IL: Aurora seeks State grant for playground to keep registrants out.

A few months ago we wrote about 19 residents of Wayside Cross ministries (see here and here) who were nearly evicted from their home because the city sought to evict them claiming the men who were required to register as sex offenders were living too close to a playground. So far, the civil rights attorneys representing the 19 individuals were

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Update on Florida’s Ex Post Facto PLUS case for Sex Offenders

Weekly Update #49 Dear Members and Advocates, With 2019 being the “Year of the Family”, for our 2019 legal challenge we decided not to bring a lawsuit challenging registration requirements on behalf of people on the registry, but a lawsuit challenging registration requirements on behalf of people not on the registry! The lawsuit will be brought on behalf of their

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Rep. Sensenbrenner, Champion of Sex Offender Registry, to Retire

Wisconsin Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner, one of the most influential members of Congress on criminal justice issues, will not seek re-election next year after four decades on Capitol Hill. In recent years, Sensenbrenner was best known in criminal justice circles for advocating the 2006 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which includes the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

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