Email to Rep. Smith's staff RE: IML

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 6:58 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: A fascist mark on American citizens passports is now Rep Smith’s primary legacy as well as doing nothing to address Human trafficking   We are a human rights organization that attempts to protect American families as they travel internationally because the US

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NEWSWEEK: Should a 9-year-old Be Branded a Sex Offender for Life?

Southwestern Law School professor Catherine Carpenter put it bluntly in her new research paper, “Throwaway Children: The Tragic Consequences of a False Narrative.” “Truth be told,” she wrote, “we are afraid for our children and we are afraid of our children.” Carpenter’s paper explains why it’s wrong to automatically place underage perpetrators of sex crimes on the sex offender registry. This

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Judge Gives Man 5 Days for Child Porn, Rails Against Harsh Sentences

A Brooklyn man who faced 10 years for downloading child pornography was sentenced to five days by a federal judge who sharply criticized punishment guidelines for failing to distinguish between dangerous offenders and those who pose little threat. U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein wrote a 98-page decision explaining why he bypassed the guidelines and chose not to put the man

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HR 515 Vote (International Megan's Law) scheduled for vote TODAY

The U.S. House of Representatives has rescheduled its vote on HR 515, International Megan’s Law, for Monday, February 1. As originally scheduled, the vote will be under a “suspension of the rules” and therefore debate will be limited to no more than 40 minutes and require a 2/3 vote of those present regardless of how many members are in attendance.

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