TX: City refuses exception to SORR for terminal registrant.

An elderly bed-ridden registered sex offender will not be allowed to move in with relatives in a Montgomery County home for end-of-life care after Shenandoah city leaders declined to amend an ordinance that restricts residency. The daughter of the 79-year-old man sought a waiver to the ordinance adopted in 2018 which restricts registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet

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Falsely labeled a sex offender by Bureau of Prisons, Bronfman’s win upholds constitutional rights

On November 16th, after months of court proceedings against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and a series of cases that raise questions about government and prosecutorial overreach, Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman successfully won the removal of a false “sex offender” label from her Case #No. 3:22CV838 file. Ms. Bronfman spent over two years in a higher security prison than her

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The Sex Offender Registry Failed Them: 135 Chicago-area coaches sexually abused students over past decade.

According to an analysis by NBC 5 Investigates, 135 Chicago-area coaches have been sanctioned, suspended, disciplined or convicted of sexual abuse or misconduct since 2010, and the search is still ongoing! Experts cited in the article said coaching presents a “special opportunity” for grooming. The state’s legislature enacted the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act. It’s purpose was “to create an

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