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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
Don’t Tread on Me!
Take two individuals who commit the exact same federal offense. One person lives in State “A” and the other in State “B”. The person living in A will be on the public registry for life while the person living in B will be on for 10 years. Then there are two completely...
Why some lawyers don’t take RSO cases.
Wonder why so many lawyers refuse to touch any cases involving RSOs? Here's one reason why? Attorney, Patricia Sigman is a candidate running for Florida Senate, District 9. She is the target of a smear campaign by her opponent, which accuses her of representing a...
LA: Is this for real?!? Registrants arrested for not disclosing status on social media
Sometimes we come across a news story that I have to read twice to make sure I'm not hallucinating. Several news outlets in Louisiana are reporting that the Acadia Parish Sheriff's office conducted a crack down on registered persons who were violating a Louisiana law...
Assembling the Chimeric Sex Offender
The following (very technical) study (from what I could understand of it) discusses the harm caused by the "sex offender" label. Assembling the Chimeric Sex Offender It contains a lot of terms of art, which make it a difficult read, but if you can extrapolate the...
Iowa Governor Restores Voting Rights to Former Felons (other than those convicted of crime involving homicide).
The Governor of Iowa has signed an executive order restoring the voting rights and the right to hold public office, to most people who have committed criminal offenses....
TX: Officials discuss sex offender problem
The number of registered sex offenders residing in unincorporated areas of Johnson County increased from 370 in 2017 to 597 today, JCSO Chief Deputy Mark Reinhardt said. One residence that served as home to multiple offenders sat within 400 feet of a school, Reinhardt...
Our System Is Not Doing the Thing It Says It Intends to Do
The whole idea was that we are going to protect children. But because most abuse of children happens inside the family, the registry doesn’t affect that. It just creates more “stranger danger” fear. The research for twenty-five years shows it doesn’t make anyone...
UK: Online naming and shaming ‘threatening offender rehabilitation’
According to Detective Superintendent Stewart Gull, the recent spate of 'naming and shaming' local offenders online after their sentences have been carried out is posing serious problems for their ability to reintegrate into the community. He told Express he is aware...
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