News & Updates

A combination of prison policies, restrictive laws and a lack of housing support has kept many New York sex offenders in prison conditions for months or years after they’ve served their time. As previously reported by the Marshall Project at City Limits, a lawsuit filed by a group of offenders last year contends that the state is illegally detaining sex

Almost 11 years ago, the Wichita Falls City Council chose to limit where a registered sex offender could live within the city limits as a way to safeguard the children of the city. The ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote on April 4, 2006, prohibits any registered sex offender with a victim under the age of 17 from

Unusual:  A Pennsylvania appeals court has rebuked Donna Jo McDaniel, a Pittsburgh judge, over her handling of a sex offense case—the sentencing was too harsh!  A three judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court concluded the sentence McDaniel imposed was unreasonable, not justified by the record and further that several of the judge’s statements at sentencing were untrue.  A resentencing was

The proposed home of a convicted child predator was destroyed Thursday in what investigators described as a suspicious fire, just days after the Fresno County district attorney’s office had announced a hearing regarding his placement on the rural property. Firefighters responded just after 11 a.m. to a report of black smoke in the area of 36000 Sage Lane in Squaw

There is a new bill in Congress HR 61 – Fair Chance for Youth Act of 2017 the purpose being “To provide for the expungement and sealing of youth criminal records, and for other purposes.” However, if the offense is a sex offense, that youth would not be eligible for expungement and sealing of youth criminal record.

The new year has just begun and we are monitoring the Bills being introduced to the legislature. Already a few will have an effect on the registration population. SJR0074 (joint resolution) concerns voting rights. It says that voting rights (and the right to hold office) shall be restored upon expiration of a felon’s sentence, except sex offenders or those convicted