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The FBI snared scores of people after taking over a child-pornography bulletin board and conducting a sting and computer-hacking operation. But there is a growing social and legal controversy over the bureau’s tactics and the impact on internet privacy. For two weeks in the spring of 2015, the FBI was one of the largest purveyors of child pornography on the

We have received a report from a member that they were provided written guidance as to the changes in the registration laws taking effect next month when they re-registered at their sheriff’s office. If you have received any guidance as to the changes, please forward a copy to [email protected].

Today, at 2PM, the Federal Court in Colorado will hear oral arguments and plaintiff testimony in a motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order preventing the city of Englewood, Colorado from enforcing it’s sex offender residency restriction (SORR). The request for emergency hearing was filed last week on behalf of four registered citizens who were given 30 days to

There’s a stark divide between lawmakers and experts when it comes to laws which restrict where registered sex offenders can live. Cities and states all around the country have enthusiastically banned offenders from living too close to schools — and introduced other, similarly oriented restrictions — on the grounds that such legislation is a common-sense way to help keep kids

A new study appearing in a recent issue of the Connecticut Law Review analyzed the effectiveness of post-release regulations on sex offenders and their impact on sex offender recidivism. Like virtually every study on this topic that came before it, this study’s conclusion is that there is essentially no reliable evidence that these laws work to reduce sex offender recidivism

Like so many states, Michigan is addicted to punishing sex offenders—not just once, but over and over again, through a series of measures designed to shame, stigmatize, and ostracize even those offenders who have been fully rehabilitated. On Thursday, the application of these laws to a large group of offenders was invalidated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the