News & Updates

From ACSOL: The purpose of this email is to alert you that the proposed federal SORNA regulations are now moving forward after receiving approval from the Office of Management and Budget.  Below is an article that I have just written about this and I hope you will not only notify the members of your group about this development but also

Kentucky Senator Westerfield says that lawmakers “need to rely on data to form big-picture policy decisions instead of forming policy based on knee-jerk reactions.”  He pointed out that we cannot keep making these same knee-jerk decisions that have made us the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world.  These bad decisions have cost our society a lot of

Yes, they can and have, one reason being that Marsy’s Law is vaguely written and makes it more difficult for those accused to defend themselves. The definition of victim has been expanded, even to some misdemeanors.  A person does not have to experience harm directly to be considered a victim. The people who pushed for Marsy’s Law in the various

Media fearmongering over “Registered Sex Offenders” in the community has become an annual Halloween tradition in the same way as razor blades and poison in candy. Wendy Murphy (who famously stated she “never met a false rape claim” during the Duke Lacrosse case) declared in the Boston Herald that “Halloween is like Christmas for sex offenders,” and local news outlets

Halloween has become a dreaded time for me each year, as it is a time to vilify those on the sex offense registry, along with their family members.  But I do see a growing body of people who are speaking out on this injustice. The Law Offices of Edwards & Jones in Gainesville, Florida, referenced a 2009 study in “Sexual

FAC continues to hear from people who have been victims of scams simply because they are forced to have their personal information on a public registry.  There is a sheriff’s office that wants registrants to know tips to protect themselves from scams TIPS: Scammers pretend to be someone you trust. Don’t send money or give out personal information for unexpected