RETRACTION: Article from earlier today on MO Supreme Court Decision

Regrettably, an article was shared with us earlier today that mistakenly reported a decision out of the Missouri Supreme Court concerning the retro activity of their registry. As it turns out, the news came from what appeared to be a reputable source (https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/court-rules-sex-offender-law-not-retroactive#stream/0) but we have not since been able to verify it and further believe it might be aged

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South Florida: Meeting on voting. Opportunity to speak out

The following is an announcement about an event talking about Amendment 4 – for those in the area it’s a good opportunity to speak out about registrants being excluded from the amendment. The South Florida Reentry Task Force is taking the initiative to unite and mobilize religious communities to work together to increase civic participation among those who were previously

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Investigation into another death of a registrants while incarcerated

The Palm Beach Post reported yesterday that a 32 year old man who last year plead guilty to the lewd or lascivious battery of a 12-year-old died while in a medium-security lockup. Authorities are investigating the cause of his death. The number of reported deaths behind bars of people convicted or accused of these offenses is growing. If you have

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For family of a person with intellectual disabilities a sex offense conviction can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars

Carol Nesteikis, 66, has never committed a crime. But for two years, from six in the evening to six in the morning the next day, she lived under de facto house arrest with her 32-year-old son, Adam. It wasn’t because she wanted to. The home itself was a kind of punishment, she says. Adam was sentenced to 10 years on

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IL: Aurora seeks State grant for playground to keep registrants out.

A few months ago we wrote about 19 residents of Wayside Cross ministries (see here and here) who were nearly evicted from their home because the city sought to evict them claiming the men who were required to register as sex offenders were living too close to a playground. So far, the civil rights attorneys representing the 19 individuals were

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