News & Updates

Talk about waiting until the last minute… Florida Governor Rick Scott has scheduled a meeting tonight of the state’s Board of Executive Clemency to address Judge Walker’s order out of the Northern District of Florida that they revamp their process for restoring felon’s voting rights by the 26th of April. For those who don’t have a calendar handy, today is

The NJ Supreme Court ruled that people convicted of sex crimes before their 18th birthday can petition a court to be removed from the state’s registry 15 years after they have been offense free. The Court found a portion of NJ’s Megan’s Law unconstitutional because it requires juveniles to remain listed on the state’s sex offender registry for life. The

As part of the International Megan’s Law, the US Marshals Service has been notifying receiving countries when a registrant is traveling. You can imagine how the immigration officials in a country you are traveling to will react when they receive a warning from the US Marshals that you are arriving. Travelers have been intercepted upon arrival, interrogated and turned back

Within the past three weeks two teachers from Lake Howell High School were arrested, as usual this was picked up in the news cycle. What stands out to me is how the news reports these arrests, it is reported as just a matter of fact simply to state that it happened. Every October almost every news station has a segment

Like many parts of the country, sex offenders in Illinois are struggling to find housing because of all the restrictions imposed on them. A group of registrants who are being denied release from prison because they can’t find housing, are suing. One registrant involved in the lawsuit has remained behind bars for six years after his scheduled release date because