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That’s what the title to the article could have read, instead it says, “Sex offender compliance check conducted, 18 arrests made”. The title sounds awful, but if you read the article it tells something different. “The LVMPD’s Sex Offender Apprehension Team, in conjunction with the United States Marshals Service Sex Offender Predator Apprehension Team and Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday exempted people with a sex offense conviction from a key 2019 decision that prohibited defendants from being sentenced to prison followed by probation in the same criminal case. People with a sex offense conviction in Colorado can face such punishment in some circumstances, the justices found in a pair of opinions that examined how

One sure way to lose a popularity contest is to fight for the rights of convicted sex offenders. But The National Sex Offender Registry, which was established during an era of panic over crime and child danger, has come with a host of unintended consequences. Sociologist Emily Horowitz is one of a handful of academics and researchers who speaking out

The Montana legislature seems to agree that being on the sex offender registry is punishment, for which one incorrectly placed on it would receive compensation if exonerated. House Bill 92, created a process through which the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned can get paid $60,000 a year for each year they spent in prison and $25,000 for each additional year on

The Attorney General has proposed 22 amendments to the Act to amend the Sexual Offences Act, Chap. 11:28. Chief among these are the creation of two sexual offender registers. Speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, AG Faris Al-Rawi said the bill intended to create two registers: the National Sex Offender Register, which would be private and for the use of

Dr. Alissa Ackerman, who was the guest speaker on last month’s member call, a professor at California State University, one of the most prolific researchers on sex offender policy and practices and a pioneer in restorative justice has launched Ampersands Restorative Justice, a site dedicated to the human-centered approach to repairing and preventing harm (in this case, sexual harm). Dr.