News & Updates

Some people are determined to let words flow from their mouths that are contrary to the actual facts.  Here are the facts: An individual that committed a past sex offense has opened a tattoo shop in Loogootee, Indiana. Because it is relatively close to a preschool, a Ms. Wagoner wants the tattoo shop to relocate. Indiana does not restrict a

CTMirror is correct in calling out Patch.com for its Halloween fear-mongering practice of printing personal information for people who have a past sex offense.  Patch.com never publishes such information for released murders, armed robbers, etc. CTMirror tells it like it is:  “…the public mapping of sex offenders in this way not only fails to serve any salutary purpose but also

The Dobbs Wire:  Do we need the sex offense registry?  Counting registrants, family members and significant others, the number of people directly impacted by sex offense registration laws in the U.S. is estimated at several million.  Every state has had a registry for at least 25 years and politicians continually push for  harsher registration requirements.  These are all good reasons

Lately, Colorado has been having a conversation on how the registry needs to be changed using research-based policies, and now we see that Boulder is attempting to look not only at solutions for the homeless but have included people on the registry in the discussion. Yes, registrants are not eligible for housing assistance or supportive housing, but I am focusing

In a decision out of the Ohio Supreme Court today, the Court ruled that ‘Sierah’s Law,’ (creating a violent offender database, which became effective March 20, 2019) does not violate Ohio’s constitutional prohibition on retroactive statutes, when retroactively applied to an offense that occurred before March 20, 2019. Interestingly, the Court analogized the violent offender database to the sex offender

A judge in Florida this week sentenced a 44-year-old man to spend the remainder of his life behind bars for the brutal murder of his former prison cellmate—a convicted child sex offender—whose throat he crushed. “Inmate Carruthers strangled Inmate Kever and forcefully stomped his throat area that led to his death,” arresting documents reportedly stated. “Inmate Carruthers showed no regard for