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Sen. Trent Garner, of Arkansas, sponsored Senate Bill 10, which would make it a class D felony, punishable by up to six years in prison, for a level 3 or 4 sex offender to give candy to a minor or wear a mask or costume around a minor at any “Halloween-related” event. More ridiculous than the bill (which ignores all

A bill introduced by Rep. Edward Clere, R-New Albany would prevent anybody convicted of what they consider to be “some of the most serious crimes” would be ineligible for a name change. Currently anybody who is not incarcerated can apply to have their name changed. Under the proposed law, that would change and the change would bar anyone convicted of

The ACLU has fled its Notice of Appeal in the Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Case. The case, which was dismissed in the District Court, reversed in the 11th Circuit and remanded back to the District court and recently lost in the District Court, is making it’s way back to the 11th Circuit. This is exciting news and keeps hope alive.

Another “clearmycase” type scam is targeting registrants and some victims in New Mexico have filed a lawsuit. According to the Albuquerque Journal,a lawsuit was filed aganst CSNA and Jimmie Rae Gordon and Gloria Letcher. Gordon is the owner, president and CEO of CSNA, and Letcher is his step-mother and a manager of the company, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit

According to news in Trinidad, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says legislation for a national sex-offenders registry has been finalised and gone to Cabinet. “We are expecting that we will be able to lay that very shortly.” No what that registry will entail.

The lawsuit, filed in June in U.S. District Court, demands that the state lift the offenders’ lifetime registry requirements. That would allow them access to benefits they’re cut off from because they’re on the list — including the program Hetherington was kicked out of, the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing initiative. “The lifetime requirement is effectively lifetime parole, because you have to report even