Homeless Sex Offenders Must Move Again

Ever since the Julia Tuttle Causeway became an encampment for sex offenders more than a decade ago, officials have been trying to shoo the group away from the rest of civilization. Thanks to stringent requirements mandating that child predators live 2,500 feet from schools, parks, and daycare centers, the offenders have struggled to find legal housing, leaving many effectively homeless.

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On “Sex Offenders” becoming “Registered Citizens”

Weekly Update #32 Dear Members and Advocates, We are in between returning from the National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) conference last week and leaving for the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) conference in a few days. There will be time for a comprehensive “what we learned” next week, but in the meantime there’s something that

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NC: City spends $500K to settle lawsuit after questionable arrest on child rape allegations

The City of Wilmington, North Carolina just spent a half million dollars to settle a lawsuit with a man who was falsely arrested for a sexual crime. WECT News reports that, “In the days after [his] arrest in March of 2015, he lost a good job, custody of his adopted and biological children, and his reputation.” We all know how

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Alabama Gov. signs law requiring chemical castration for some sex offender parolees

Alabama’s governor signed into law legislation that requires some sexual offenders to be chemically castrated before being released on parole. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill Monday, which applies to sex offenders convicted of crimes involving children under 13 and who are eligible for parole. Chemical castration involves taking medication to reduce testosterone, hormones and other chemicals that drive libido, the bill says. The parolees

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How the Use of Improper Statistics and Unverified Data Corrupts the Judicial Process in Sex Offender Cases

The following report appeared in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. Here is an excerpt from the conclusion: “[C]ourts around the country continue to remain stagnant, clinging to misinformation and refusing to depart from prejudicial viewpoints that are pretextual and based on irrational fears.What continues to be the main culprit is the courts’ use of inaccurate statistics and unverified data.

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