Vasquez v. Foxx Update

Vasquez v. Foxx, the 7th Circuit case on sex offender residency restrictions that has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States (see here for more info:https://floridaactioncommittee.org/7th-circuit-sex-offender-case-appealed-to-scotus/ ) has some new activity. A brief, written by eighteen scholars, including THE TOP academics and authorities in the area, has been filed. You can read the document here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-386/67891/20181024143847779_18-386%20Amici%20Brief%20Scholars.pdf  

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Rolling Stone: What’s the Point of the Sex Offender Registry?

Rolling Stone magazine posted a story yesterday about the murder of Lauren McCluskey a University of Utah student who was murdered by her boyfriend, who was on the sex offender registry. The article asks the question, “what’s the point of the sex offender registry?” It didn’t help Lauren and, according to the research cited by Rolling Stone, it doesn’t really

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Georgia mayor: Sex offenders to be kept in council chambers on Halloween night

SOURCE: WESH Sex offenders in one Georgia city will spend Halloween being watched by police officers. About 25 to 30 registered sex offenders in Groveton will be rounded up and housed inside council chambers while children are trick-or-treating, the city’s mayor said in a Facebook post. Groveton is about 135 miles east of Atlanta. Mayor Gary Jones said the plan

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