Must Listen: Get Rid of the Registry
The following was broadcasts by Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s Senior Political Analyst. Let’s hope people listen! https://cpa.ds.npr.org/michigan/audio/2017/10/20171003_lessenberry_web.mp3
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Michigan must rewrite sex offender registry law
News from SCOTUS on Sexual Offender Laws DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s sex offender registry law must be rewritten after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision that found the state was treating people as “moral lepers” by saddling them with excessive restrictions. The Supreme Court turned down an appeal from the state, 13 months after a federal
Read moreFDLE Says FAC Posts Do Not Require Registration
Florida Sexual Offender Laws The FDLE filed a “Response In Opposition” to the Motion for Summary Judgment in the Internet Identifier Case this past Friday. In it they wrote, “The visits that Plaintiffs and other sexual offenders make to the websites of the Florida Action Committee, Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, and the National Association for Reform Sexual Offender
Read moreCertiorari DENIED in Snyder and Karsjens – SCOTUS and Florida Sex Offenders
News from SCOTUS on Sexual Offender Laws It’s now official – Certiorari has been denied in Snyder and Karsjens What’s next for Florida Sexual Offenders? Our position on Snyder from last week stands. That was; if the SCOTUS felt there were no reviewable issues in the 6th Circuit Decision finding the registration requirements constituted ex post facto PUNISHMENT, this is
Read moreThoughts and Prayers for Family and Friends of Las Vegas Shooting
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the mass shooting that took place last night in Las Vegas. As of the time of this writing, 50 people are dead with an additional 200+ injured, in the largest mass shooting in US history.
Read moreColumn: Sex offender restriction about school proximity unnecessary
I applaud members of the Lewiston City Council for tabling their decision on a sex offender restriction zone to give the matter more thought. This is the kind of issue for somebody who has no stake in the matter that seems obvious. Disallowing sex offenders to live within 750 feet of a school or daycare appears, on the surface, to
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