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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
98% of persons required to register as sex offenders found to be compliant!
That's what the title to the article could have read, instead it says, "Sex offender compliance check conducted, 18 arrests made". The title sounds awful, but if you read the article it tells something different. "The LVMPD's Sex Offender Apprehension Team, in...
CO: Supreme Court exempts people listed on registry from key 2019 decision
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday exempted people with a sex offense conviction from a key 2019 decision that prohibited defendants from being sentenced to prison followed by probation in the same criminal case. People with a sex offense conviction in Colorado can...
Must Listen: Is It Time To Get Rid of the Sex Offender Registry? Emily Horowitz Says Yes.
One sure way to lose a popularity contest is to fight for the rights of convicted sex offenders. But The National Sex Offender Registry, which was established during an era of panic over crime and child danger, has come with a host of unintended consequences....
Montana: Compensation for exonerated to include time wrongly placed on sex offender registry
The Montana legislature seems to agree that being on the sex offender registry is punishment, for which one incorrectly placed on it would receive compensation if exonerated. House Bill 92, created a process through which the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned can...
Trinidad and Tobago: AG proposes two sex offender registries
The Attorney General has proposed 22 amendments to the Act to amend the Sexual Offences Act, Chap. 11:28. Chief among these are the creation of two sexual offender registers. Speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, AG Faris Al-Rawi said the bill intended to create two...
Dr. Alissa Ackerman launches Restorative Justice site
Dr. Alissa Ackerman, who was the guest speaker on last month's member call, a professor at California State University, one of the most prolific researchers on sex offender policy and practices and a pioneer in restorative justice has launched Ampersands Restorative...
Special IDs for Sex Offenders: Safety Measures or Scarlet Letters?
The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear a First Amendment challenge to a Louisiana law that required driver’s licenses to identify sex offenders. According to a Louisiana law, people convicted of sex crimes must use driver’s licenses with the words ‘sex...
The Scamming Continues
Yesterday we got 3 notifications that they were scam targets. One would think that with enough complaints the FDLE would take measures to track these scammers down, but apparently they don't. This was from a member: I wanted to let you know about a scam that has been...
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