For Some Convicted Sex Offenders, Finishing Their Sentences Doesn’t Mean They Get To Go Home

The civil commitment fiasco gets covered in the publication Route Fifty: ”’There is no evidence that having these programs reduces sexual assaults,’ said [ACLU lawyer Ben] Wolf. ‘We have a good lab: Lots of states have these programs and lots don’t. There is no appreciable difference [in the number of sexual assaults reported]. If the goal is community safety, the

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VIDEO: Pennsylvania vs. Torsilieri Oral Arguments

“There is a difference between the conviction and the effect of the registry’s label of a ‘high risk of danger’ on individuals, particularly things like unemployment and joblessness, houselessness, depression, and even suicide are affected by the label. SORNA says that individuals on this registry pose a risk of sexual danger, not just at the time of conviction, but now

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NARSOL PA Affiliate: Responds to SCOPA Hearing in Comm. v. George Torsilieri

Press Release: HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (PARSOL) strongly urges the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to uphold Chester County Judge Allison Bell Royer’s finding in the case of Comm. v. George Torsilieri that Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is unconstitutional. Royer found that “SORNA is unconstitutional both facially and as

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FAC Affiliates in the Media: AZRSOL Demolishes “Frightening and High”

John Covert, with our affiliate, Arizonans for Rational Sex Offense Laws (AZRSOL), has published a guest column in the Arizona Capitol Times. In this column, John educates Arizona readers on the myth of “frightening and high,” how a Supreme Court decision perpetuates this myth, and the setbacks that this poor decision has caused. The Arizona Capitol Times, which has published

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