News & Updates

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – “Ok cool, can we make love in the shower?” “Can we use cooking oil for lube? I heard that works too.” “What happens is up to us, we own our own destiny.” Real messages, sent from middle aged men in Okeechobee and St. Lucie County to police officers posing as 15- year-old girls. The two

High-priced ‘junk science’ in Colorado:   A Denver Post investigative reporter, Christopher Osher, has a  very interesting and detailed report about Colorado’s “aggressive” use of polygraph tests on persons convicted of sex offenses.  Considered unreliable *junk science,* the results nonetheless help determine the fate of those subjected to the tests.  Colorado is not alone;  an estimated 70% of states are using

Sessions’ office releases memo to all 94 US attorneys calling for reversal of Holder-era policy Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ office sent out a letter late Thursday to the nation’s federal prosecutors instructing them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most criminal suspects. The move will send more people to prison and for much longer terms by triggering mandatory

South Carolina’s Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a law imposing *lifetime* registration and electronic monitoring on juveniles for some sex offenses. The Associated Press has the details in a short article, below.  In a longer story reporting reaction to the ruling, Charleston’s Post and Courier found an “outcry” from researchers and lawyers.  Doug Berman chimes in with legal

The following article, along with a case we are organizing on behalf of out-of-state registrants who are on the Florida registry, gives some hope that there might be ways to challenge the registration requirement. ___ The 12th Circuit State Attorney Office has dropped a case against a man accused of failing to register as a sex offender. The Holmes Beach

A Canadian initiative that helps reintegrate convicted sexual offenders back into society — an approach that cuts recidivism rates by anywhere from 67 to 92 per cent — has been granted $7.48 million in funding by the federal government. Circles of Support and Accountability, which has 14 sites across the country, will received the money over five years to fund