted to access a military base

Because of the state’s 1,000-foot residency restrictions, many registrants are forced into a clustered form of living, which is often not by choice.  What does this accomplish?  Nothing, but there are numerous collateral consequences for the registrant, their family, and for society. Tampa Police Chief Delgado understands the problem: “The cause of multiple ‘sex offenders’ residing at one location around

The overhauled registry in Tennessee was launched this week, posting where registrants work along with their driver’s license number.  We are told that people convicted of a sexual offense “have a reduced expectation of privacy because of the public’s interest in public safety.” If the Tennessee General Assembly and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation really cared about public safety, they