TN: Lawmaker Files Bill To Chemically Castrate Convicted Sex Offenders

Tennessee Republican Bruce Griffey introduced a bill that would require anyone convicted of a sexual offense against a child under the age of 13 to be chemically castrated, Under the language of the bill, which is nearly identical to that of a similar law approved last year in Alabama, those sentenced for the crime would undergo a chemical injection that

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Wisconsin Came Close To Changing A Rule That Often Leaves People On Sex Offense Registries Homeless

From The Appeal: In May 2016, a local Fox station in Wisconsin reported a remarkable story. That March, a man who had served 11 years on second-degree child sexual assault had been released from prison. The city of Waukesha had a rule forbidding those convicted of a sex crime against someone under age 18 from living within 1,500 feet of

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Ireland: Laws to protect sex offenders’ identities must be considered, says outgoing probation chief

Ireland should consider introducing privacy laws to protect the identities of sex offenders being released back into the community, the outgoing director of the Probation Service, Vivian Geiran, believes. He said the service has dealt with several cases where a violent or sexual offender has been released into prearranged accommodation “but they’re identified at the point of their release”. “And

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IL: residents who are registered again sue over notices warning them to move

The lawsuit, filed Dec. 30 by 18 Wayside residents against the city of Aurora and Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon, comes weeks after an Aurora police officer delivered letters to the men informing them, for the second time in 2019, that they live too close to the park and must move within 30 days or face the possibility that the state’s

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