ACSOL Lawsuit Costs San Diego Taxpayers Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars

After the California Supreme Court declared unconstitutional municipal residency restrictions for persons on the registry who are not on probation, many repealed theirs. San Diego, on the other hand, dug in their heels and refused repeal theirs. The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws’ Janice Bellucci warned them she would sue unless they changed their unenforceable residency restriction. Their own

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Update on Constitutionality of Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry

Weekly Update #71 Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s update comes to you a bit late because we were hoping to bring news from the State of Michigan, where a hearing took place yesterday that could impact the lives of 44,000 people on Michigan’s registry. After the hearing, Judge Robert Cleland took the matter under advisement and will issue a

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Communicating Your Story – Part 1: Your Story in Print

This year will be focused on helping members to tell their story in various formats including  a 30-sec elevator pitch, 3-minute videos, magazine articles, editorials, letters, and even novels.  On the Monthly Membership call tonight Feb 6, 2020 at 8pm ET, we will be hearing from three guests:  a magazine editor, a book author, and a book printer.  Each guest

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Trinidad Sex Offender Registry to go Public

A new component of Trinidad’s National Sex Offenders registry went into effect on January 31, 2020. The registry can now be made public. Several countries have registries, but only the United States’ was publicly available. Now, if the Court orders, someone on the Trinidad registry will be publicized online too. At least the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal

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MI: Attorney General Files Amicus Brief Agreeing that SORA is punitive.

Here’s the conclusion from the Michigan Attorney General: “Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act, taken as a whole, imposes burdens that are so punitive in their effect that they negate the State’s public safety justifications. Accordingly, Amicus Curiae Attorney General Dana Nessel asks this Court to hold that SORA is punishment and its retroactive application violates the Ex Post Facto Clauses

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