News & Updates

Thanks to Member Joseph for bringing this to our attention. Probation and parole are designed to lower prison populations and help people succeed in the community. New data show they are having the opposite effect. Until now, national data regarding the impact of probation violations on prison populations have been unavailable, resulting in a lopsided focus on parole. The Council

A 69-year-old sex offender found dead Friday at a Daytona motel housing registered sex offenders was identified as Marc W. Pinder and the case is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. A state probation and parole officer doing a probation check found Pinder, a registered sexual offender, about 11:40 a.m. at the Speedway Motel

March 5, 2020, Registrant Travel Action Group will be hosting a conference call at 9:00PM EST (following the FAC Monthly Member Call) ALL are invited to hear Update to RTAG’s and Matt Ameika’s Mexican law firm efforts to effect the Angel Watch notification system and Mexico’s parallel Guardian Angel program. We have the required 5 Amparo (Remedy) cases to hopefully

In late 2006, a public defender went before a Napa County judge to argue for his client’s freedom. Rex McCurdy, a 49-year-old man, had been detained for seven years at Atascadero State Hospital under a 1995 California law authorizing “civil commitment” of people who have been convicted of sex offenses, a practice that keeps them confined long after they have

The state of Michigan has more “sex offense” issues to deal with and it’s not because of sex offenders on their registry, it’s because of their own prison guards. In 2009, the state settled a 1996 case, Neal v. Michigan Department of Corrections, in which female prisoners alleged a pattern of sexual misconduct and harassment by male officers for $100,000,000.

From NARSOL: The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) will partner with the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) for a three-hour conference call on March 2nd, beginning at 7:00 pm Eastern time. We will be updating you on what’s likely to happen next in three important cases pending in Michigan, Georgia, and New Mexico. Hour 1: