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U.S. District Judge James S. Gwin of the Northern District of Ohio polled a jury in February about what jurors thought a suitable sentence would be for Ryan Collins, a child pornography defendant who was found guilty of having 19 videos and 93 still images on his computer. The jury recommended, on average, a 14-month sentence. Gwin then sentenced Collins

If you or someone you know was denied entry into another country as a consequence of registration, we want to hear from you. A new group, organized under RSOL National, is examining the issues related to registered citizens traveling, including the practice of the US Government of notifying receiving countries that a registrant is traveling there. A representative of FAC

A few months ago, we put up a post entitled “those who scream the loudest” in which we discussed Josh Duggar and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who were both very vocal proponents of laws designed to punish sex offenders and promote “family values”, but later it was discovered that they committed sex offenses themselves. While shaming is something we’re

The Supreme Court is supposed to be the most respected and trusted judicial body in the US. It hands down decisions that affect hundreds of millions of Americans. And it’s not easy for a case to work up to the highest court, much less get a hearing. But what if the Supreme Court’s decisions were occasionally based on a totally

Reading the news that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possessing hundreds of pornographic images of children and having sex with underage girls, it is hard not to be horrified. Indeed, the people investigating Fogle’s case could barely contain their outrage. “This is about using wealth, status and secrecy to illegally exploit children,” U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler said at a

The following appeared at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/08/18/more-fuel-for-the-movement-to-reform-sex-offender-laws/ More fuel for the movement to reform sex offender laws   I’ve written before [e.g., here, here and here] about the appalling (and unconstitutional) state of our laws regarding prohibitions and restrictions on the activities of convicted sex offenders — restrictions on where they can live, whom they can associate with, the Internet sites they can visit,