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Does Ohio’s current Sex Offender registry work? That is a question the state of Ohio has seemingly answered and is now voting on implementing changes that will allow low-level, low-risk individuals to come off the list, freeing up resources for supervision of high-risk offenders who are currently falling through the cracks. Cleveland 19 News Cleveland, OH

A notice of appeal was filed [yesterday] in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is the first formal step required in order to appeal the dismissal of the only court challenge to the International Megan’s Law (IML). “The IML unfairly and unjustly labels hundreds of thousands of American citizens as sex tourists and sex traffickers,” stated ACSOL President Janice

FDLE Special Agent Chuck McMullen was arrested and charged with the sexual battery of two 8 year old boys. McMullen worked cases for the Gulf Coast and Santa Rosa Kids House, centers that advocate for abused children. In that role he had easy and trusted access to children, which he allegedly repeatedly molested. He was originally released on $1.5M bond,

New documentaries can’t get past the question In July 16, 2015, Barack Obama visited a federal prison, the first sitting president ever to do so. It was a powerful statement of support for a broad movement—stretching from Black Lives Matter to Right on Crime—to reform the U.S. criminal justice system, one of the most punitive in the world. Six months

From the Dobbs Wire: Associated Press via WZZM News | Nov. 15, 2016 Justice denies Michigan’s appeal to halt sex offender ruling LANSING, MICH. – A U.S. Supreme Court justice has rejected Michigan’s request to halt a lower court decision that found the state unconstitutionally put additional restrictions on sex offenders long after their convictions. Justice Elena Kagan denied Tuesday

Michigan is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a lower court decision that found the state unconstitutionally put additional restrictions on registered sex offenders long after their convictions. In an emergency appeal, the state says it shouldn’t be forced to change sex offender registration and enforcement protocols without a full review by the high court. In August, the 6th