Thirty-five years in prison for a wrongful conviction

There is a growing number of wrongful convictions for sex offenses that keep surfacing throughout the country.  This is what happens when no corroborating evidence is required:  it is he-said-she-said.   This most recent case was in Michigan, but Florida has had its share of wrongful convictions for a sex offense.  For almost a decade now, some Florida attorneys, judges, and

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Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS monitoring challenged

This post was written by people within NARSOL and was first published at NARSOL.org.   NARSOL recently released copies of two expert reports filed last week in Antrim v. Carr, 19-cv-396 (Eastern District of Wisconsin).     According to NARSOL, “The case challenges Wisconsin’s statutory scheme requiring that certain individuals convicted of sexual offenses be forced to wear a GPS monitoring

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State judge questions piling on sex offenses, just because

News abounds of cases where individuals charged with specific criminal activity also see efforts to attach a sex offense charge and regulate the individual through a state run SORNA regime.     In People v. Brown in the state of New York, a defendant was convicted of robbing his aunt in front of his 10 year old niece.  The “unlawful imprisonment”

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Federal Judge strikes Alabama’s restrictions on PFRs living with minor children.

In Henry v Abernathy, a Federal Judge ruled that Alabama’s law restricting PFRs (persons forced to register) from living with minor children is unconstitutional.   The State is enjoined from enforcing that section of the law.     The case describes Alabama’s law (ASORNA) as “the most comprehensive and debilitating sex offender scheme in the country.”   Perhaps unique to Alabama

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