News & Updates

In a 5-3 decision this week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the Sex Offender Registration Act’s provision prohibiting sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a park applies retroactively to those who registered prior to the provision’s 2006 enactment. I must wonder what the final decision would have been if all eight justices had a family member impacted by

The Missourinet reports the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of a lower court’s ruling, saying the sex offender failed to present evidence that a lifetime electronic monitoring requirement is unconstitutional. SOURCE

Illinois Voices is committed to standing up for the civil rights of people on public conviction registries and their families.  We are pleased to announce that we filed a proposed class action lawsuit today against the Illinois State Police to challenge ISP’s failure to provide a fair and effective procedure to correct errors in the registry. The case is Illinois Voices

The University of South Florida will be offering CCJ 4690 – Sex Offenders. Emily Horowitz offers a course on this same topic at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.  Horowitz says the students enter this course believing the myths, but by the time they finish the course, their view of people on the registry takes a 180-degree turn after having

Nola.com reports, “A landlord in St. Tammany Parish who rented to registered sex offenders is now suing the parish over an ordinance regulating housing that is rented to sex offenders, arguing the regulations violate his constitutional rights. “The ordinance, which the St. Tammany Parish Council adopted in the spring of 2024, defines a property where more than 15% of residents are registered sex offenders

Grady Judd is the sheriff in Polk County who frequently is before cameras, saying, “If you mess up, then dress up, fess up, and fix it up.” This advice is not being followed in the case of a botched rape investigation in Polk County. We thank the news site Mother Jones for making the public aware of what is going