News & Updates

A registered sex offender did not break the law by hiring a 16-year-old boy to work for his landscaping business, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Friday. Edward Proctor was convicted in 2017 under a law prohibiting certain sex offenders from undertaking employment or volunteer services involving the care, instruction or guidance of children. According to court documents, he hired

Last night’s membership call covered topics ranging from the myths about the registry to the sex offense law reform hurdles that we all face. The guest speaker on the call was Dr. Emily Horowitz, Sociologist & Department Chairperson at St. Francis College in NY. She discussed how the registry is nothing but a “naming and shaming” scheme, and how her

The man, identified only as John Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed Monday, is asking a judge to declare that the state Penal Code does not deny the plaintiff and other registrants access to school grounds for “lawful business.” The plaintiff is the father of a 5-year-old boy who attends kindergarten at El Dorado Elementary School and

Charges were dismissed today against a Memphis Youth football coach. He was wrongfully accused of violating the state’s sexual offender registration laws. Police had arrested and charged XXXXXXXX with Sexual Offender Registration and tracking on Wednesday. It happened after a parent of one of XXXXXXXXXXXX’s players said he was a registered sex offender. XXXXXXXXXis currently listed on the Texas sex

Finally, some great news to report. A person (note: no longer a “person required to register as a sex offender”) has been ordered removed from the Florida Sex Offender Registry. Florida Statue 943.0435(11) contains a provision that says, an individual “shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender” if they meet certain requirements, including;

There is need to crack down on the billion-dollar child pornography industry, says Independent Senator Anthony Vieira. He said The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019 does not treat with this issue and expressed concern that the registry would create “modern-day lepers” and impede the rehabilitation of offenders. … “I am concerned that the national sex registry may give rise to