Does a ban on sex offenders attending church violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

An Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday heard the case of John Doe, et al. v. The Boone County Prosecutor, et al., 06A01-1612-PL-02741, which the ACLU of Indiana brought on behalf of three John Doe registered sex offenders who under Indiana Code 35-42-4-14, prohibits them from entering school property or enter a building that provides programming for children under three

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Milwaukee Common Council votes to remove sex offender residency restriction: “No longer any buffer zone”

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Common Council voted on Wednesday, September 6th to all but eliminate the city’s residency restrictions for sex offenders, and there’s one sex offender in particular who likely played a big role in the change. The council voted to remove a restriction as to where sex offenders can live. Currently, general sex offenders cannot live within 2,000

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HURRICANE IRMA – INFORMATION EXCHANGE

In the interest of time, we are asking members to contact their local probation office and Sheriff’s department to find out what provisions are being made for Registered Sex Offenders and Predators in each County/City. Since registrants are excluded from most emergency shelters and a significant proportion of this population are homeless, we strongly advise against waiting until the last

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The Dobbs Wire: Colorado registry UNCONSTITUTIONAL – cruel and unusual PUNISHMENT, federal court rules

Win in Colorado:  A federal judge declared Colorado’s sex offense registry law unconstitutional!  The court ruled the law is *punishment* and went even farther, finding the law is such severe punishment (“cruel and unusual”) that it violates the 8th Amendment.  In addition the court found the law fails to deliver constitutionally mandated basic fairness (“due process”) and violates the 14th

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