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The Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration advocates for a registry that represents people with a past sex offense who pose a threat of recidivism in their communities, post-incarceration.   Mallory Challis, a journalist with the Baptist News Global, said the Missouri Alliance claims that reducing the registrants on the list to those most likely to sexually re-offend “will help the

By Sandy Rozek First published at narsol.org Sandy at NARSOL reported that on “February 12, WKRC, Cincinnati, aired and ran a piece by David Winter about what they imply is a failure to protect children based on law enforcement’s handling of residence restriction laws for people with a historic sexual offense conviction.”   As a result, Sandy wrote the director of

Florida Action Committee does not defend the act of prostitution and only encourages our members to respect and follow all laws, but should someone with HIV convicted of aggravated prostitution be sentenced to a lifetime on the sex offense registry and as a violent sex offender? Consider Florida where there are people on the Florida registry for life who were

Last night, the Columbia County Commissioners voted unanimously to delete just one word from the Columbia County Ordinance that pertains to people on the registry.  That word was unincorporated.   The Columbia County Ordinance states that their 2500-foot residency restriction applies to any school, day care center, park, playground, or public library within the unincorporated parts of the county, along

By Sandy Rozek First published at narsol.org   Don was planning a trip to Israel with his church.  He knew that other people on the registry had their passports revoked at the last minute.  No one cared about the months of planning and the hundreds of dollars spent on preparing for the trip.    Don made calls to his local

SB 1230 referred to Senate Fiscal Policy Committee and HB 1235 added to Second Reading Calendar   We have met with some success because of the emails, calls, and in-person visits with legislators.  Both bills (SB 1230 and HB 1235) have removed the language that could have made it impossible for anyone to ever petition to be removed from the