Tennessee to follow Florida in precluding those convicted of Murder and Sex Offenses from voting.

Florida is the birthplace of a lot of bad ideas when it comes to policies regulating persons required to register. We had the first residency restrictions and it wasn’t long until the domino effect spread across the country. As other states and municipalities began to recognize the unintended circumstances and rolled back their SORRs, Florida is holding strong, despite the

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Are Lawmakers Finally Listening to the Facts Regarding Sex Offender Laws?

Weekly Update #13 Dear Members and Advocates, This past week, I had to do a double take when reading court filings… Twice! On the 9th, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an amicus brief arguing that Michigan’s sex offender registration and notification requirements are punishment and just yesterday, U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins wrote an order saying that “sex offenders

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REASON: ‘Sex Offenders Are Not Second-Class Citizens,’ Says Judge While Nixing Alabama Rules on First Amendment Grounds

“Sex offenders are not second-class citizens,” writes U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins in a recent decision overturning two provisions of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (ASORCNA) on First Amendment grounds. “The Constitution protects their liberty and dignity just as it protects everyone else’s.” Those points, which should be obvious, are a sadly necessary corrective to

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US government commends Philippines for preventing 200 American registered sex offenders from entering.

The United States government has commended the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for preventing 200 American registered sex offenders (RSOs) from entering the Philippines in 2018. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Friday the bureau was recently awarded a certificate of commendation by the US Embassy in Manila after registering the second highest number of excluded American RSOs throughout the world last

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