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An FAC member has passed on this resource from the Probation Information Network (PIN). PIN states: “It does not provide enough details for a full and accurate picture and should not be used by itself, but rather as a tool alongside the full-text versions.”  There could also be a delay period between a change in a particular state’s statute and

In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court gave federal bureaucrats the flexibility to interpret the law when the language was unclear.  “That decision said “judges should defer to federal agencies in interpreting the law when the language of a statute was ambiguous, thereby giving regulatory flexibility to bureaucrats.” The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned this 40-year-old precedent.  Chief Justice John Robers

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to ordinances enacted in Grants Pass, Oregon, that punishes homeless people for sleeping on public property when they have nowhere else to go.  The highest court in our country is saying that such laws/ordinances are NOT cruel and unusual punishment since “such punishments do not qualify as cruel because they are

By Sandy Rozek, NARSOL board member, communication director for NARSOL, editor-in-chief of the Digest, and a writer for the Digest and the NARSOL website, among other duties/responsibilities for NARSOL First published at narsol.org.   “…what an awesome conference it was!  The room was packed at every plenary session.  The presentations were amazing.  The award’s dinner was fun-filled and delightful.” FAC

The word sodomy can have different meanings for different people.  It should be googled for people who are not sure of its meaning as the author of this post is not willing to put it in print. Regardless of how one feels about it, the Mississippi Legislature is struggling to bring this law up to the 21st century.  Sodomy has

Dear Editor, There are few labels that carry a harsher stigma than that of a sex offender. Stereotypes and fears without context perpetuate false narratives about who sex offenders are. People tend to automatically think the worst when hearing the term sex offender, which leaves little room for context or understanding of degrees of offenses. When we apply the label