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“We’ve had a chance to see the unintended consequences” is how one of the articles in today’s National Review begins. The article is titled “Remove Children from Sex Offender Registries” and it talks about the 1994 Crime Bill, which created many ‘tough on crime’ initiatives that, after 25 years, appear to have failed miserably… foremost among them are sex offender

The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report this month entitled, “Recidivism of Sex Ofenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14)”. As reported by NARSOL, the new study shows sexual offense recidivism rates lower that previous estimates.  Here are some of the findings in the report: The median sentence length among prisoners released in

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After Amendment 4 passed, which restored voting rights to ex-felons who have completed their sentences (other than those convicted of murder or a sex offense), you would think that the backlog of cases waiting to be reviewed by the Florida Clemency Commission would be drastically reduced. After all, the only people who should be waiting in line to have their

A stipulation was entered in what has been called “Does v. Snyder II”, giving the Michigan Legislature 90 days to fix their unconstitutional sex offender law. In Does v. Snyder, the 6th circuit found the retroactive application of amendments to Michigan’s sex offender laws to violate the constitution under ex post facto grounds. To do that, they had to find

A teen decided to send a few friends an explicit video of herself – trusting that the content would remain private. That action eventually led to her arrest and conviction for child pornography. Now, her case is being reviewed by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The victim/perpetrator was the only one charged with a crime, though two of the recipients